Pinchbeck, William

PINCHBECK, William, rancher (b 1831, England; d 31 July 1893, Williams Lake). He was 18 years old when he left England for California. There he ran a roadhouse until news of another GOLD RUSH lured him north to BC. He arrived in WILLIAMS LAKE in 1860 as a constable with Philip Nind, a gold commissioner, and settled there. With William Lyne he established a large ranch (see CATTLE INDUSTRY) that occupied most of the Williams Lake valley. He then bought out Lyne and eventually owned a small...

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