Vancouver Centennial Plaque #51 – Sam Stands Firm

Address:           Hadden Park Fieldhouse, 1015 Maple St

Status:             Missing

"SAM STANDS FIRM

This used to be known as Greer's Beach, after squatter Samuel Greer, who built a cabin here in the mid 1880's. He gained notoriety during an 1891 arrest and trial for shooting a sheriff who came to evict him."

Credit: Vancouver Centennial Commission, Historic Plaque Program – list and documentation plaques 50-100 (June 18, 1986). Courtesy of Vancouver Archives

Photo credit: Vancouver Archives (AM336-S3-2- CVA 677-740)