A great article below from the August 1, 2014 edition of the Prairie Post by Rose Sanchez detailing the contributions of many towards a successful heritage marker application for the village of Bow City.
Former Bow City site to get a heritage marker
The former site of what was meant to be a metropolis — Bow City — will be remembered for years to come with an Alberta heritage marker.
Vulcan County officials were successful in seeing their application approved. It was submitted to the Heritage Markers Program at the end of January.
The program is meant to support the installation of markers that “promote greater awareness of the historic people, places, events and themes that have defined the character of the province.”
Jonathan Koch, who operates the Forgotten Alberta website which showcases history of the southeast corner of the province, was instrumental in helping pull the application together, along with Liza Dawber, grants and program co-ordinator for Vulcan County.
Vulcan County officials have become more aware of the history in their area since starting the municipal heritage partnership project in 2011.
“This is a very cool, interesting story,” says Dawber, about Bow City. “We’ve become much more aware of some of the very interesting stories that happened throughout time in Vulcan County.”
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Related: Bow City – the village born unlucky.
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