Did You Know That Vancouver, Canada was Built in Less Than 24 Hours?

I came across this interesting tidbit in the Globus Tours site.

"Before a former riverboat captain named John Deighton came to town in 1867, Canadian mill workers had to hike ten miles through bear-infested forests to New Westminster if they wanted a drink." he realized the problem and offered them as many drinks from his barrel of whiskey as they wanted if they helped him build a saloon.

Amazingly, this bar was finished in less than 24-hours. Shows what men will do for a proper incentive.

It was named the Globe Saloon and the mill workers now had a place to drink and gather.

A community soon grew up around the saloon and was originally called Gastown and became incorporated as Vancouver on April 6, 1886.

Two months later, a fire roared through the town and all but two of the town's 400 structures were reduced to ashes.

The city was quickly rebuilt and prospered until the Great Depression. Today, it has fully recovered from that and is one of the cleanest cities I've ever been to.

Sort of Reminds Me of Chicago. --RoadDog