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		<title>Harry Strom left a legacy of integrity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Albertans going to the polls on Monday, it&#8217;s a good time to look back on the legacy of Alberta&#8217;s 9th Premier, Harry Strom. Although usually associated with the end of the Social Credit dynasty in 1971, this son of the southeast&#8217;s greatest legacy was that of being a man of uncommon personal integrity: Who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forgottenalberta.com/2012/04/20/harry-strom-left-a-legacy-of-integrity/</link>
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		<title>A bit of Norway on the prairie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A century ago, several thousand settlers of Norwegian extraction set out from their homesteads in the American Midwest, in search of a &#8220;second chance” in Alberta. According to historian, Gulbrand Loken, the exodus of Norwegians between 1900 and 1920 was prompted by &#8220;rural depression, agricultural crises, mountain debts, few new economic opportunities for expansion and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forgottenalberta.com/2012/04/15/a-bit-of-norway-on-the-prairie/</link>
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		<title>True Grit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To eake out a living in these parts, you have to possess true grit. On a recent trip through the Eastern Irrigation District, the Calgary Sun&#8217;s Mike Drew encountered some of that grit, in the form a nascent black blizzard: The black blizzards of the Dirty ’30s became became just another part of the endless [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forgottenalberta.com/2012/03/22/true-grit/</link>
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		<title>American settlers are part of our story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it my third column already? This month&#8217;s offering for the Prairie Post is about the most influential group to set down roots in Alberta&#8217;s southeast during the first two decades of the 20th century: Americans. This is a controversial notion for some, I will refrain from speculating why, but one that I believe is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forgottenalberta.com/2012/03/15/american-settlers-are-part-of-our-story/</link>
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		<title>2005 Forgotten Alberta Road Trip &#8211; Day Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In late August 2005, my wife and I were joined by our friend, Greg, on a two-day journey through the southeastern Alberta outback. On the first day, we took the roads less travelled from Lethbridge to Medicine Hat, checking in at outposts such as New Dayton, Warner, Foremost, Manyberries and Onefour. Following a stopover that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forgottenalberta.com/2012/03/04/2005-forgotten-alberta-road-trip-day-two/</link>
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		<title>Rabbit drives were a part of pioneer life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My second column for the Prairie Post, a modified version of a blog post from late last year, talks about when Mother Nature goes sideways, and features a pretty morbid photo from Idaho. The past few months have been a “hare-raising” experience for the people of Canmore. The Rocky Mountain town made worldwide headlines last November after town [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forgottenalberta.com/2012/02/16/rabbit-drives-were-a-part-of-pioneer-life/</link>
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		<title>Bow City &#8211; The village born unlucky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to the Historical Society of Alberta, and the legendary Mr. Hugh Dempsey, CM, for the opportunity to share a decade&#8217;s worth of research on the former village of Bow City. Below is a brief excerpt from my article, followed by the piece in its entirety, which appears in the Winter 2012 edition of Alberta [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forgottenalberta.com/2012/02/03/bow-city-the-village-born-unlucky/</link>
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		<title>Pioneers, not Palliser, define southeastern Alberta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy 2012 everyone! For your reading enjoyment (I hope) here is an excerpt from, and a link to, my first Forgotten Alberta column for the Prairie Post: You’ve probably heard of Captain John Palliser. He’s the Irish adventurer whose expedition passed through these parts a century-and-a-half ago, and whose name has become synonymous with Alberta’s southeastern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forgottenalberta.com/2012/01/20/pioneers-not-palliser-define-southeastern-alberta/</link>
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		<title>Getting it right – Alberta’s American Fact must not be forgotten</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Settlers and farmers founded this province and their values run deep. Albertans are proud, resilient, generous and independent-minded. We believe in family and freedom, and are passionately devoted to the land on which we live.” - Premier Alison Redford, speech to AAMDC Fall Convention, 24 November 2011 I started this blog two years ago to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forgottenalberta.com/2011/12/04/getting-it-right-%e2%80%93-alberta%e2%80%99s-american-fact-must-not-be-forgotten/</link>
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		<title>Who are the forgotten dead of Vulcan County?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: No leads yet, but thanks to Michele Jarvie at the Calgary Herald for running an ever-so-slightly modified version of this article here. During the decade after 1916, settlers fled the drought-ridden plains of southeastern Alberta en masse. As David C. Jones outlines in his book, We&#8217;ll all be buried down here- The Prairie Drybelt [...]]]></description>
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