Sewell Prescott "Sue" Moody

This capsule preview of next week’s Chronicles comes to you courtesy of Wikipedia:

Sewell Prescott "Sue" Moody (1834 – November 4, 1875) was a carpenter and Yankee trader from Maine, United States. He bought the Moodyville Sawmill Co. in 1865 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which was facing bankruptcy and established Moodyville, the first European settlement on Burrard Inlet….”

Two more lines give the names of his parents and children and the fact that he died in an 1875 shipwreck.

Talk about the tip of the iceberg!

Look just a little deeper and you’ll find the truly fascinating story about a truly remarkable pioneer who left his mark on British Columbia maps. I’ll prove it to you in next week’s Chronicles.

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PHOTO: Among his other accomplishments, pioneer sawmill owner Sewell Moody sent a message from beyond the grave. —Wikipedia