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The town of Yale, British Columbia, was once known as the biggest city west of Chicago and north of San Francisco following the 1850s gold rush. Yale burnt down so many times that most of the historic buildings are gone but the Museum is located in an old 1868 house next door to the 1863 church

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Fun Fact: The town of Yale, British Columbia, was once known as the biggest city west of Chicago and north of San Francisco following the 1850s gold rush. Yale burnt down so many times that most of the historic buildings are gone but the Museum is located in an old 1868 house next door to the 1863 church

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