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Object ID

2019.010.001

Title

Harper's Weekly, Saturday, October 9, 1858.

Date

9 Oct. 1858.

Description

Black and white nineteenth (19th) century newspaper from New York, USA called Harper's Weekly. This copy is from Saturday, October 9, 1858. The newspaper has four columns of text running throughout each page, with illustrations interspersed throughout. There are two full page illustrations in the centre of the newspaper, illustrating a burning ship. The front of the newspaper has the name of the paper "HARPER'S WEEKLY" written across the top in large, bold serif letters. Below this are the word "A/ JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION" in a stylized serif font that curves slightly. The text is within an illustration consisting of a painter's brushes and palette on the left side with a harp and bust behind it, and a quill and inkpot beside it; a hand extending a torch to another hand in between the words "HARPER'S" and "WEEKLY;" leaves below "JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION;" and a roll of paper, sextant, telescope, open book, closed book, and world globe on the right side. There are clouds along the background behind the words. Below this are two black lines with text in between them reading, from left to right: "Vol. II—No. 93.] NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1858. [PRICE FIVE CENTS." On the top half of the first page are four columns of text: in the far left column is this paper's table of contents, and following that is the cover story of the burning and sinking of the ship "Austria." Below the four columns on the bottom half of the page is an illustration of the steamship "Austria."

Of note in this newspaper: in the table of contents is listed "IV. THE FORTS ON FRAZER'S [sic] RIVER, WITH TWO FINE/ VIEWS." This story begins on page 644 and has two illustrations: on the top half of the page is an illustration of Fort Langley, and on the bottom half of the page is an illustration of Fort Yale. Between these illustrations in the middle of the page are four columns of text, which describe Fort Langley as a trading hub, an account by "the editor of the Alta California." This description continues for one paragraph on page 645 before describing Fort Yale for three paragraphs.

People/Subject

Fort Langley National Historic Site

www.parkscanada.gc.ca/langley ***** The Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Langley in 1827 about 50 km. from the mouth of the Fraser River. The Company's first fort was established on the Fraser River in present day Derby Reach Regional Park, two miles downstream from what is now the village of Fort Langley. Recognition that the site of the fort was vulnerable to flooding and too far from its farming operations resulted in its relocation further upstream on a higher piece of land. A second fort was thus established at the site of the current reconstructed Fort in 1839. It burned in 1840 and was immediately rebuilt in the same location. The Fort mainly served as a provisioning post producing agricultural products and Salmon. The Hudson's Bay Company Fort went to pasture after the company moved its operations to the village of Fort Langley in 1886. From 1888 to the 1920's, the Mavis family farm occupied the land that would later become a National Historic Site. In the late teens and early 1920's, many became interested in the preservation of the historic fort site. Fort Langley was recognized by the federal government's Historic Sites and Monuments Board. At the Board's urging, the local community raised money to purchase three acres of the fur trading post in 1924, including the last remaining building. The HSMB and Native Sons unveiled a plaque commemorating the site in 1925. Between 1931 and 1958, the Native Sons operated a museum display in the Store House, the last remaining Hudson's Bay Company building. In 1955, the Fort was declared a National Historic Site. During the 1958 Centennial (the 100 year anniversary of Governor James Douglas declaring the mainland of present-day British Columbia a British colony), the federal government undertook the partial reconstruction of palisades and buildings at the Fort. The same year saw the construction of the Langley Centennial Museum.

Hudson's Bay Company

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-297/1063)

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