John Fall Allison

John Fall Allison

John Fall Allison (1825 – 1897) was a pioneer settler, Justice of the Peace, and Gold Commissioner in the Similkameen Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.

Allison was born in Leeds in West Yorkshire, England and first travelled to California, then British Columbia, in 1858 as part of the Fraser River Gold Rush. In 1860, he pre-empted convert|320|acre|km2 at Vermilion Forks (later Prince Town and today's Princeton). Noted for his sterling character, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1876 and was created first Gold Commissioner of the new Similkameen Mining District in response to the Tulameen Gold Rush at the emergent boomtown of Granite Creek (aka Granite City).

Legacy

Allison Pass, used by Highway 3, was named for Allison. He is buried overlooking the Similkameen near a landmark named Castle Rock.

ee also

*Copper Mountain, British Columbia


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