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- Argenta,_British_Columbia abstract "Argenta is a settlement in British Columbia. Located on the west side of the Purcell Mountains, on the northeast shore of Kootenay Lake, it was founded during a silver mining boom in the 1890s. Argenta was given its name by the Argenta Mining Company from the Latin word for silver, argentea.In 1952 Quakers settled in the town. Primarily from California, they first established the Delta Co-operative Association in 1954. They then went on to found and operate the Argenta Friends School, a boarding school, from 1959 to 1982. Students studied academic subjects, as well as gardening, how to milk cows, chop wood, and cook on a wood stove.In the 1960s Argenta attracted anti-war protesters, as well as hippies, back-to-the-land residents, and members of the counter-culture.With a population of just 100, many residents have gone on to great things, including one who worked as an economist at the World Bank in Washington. Another former student of the Friends School is head of disaster relief for the UN in Nairobi, Kenya. Nancy Herbison changed her name to Nancy Argenta and became a well known opera singer based in London.".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageID "25296401".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageLength "1982".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageOutDegree "12".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageRevisionID "595783416".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Anti-war_movement.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Back-to-the-land_movement.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Settlements_in_British_Columbia.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Counterculture.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Hippie.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Kootenay_Lake.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink List_of_communities_in_British_Columbia.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Purcell_Mountains.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Quakers.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Silver_rush.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLinkText "Argenta".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLinkText "Argenta, British Columbia".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia caption "Location of Argenta in British Columbia".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia label "Argenta".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia lat "50.1666".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia long "-116.9226".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia width "200".
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- Argenta,_British_Columbia subject Category:Settlements_in_British_Columbia.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia hypernym Settlement.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia point "50.166 -116.922".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia type Place.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia type Settlement.
- Argenta,_British_Columbia type Place.
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- Argenta,_British_Columbia comment "Argenta is a settlement in British Columbia. Located on the west side of the Purcell Mountains, on the northeast shore of Kootenay Lake, it was founded during a silver mining boom in the 1890s. Argenta was given its name by the Argenta Mining Company from the Latin word for silver, argentea.In 1952 Quakers settled in the town. Primarily from California, they first established the Delta Co-operative Association in 1954.".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia label "Argenta, British Columbia".
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- Argenta,_British_Columbia lat "50.166".
- Argenta,_British_Columbia long "-116.922".
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