Every year, the Okanagan Historical Society publishes a 240-page annual report, a collection of stories and histories of Okanagan personalities, institutions and events.

The first Report of the Okanagan Historical Society was published in 1926. The 73rd Report is now available.

Included in this year's publication is a history of the Rainbow Ranch in Okanagan Centre, the story of the Davidson Orchards of Vernon, and a history of Kelowna's Community Concert Association. David Gregory, former mayor of Summerland, has written about the past century of Summerland's Fall Fair.

There are reminiscences of nursing in the Enderby hospital, manning the Mara Lookout during World War II, and growing up in Ewing's Landing.

The current Okanagan History editor and curator of the Oliver Museum, Darryl MacKenzie, has chosen to write about the Chinese in the Oliver area. There are biographies and tributes to such people as the Abbott of Bear Creek Ranch, Molly Broderick of Okanagan Falls, Florence Farmer of Salmon Arm, or Grindrod's Don McEwen.
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Copies of the most recent Okanagan History Annual Report can be obtained for $25.00 CAN plus $5.00 shipping and handling costs from The Treasurer, OHS, Box 313, Vernon, BC V1T 6M3, edms@nowcom.ca. Back issues of some of the past volumes can also be purchased for $10.00 plus a $5.00 shipping and handling charge from the treasurer at above address. The Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum & Art Gallery has a complete set of Okanagan History, Volumes 6 - 73, plus an Index to Volumes 1 - 71 for sale for $1500. Please contact Jessie Ann Gamble at 250-546-9416 if you are interested. .

Copes are also available in museums and bookstores throughout the Okanagan Valley and from branch members. With the purchase of this wonderful volume, and return of the membership registration card, your name will be placed on the list of members that will be found in next year's publication.

A new and revised Index to the Okanagan Historical Society Reports,
covering the years 1924-2007, Reports No. 1-71, is now available.

The Index is 8 ½ x 11, 498 pages, coil bound.
It costs $25 plus postage and handling.

To order your copy, please contact:

Bob Cowan, Treasurer
Okanagan Historical Society
P.O. Box 313
Vernon, B.C. V1T 6M3
250-838-9641

The Kelowna Heritage Grants Program sponsored the printing of the index.
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