John Fall Allison
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John Fall Allison (1825 – 1897) was a pioneer settler, Justice of the Peace and Gold Commissioner in the Similkameen Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
Allison was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, and first travelled to California, then British Columbia, in 1858 as part of the Fraser River Gold Rush. In 1860 he pre-empted 320 acres (1.3 km²) at Prince Town (today's Princeton). Noted for sterling character, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1876 and, with was created first Gold Commissioner of the new Similkameen Mining District which was created in response to the Tulameen Gold Rush at the emergent boomtown of Granite Creek (aka Granite City).
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Allison Pass, used by Highway 3, was named for Allison. He is buried overlooking the Similkameen near a landmark named Castle Rock.
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