Ireland, Moses Cross

IRELAND, Moses Cross, timber cruiser (b 1830, Piscataquis, ME; d May 1913, Valdes Island). He began his LOGGING career as a 14-year-old in the Maine woods before crossing the continent to join the California gold rush in 1851. In 1861 he followed the gold trail to the CARIBOO (see GOLD RUSH, CARIBOO) but a year later he was in NEW WESTMINSTER. He met Sewell MOODY and went into business with him, first importing cattle from Oregon, then buying a SAWMILL on the north shore of BURRARD INLET at...

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