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Calgary cavalcade : from fort to fortune
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MacEwan, Grant
Cover
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Title page
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Foreword
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Table of contents
List of illustrations
"It's hard to believe"
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6
Where the Elbow joins the Bow
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Battle-scarred Kanouse lived there
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14
The Baker Company
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A name is chosen
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The district's first farmers
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The Sarcees in a murderous mood
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28
The first big herd
30
31
32
The Macleod Trail
34
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36
Bull trains on Ninth Avenue
38
39
40
The rails came
42
43
44
Silver and gold
46
A newspaper is born
48
49
50
The beginning of civic government
52
53
54
55
56
And then the editor went to jail
58
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60
The dark days of '85
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63
64
Commander of the Home Guard
66
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The father of a city
70
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They held a fair
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76
Chinooks and the winter without them
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Trails and rails to the north
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86
The booze problem
88
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Sandstone city
92
Sir James had faith
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Cappy Smart's fire brigade
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101
1900
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The commanding William Pearce
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107
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The day the legislators came to Calgary
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113
Queen of Garbage Row
115
116
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Calgary's most notorious criminal
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120
121
122
Trouble at City Hall
124
125
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127
The struggle for the capital
129
130
131
Automobiles on Stephen Avenue
133
134
135
Hunters, hacks and haltershanks
137
138
139
140
The bloodless battle of Olds
142
143
Bigger and better exhibitions
145
146
147
148
A college and its founder
150
151
152
153
154
The Stampede of 1912
156
157
158
The mad years in real estate
160
161
162
The Mawson masterpiece
164
165
166
The McCarty-Pelkey match
168
169
170
Oil and war
172
173
174
Almost together
176
177
178
Calgary claimed a prince
180
181
They buried Bob
183
184
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186
The "bombing" of City Hall
188
189
190
The Biship's record
192
The memorable birthday party
194
195
196
The Prime Minister
198
199
200
201
202
More of poverty and politics
204
205
206
207
208
The memorable prayer meeting
210
The '48 invasion of Toronto
212
213
214
A zoo on the island
216
217
218
Dinosaurs in the park
220
221
222
The big "work horse"
224
225
226
A trillion cubic feet
228
229
230
The Stampede
232
233
The bull sale
235
236
The white hat
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
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246
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Cover
image 0002
image 0003
image 0004
image 0005
image 0006
image 0007
image 0008
Title page
image 0010
image 0011
image 0012
Foreword
image 0014
Table of contents
List of illustrations
"It's hard to believe"
2
3
4
5
6
Where the Elbow joins the Bow
8
Battle-scarred Kanouse lived there
10
11
12
13
14
The Baker Company
16
17
18
A name is chosen
20
The district's first farmers
22
image 0039
image 0040
23
24
The Sarcees in a murderous mood
26
27
28
The first big herd
30
31
32
The Macleod Trail
34
35
36
Bull trains on Ninth Avenue
38
39
40
The rails came
42
43
44
Silver and gold
46
A newspaper is born
48
49
50
The beginning of civic government
52
53
54
55
56
And then the editor went to jail
58
59
60
The dark days of '85
62
63
64
Commander of the Home Guard
66
67
68
The father of a city
70
image 0089
image 0090
71
72
They held a fair
74
75
76
Chinooks and the winter without them
78
79
80
Trails and rails to the north
82
83
84
85
86
The booze problem
88
89
90
Sandstone city
92
Sir James had faith
94
95
96
97
Cappy Smart's fire brigade
99
100
101
1900
image 0123
image 0124
image 0125
image 0126
103
104
The commanding William Pearce
106
107
108
109
The day the legislators came to Calgary
111
112
113
Queen of Garbage Row
115
116
117
118
image 0143
Calgary's most notorious criminal
119
120
121
122
Trouble at City Hall
124
125
126
127
The struggle for the capital
129
130
131
Automobiles on Stephen Avenue
133
134
135
Hunters, hacks and haltershanks
137
138
139
140
The bloodless battle of Olds
142
143
Bigger and better exhibitions
145
146
147
148
A college and its founder
150
151
152
153
154
The Stampede of 1912
156
157
158
The mad years in real estate
160
161
162
The Mawson masterpiece
164
165
166
The McCarty-Pelkey match
168
169
170
Oil and war
172
173
174
Almost together
176
177
178
Calgary claimed a prince
180
181
They buried Bob
183
184
185
186
The "bombing" of City Hall
188
189
190
The Biship's record
192
The memorable birthday party
194
195
196
The Prime Minister
198
199
200
201
202
More of poverty and politics
204
205
206
207
208
The memorable prayer meeting
210
The '48 invasion of Toronto
212
213
214
A zoo on the island
216
217
218
Dinosaurs in the park
220
221
222
The big "work horse"
224
225
226
A trillion cubic feet
228
229
230
The Stampede
232
233
The bull sale
235
236
The white hat
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
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image 0274
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