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TIMELINE: THE HISTORY OF PRINCETON
| 1860 |
First Princeton Town Site laid-out by Royal Engineers. |
| 1885 |
Gold Rush at Granite Creek. (Became third largest City in BC) |
| 1889 |
First Princeton sawmill was opened by Tom Hunter of Nicola. |
| 1900 |
First Princeton School. |
| 1903 |
First Telephone Service in Princeton. |
| 1906 |
First Princeton Fire Brigade. |
| 1909 |
First Railway (Great Northern from Spokane) reaches Princeton. |
| 1911 |
First Princeton Hospital Built. |
| 1912 |
Princeton Hotel Built. (Burnt down in 2006) |
| 1920 |
20 People die in Town from Flu epidemic. |
| 1932 |
Airport built and opened. |
| 1933 |
First Overwaitea store in Princeton. |
| 1949 |
Hope-Princeton Highway opened. |
| 1955 |
Present day Post Office opened. |
| 1957 |
Western Pines Lumber Co (Now Weyerhaeuser) opened Mill. |
| 1959 |
First TV in Princeton. |
| 1965 |
New Curling Rink. |
| 1967 |
First Annual Fall Fair. |
| 1972 |
Radio Station Opened. |
| 1974 |
New Fire Hall opened. |
| 1978 |
Princeton’s status changed from “Village” to “Town”. |
| 1985 |
Princeton’s 125th Birthday. |
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