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Just a little local history that I was discussing with some locals at the local coffee shop and decided to put in a cache.
Hope's "H" Tree
There is a story told, a legend passed down, that in the late nineteenth century, two little Hicks girls playfully tied two young saplings together. The little girls grew up, each going her separate way. The trees, however, stayed entwined, and through the years grew into a giant H tree, poetically symbolizing the first letter in the name of the village of Hope. And at the end of Hudson's Bay Street leading to the old Canadian Natoinal station, now empty and abandoned, stands that towering pioneer- the "H" tree. While trees have often proved a point of controversy in Hope, the "H" tree seemed to rise above it. With its preservation in mind, the Board of Trade approached the Village with the request that this special artifact be fenced. The works superintendent quickly explained that in order to fence the tree the road would have to be moved. It was the reason the tree had not been fenced before. Whereupon, an attuned and farsighted council, in short order, moved and seconded: "Move the road, and fence that tree!". Now, astride both past and present of Hope's history, the "H" tree is a preserved and dominant reminder of more youthful days.
An Interesting Point... that has nothing to do with the cache...
"Place" by Rita Walsh
Word meanings change with the times and the language of the user. Why, I questioned, were all the homes I knew as a child called "place?" The first settlers in our area referred to their new homes as their "place." "Home" meant back in the old country, so when identifying a home here one said Lorezetta's place, Herrling's place, Murphy's place, Hicks' place, and my grandmother's place. Indians adopted this name too, and Jack Skookum's home was called "Jack's place." As the second and third generations grew up and left home, when they returned to their parents' place they called it "home." "Home" in the new world was "place" in the nineteenth century. As time marched on the name "place" was changed to "home" in about the time of World War I. There was so much talk about when would the boys be "home?" "Place," is the word of many meanings and is much involved in one's life. One of the rules of being a good wife was, "a place for everything and everything in its place." Old-fashioned, but deeply regarded, was the expression "place" or "status" one held in society. Sports uses the word "place" so many different ways, and I think everyone marks the "place" when reading a book. Modern slang uses "place" with reference to discipline, e.g. "I put him in his 'place.'" Also the query "What kind of 'place' does he operate?" meaning is it legitimate or a dump? After World Wars I and II, going "home" was every man's dream, and a "place" became "home." It seems there is a time and a "place" for everything.
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