For Vauxhall, like Retlaw before, disillusion could lead to dissolution
As some in the town of Vauxhall consider dissolving their municipality, it’s interesting to note that the town’s survival was due in part to the dissolution of the neighbouring village to the west. The former village of Retlaw, now a ghost town located six miles west of Vauxhall, was for a time considered the principle [...]
Sights of the Southeast – 24/10/10
Calgary Sun photojournalist Mike Drew takes a swing through the Lomond area searching for Bones in Black and White. There is something about skulls that just fascinates me. I like the way they look, all those interesting bones bent in such amazing shapes, the way those eye sockets seem to always be looking even well [...]
The Westgates of Bow City
While speculators and investors receive the credit for creating “Bow City”, very few of the original boosters could actually be bothered to make anything more than a cash investment in the community. There are numerous stories of settlers who stuck it out, and gave what they could out of concern for the social, spiritual and [...]
Ranching along the “Big Bow”
Although the first explorers of the Bow Valley southeast of Calgary questioned the suitability of the land for agriculture, the vacant mixed grass prairie did prove ideal for one thing: grazing cattle. Following the demise of the buffalo and the confinement of the Indians on reservations, cattlemen big and small moved their herds onto the [...]
Bow City – November 1924
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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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