1959 - 1967

In 1959, Paul Bolam was taking his family on a summer camping trip and was traveling through Cache Creek, driving a 1934 Packard towing a small two-wheeled trailer. Paul’s son noticed the remains of an ancient automobile out in the underbrush, and pointed it out to his Dad. Paul went back and had a look, and seeing that it had a flat firewall and a wooden hood former, knew that it was an early car. He went to the house across the road to ask if they owned the old car.  The ranch owner, Charlie Dougherty, was in the shed doing some type of blacksmith work. Paul says that he stood there for a while until Mr. Dougherty looked up from his work and asked if there was something he could do for him. Paul asked if he owned the remains of the old car across the road.  Mr. Dougherty replied that he did.  When Paul said that he wanted to buy it, Mr. Dougherty replied, “ Well I don’t know, what would you give me for it?”  Paul said, “Five dollars” and Charlie said, “Sold!!”

The Bolams then set up their tent and spent the next few days digging the White out of the dirt.  After loading the White onto the camping trailer, they made it as far as Clinton where they realized it was too big for the trailer.  Paul then made arrangements with his friend George Wood of Carson Truck Lines, who transported the car down to Vancouver, free of charge.  Paul told me that in the light of day he realized that the White was going to be more work than he wanted to take on at that time.  At this point Paul sold the White to Buck Rogers for $75.  From there, the White ended up on Vancouver Island and sat under a tree in the back yard of Red Watson’s “Cross Roads Museum” at Ladysmith.

If anyone has any insight as to how the White ended up at Red Watson’s, I would be interested to hear from them.		 As it was found
In 1959, the remains of the White were purchased for $5.00