Empire of Grass
Back in the 1870's the bunchgrass hereabours came up to a horse's belly. Some of the transient miners saw wealth in these broad rolling grasslands and swapped gold pan for saddle. In time several 'spreads' in the Nicola Valley grew to rank among the world's largest cattle ranches. 'Cow country' it remains - its fortunes rooted in grass.
From BC's Stops of Interest
This plaque was reimagined by Joanne Hammond's project #rewriteBC (Republic of Archaeology) as:
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