130 years ago: Kootenay Mail, May 9, 1896 Bicycles were getting to be quite numerous in Revelstoke. It was said that bicycles were not even allowed in every town site in the Kootenays and that an elevator or a balloon would be more useful in some areas. 120 years ago: Revelstoke Mail-Herald, May 12, 1906 The shirt waist dance held in Selkirk Hall, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Hospital Guild was a great success. About forty couples graced th…