Willoughby tried his hand at farming in the Chilliwack area but only lasted for a few years. In 1869 he left for the north again seeking his fortune in the Cassier and Omineca regions. He died in Nome, Alaska.
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| The Land | Richard Willoughby (d. 1904) prospered beyond his wildest hopes in the diggings of the Cariboo. He had the soul of a miner, not that of a farmer and preferred hunting to tilling so he did not stay very long in the Valley. While in the Cariboo, he discovered and named the Lowhee Creek, a small stream that flowed into Williams Creek. He named the creek in
honor of the "Great Lowhee", a secret society at Yale, in which he was a prominent member. The Victoria Colonist, September 23, 1861, said that Willoughby had come down to Yale, after six weeks of work, with $13,000, a fortune in those days.
Willoughby tried his hand at farming in the Chilliwack area but only lasted for a few years. In 1869 he left for the north again seeking his fortune in the Cassier and Omineca regions. He died in Nome, Alaska. |
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