History column deserves to be celebrated

DEAR EDITOR:

I would like to compliment Bob Hayes, the Okanagan Historical Society (Kelowna Branch) and The Daily Courier on 27 years, and the 300th column in Bob’s Okanagan History series.

Bob has an amazing depth of knowledge of the people who preceded us in this beautiful valley; he creates an eye-opening appreciation and context for what we know have and enjoy; a good reminder that we have roots.

As a relative newcomer to Kelowna I have personally enjoyed his knowledgeable and often humorous Pioneer Cemetery Tours; another rich look into the lives of those who built before us. The Jan. 5 column was particularly poignant as Bob featured and celebrated six pioneer women, each of whom had an Indigenous mother.

Thank you, Bob, for bringing the names, stories and memories of these 12 women to light; a very helpful and healthy balancing of the record.