| 10000-9000BC |
First people arrive in area. |
| 1400’s |
European settlement of North America begins. |
| 1700’s |
Horse comes to Okanagan. |
| 1813 |
Alexander Ross, earliest know European explored the Similkameen for the Northwest Fur Co. |
| 1846 |
Agreement of the on the 49th parallel as the western boundary between Canada and the U.S.A. |
| 1860-72 |
Hudson Bay Co. present in Similkameen. In 1865 the post moved from Cawston to Keremeos. |
| 1861 |
Dewdney Trail was completed. |
| 1865 |
Richter and Barcelo settled in area. |
| 1877 |
Grist Mill constructed by Barrigton Price. |
| 1880 |
Richter planted first fruit trees in Similkameen Valley. |
| 1883 |
Small Pox epidemic kills one out of every three Aboriginal people. |
| 1886 |
Indian Reserves were formed. |
| 1887 |
First Post Office operated at the Tom Daly Ranch. |
| 1892 |
First school built on Dan McCurdy’s property (log cabin). |
| 1894 |
Flood and the last potlatch in the area. |
| 1899 |
Typhoid epidemic. |
| 1902 |
Mr. Welby started stage line from Penticton to Hedley. |
| 1907 |
First train (Great Northern) arrived in Keremeos. |
| 1908 |
School built on Bench, where the present Elementary school is located. |
| 1914-18 |
WW I. |
| 1916 |
Cawston is officially named after R.L. Cawston. |
| 1919 |
Famous cattle rustling trail – Jenson Brothers. |
| 1920 |
First telephone office in Keremeos. |
| 1931 |
Present road to Penticton completed. |
| 1938 |
Cawston School moved to present site. |
| 1939-45 |
WW II. |
| 1948 |
Flood.
Hope-Princeton Highway completed. |
| 1949 |
BC Aboriginal people receive the right to vote in Provincial elections. |
| 1950 |
Bench land opened up as a Soldiers Settlement (V.L.A.). |
| 1951 |
Keremeos High School was completed. |
| 1952 |
Packing house burned down. |
| 1956 |
Keremeos became incorporated. |
| 1958 |
Osoyoos Primary School opened. |
| 1960 |
Aboriginal people given the right to vote in Federal elections. |
| 1965 |
Richter Pass was opened. |
| 1972 |
Flood. |
| 1973 |
Opening of the Keremeos Museum. |
| 1975 |
Diagnostic Centre built. |
| 1992 |
Cawston Primary School renovated. |
