Bayard Iverson was born in Oliver, B. C. in 1903 and came to teach at the Wardner school when he was quite young. He taught at Wardner for some time, then moved to the Fort Steele school because of disciplinary problems being experienced there with some of the older students. Iverson was a fair disciplinarian and picked out the largest of the offenders to go out behind the school with him. After administering a resounding thrashing to the student, there were no further disciplinary problems at Fort Steele. Bayard Iverson married Jean Nicol of Fort Steele. He worked as a teacher and assisted his brothers and sisters to graduate from university. Once they were finished their studies, he returned to university to become a mining engineer. After graduation he worked at Yellowknife and then at Kimberley. He was a serious student of regional history - researching, writing, and being active in local historical associations. He died in Marysville, B. C. in 1966.