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    The Odd Fellows Ball: Dancing Until Dawn in Agassiz, British Columbia (1896)

    December 16, 2025December 19, 2025 The Hazeley Letters

    In May’s letters from December 1896, she shares how settlers in Agassiz, British Columbia gathered for the Odd Fellows Ball: an all-night social event that offered warmth, music, and connection during a long Fraser Valley winter. In two letters home, May Wright describes dancing until dawn, winter travel…

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