Its population increased to nearly five thousand people. It was now the largest town north of San Francisco and west of Chicago. The temporary housing units transformed into houses, general stores, restaurants, and barber shops that also cut womens hair. There were soon enough children in Barkerville to establish a school. A road was constructed from the mines to Barkerville, making transportation much easier. The road, named the Cariboo Road, was soon known as the eighth wonder of the world by the miners. The road allowed supplies to be transported fast and easily by freight carts. The cost of supplies decreased considerably. Barkerville was truly at its greatest. However, on September sixteenth, eighteen-sixty eight, the town was burned down by a massive fire, nearly destroying all that had been built. Reconstruction of the community was put into action immediately, and within a month, seventy buildings were restored. It seemed that Barkerville was indestructible, that the booming community would, unlike the fire that burned through the town, never be
Its population increased to nearly five thousand people. It was now the largest town north of San Francisco and west of Chicago. The temporary housing units transformed into houses, general stores, restaurants, and barber shops that also cut womens hair. There were soon enough children in Barkerville to establish a school. A road was constructed from the mines to Barkerville, making transportation much easier. The road, named the Cariboo Road, was soon known as the eighth wonder of the world by the miners. The road allowed supplies to be transported fast and easily by freight carts. The cost of supplies decreased considerably. Barkerville was truly at its greatest. However, on September sixteenth, eighteen-sixty eight, the town was burned down by a massive fire, nearly destroying all that had been built. Reconstruction of the community was put into action immediately, and within a month, seventy buildings were restored. It seemed that Barkerville was indestructible, that the booming community would, unlike the fire that burned through the town, never be