History · Smithers

A history of Smithers,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of Smithers from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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From Smithers’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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Smithers was incorporated in 1938. The city was named for James Smithers, an early settler who resided at the mouth of Smithers Creek.

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Timeline

built from the dates on the items below

1930s6 items · Burning coke ovensLOC

1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.

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Finish Smithers’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBurning coke ovens, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Smithers

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By decade

Smithers, decade by decade

1930s6 items

LOCBurning coke ovens1939

LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Burning coke ovens1939

1940s–
1990s

Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Smithers is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Smithers has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Main Building in Montgomery, 1.8 miles away.