1853-1956+Jessie-Ann+Smith

//**__Jessie Ann Smith__**// (Picture of book written by Jessie Ann Smith and granddaughters) __Biography__ -Scottish Presbyterian school ma'am -married orchardist John Smith -left Scotland for Spence's Bridge=1884 -joined on honeymoon by James Teit -17 year old from Shetland Isles -settled in Spence's Bridge -uncle=John Murray=owner of local store, hotel, stables -quickly distinguised as 1 of NA's most important anthropologists=1st hand knowledge of Native culture b/c marriage & inclination -travel: across Atlantic by steamer / across USA by train/railroad / rode CPR work train->Cisco / crossed Fraser River on cable bucket / horse-drawn wagon=last stretch -trained in music & banking; scared of Indians; unaccustomed to wildlife (e.g. rattlesnakes, cougars, bears); didn't want to milk cows -Steve Tingley -renowned stage coach driver -stop stage on way to Cariboo=>allow passengers to enjoy Smith's flower garden -building of CPR through Fraser Canyon=>Spence's Bridge=whistlestop -John Murray (husband's boss)=liked Smith a bit too much (wanted her as his wife) -mother of 1st white child born in Spence's Bridge -left 'the Bridge'=>homestead with 2 brothers (Voght Valley, 20 miles S of Merritt) -Murray died=John Smith able to buy lands of former boss (1897) -grafted cuttings from Grimes Golden apple trees from father's garden -husband's death=1905 -supervised operation of Spence's Bridge orchards -5 years pause=Depression -died=1946 __Spence's Bridge__ -23 miles NE of Lytton; 32 miles from Ashcroft -1892 -population=32 whites & 130 Indians -5 general stores, 3 hotels, 1 Indian Church of England, 1 school -principal industries=fruit growing & farming -climate =very dry -annual rainfall (average)=40-50 cm -present day -138=population -TransCanada Highway & CPR railway passes through -agriculture=major industry -produce of soft fruits & vegetables sold along highway __//what?//__ //did this person do that affected and/or changed hsitory?// //might they have done different?// //might life be like if they hadn't done this?// __//where?//__ //specific name then and nowis this place in relation to places of significance today?// __//why?//__ //do we remember?// //is this important?// //how does it connect to things of today?// -grew apples so good that even King Edward VII looked for them @ London Horticultural Show (1909) -took over orchard from John Murray after Murray's death->worked it with husband (John Smith) until Smith's death -done differently -not gone to the New World at all/stay in Ireland -not taken over Murray's orchard/gone back to Spence's Bridge -life be like -missing a very good type of apple -missing a folk song/rhyme -missing a book -important -not really->not much impact on future/present -not much connection [] [] [] Image: []
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