Lawless Ranch - Anarchist Summit, Bridesville BC

The ranch just to the west of Anarchist Summit is known locally as the Lawless place. The property was homesteaded by the Tedrow family from Kansas, who sold it to Willliam Lucien, a man originally from Quebec who had drifted west and had owned a hotel in Winthrop before coming north to Bridesville in the late 1800s. This house was built by William Lucien in 1902. I was told that it was built of squared and dovetailed tamarack timbers that have been sheathed with horizontal drop siding. It actually looks like a typical frame house, perhaps balloon-framed. The interesting point is the clear span across the living-dining room, supported by a major beam parallel to the side walls; that open room, together with the large kitchen and pantry (it must be a pantry as it's windowless) supports the notion of many ranchhands being fed, with the family's own quarters somewhat separate at the front and upstairs, where there are probably three bedrooms (it is only about 600 square feet).

Lawless Ranch - near Hartman Road entrance to Highway 3 - Bridesville BC - Summer