Fulfillment of Dream Came Too Late for Wealthy Dreamer

Author, sportsman, dreamer. Such seems to have been William Adolph Baillie-Grohman.

He was rich, too, and it was while hunting mountain goats in the West Kootenays in 1882 that he had his inspiration.

Too bad for him.

The fascinating story of Baillie-Grohan’s ill-fated grasp for greatness in next week’s Chronicles.

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PHOTO: Big game hunter and visionary W.A. Baillie-Grohman. —W.A. Baillie-Grohman