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Uriah Nelson

Uriah Nelson (credit: BC Archives #H-000608) Uriah Nelson (credit: BC Archives #H-000608)

There were two Nelson brothers at Yale, Uriah and Mard, and both were businessmen, operating freight teams and roadhouses on the Cariboo trail in the early 1860s.

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All text and images © Quesnel & District Museum and Archives unless otherwise noted. Thanks to the B.C. Archives for permission to show various images. Thanks to the BC Encyclopedia for permission to quote information on the roadhouse communities. Thanks to the Living Landscapes Project, the Royal British Columbia Museum, Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services for their support of site development.