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    • Selkirk Heritage Endowment Fund
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Daily Archives: June 17, 2022

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Inventions around Selkirk’s Beginnings

News, News & UpdatesBy Emily KarklinJune 17, 2022

The World in 1882 Happy 140th birthday Selkirk! The world was a very different place in 1882. Queen Victoria was on the British throne and on March 2nd she survived an assassination attempt while boarding a train in Windsor. On March 24th Robert Koch discovered tubercle bacillus, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis. In the US,…

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