The Bow City Hotel
One of the outstanding features of the Village of Bow City was the Bow City Hotel, which towered over the community at the peak of its prosperity.
The day the Inspector came to Bow City
The temperature poked around the 20 degree mark on May 2, 1914- the day municipal inspector A.D. Fidler came to town. Prior to his arrival, the stars seemed to be aligning for the little settlement on the banks of the Bow.
Bow City – May 1914
Above is a map of Bow City in May 1914 that I have pieced together from documents included within the archives of Alberta’s Department of Municipal Affairs. Some points of clarification about the map: Firstly the locations of the buildings are what I would call relatively accurate approximations, based on the information and resources I have. [...]
Bow City seeks a savior
As residents of the Bow City district were agitating for the construction of any kind of bridge across the Bow in early 1914, the boosters of the village continued their promotional efforts, in-spite of the community’s obvious deficiencies.
Grassy Lake’s Chamberlain School celebrates 100 years
The Taber Times reports that Chamberlain School of Grassy Lake is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The school website provides a history of the facility, as well as some insight into the origins of the school name: In 1907 the first school house was built. It was a small one room building without electricity or [...]
Bow City shoots for the Stars
Going into the fall of 1913, the Board of Trade continued their efforts to make Bow City an incorporated municipality. In preparation for becoming a village, the Board initiated the publication of the Bow City Star, which was published “intermittently over several months” before it was discontinued sometime during 1914. Meanwhile on October 1, the Board of [...]
Bassano says goodbye to station
I received some sad news today regarding the fate of the Bassano C.P.R. station in an email from Kristen Clarke, who has been working hard to “Keep the Bassano CP Train Station Standing and in Bassano“. As reported earlier on this site, the community was rallying to save the local landmark after learning (secondhand) that the [...]
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Drawing on over 100 years of family history in the southeast, this is my attempt to shine the spotlight on southeastern Alberta's forgotten history.
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