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Stony Plain, Alberta: Stony Plain Historical Society, 1982
Along the fifth : a history of Stony Plain and district
Stony Plain and District Historical Society
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Memoriam
Acknowledgements
Greetings from Our Member of Parliament
Congratulations
Greetings from the Town of Stony Plain
Greetings from the County
Introduction
Table of Contents
Time Line
Land of Promise
The Opening of the West
Settlers
Members of the Legislature for the Stony Plain Constituency
Trek to Hoffnungsau
Dogrump Creek Becomes Stony Plain
The Old Townsite
Coming of The Railroad
Law Enforcement
History of Main Street
Ban in a Tent
First Store - Oldest Building
Two Hotels
East Side of Main Street
West Side of Main Street
Village Minutes
Stony Plain Becomes a Town
Town Hall
Policing the Town
Medical Services
Livery Stables
Blacksmith Shops
Lumber Yards and Mills
Builders and Contractors
Minor Fires
Fire Department
Elevators
Garages
Other Businesses Related to Farming
Demonstration Farm
Telephones
Sport Events
Newspapers Since 1907
Mayor's Message
Mayors of the town of Stony Plain
Brief History of the Railroads of Stony Plain
Communities
The Beach Corner Story
The Lake of Many Names: Edomonton Beach
Glory Hills
The Holdborn Post Office and Postal Service
Holdborn Ferry Lamora's Landing-Holdborn Crossing
Holdborn Stone Quarry
Holdborn Store
Holdborn Hall (As I Remember)
Holdborn Happenings
Inga Community
Inga Post Office
The Old Inga Store
Inga Cemetery
Inga Items
Remember When
Little Old Schoolhouse
Schools in the Stony Plain Area: an Overview
History of Blueberry School District No. 1444
Teaching at Blueberry
School Days at Blueberry
Blueberry School
Blueberry School (1954-1955)
Comet School No. 2301
Life in Comet District
The Glory Hills School
Glory Hills
Holborn School
Teaching at Holdborn September, 1930 - June 1933
Holdborn School (1942-44)
Fourteen Years at Holdborn
Holdborn Teachers
Fact About Holdborn School District No. 881
The Lakemere School
Lindley School District No. 4131
Rosenthal School District No. 345
Teaching at Rosenthal
My Days in Rosenthal
Silver Bend School (Holdborn South)
Silver Bend School 1943-44
Silver Bend School 1948-1950
Silver Bend School 1952-1953
St. Matthew Lutheran Church and School Buildings
St. Matthew Lutheran School Missouri Synod, Stony Plain
Stony Plain Centre September, 1937 to June, 1939
History of Stony Plain Village School No. 1638
Stony Plain Town Schools
Warden School No. 301
Sarah McKinlay (1896)
Warden School
Warden School Day
My Days at Warden School
I Remember Warden
Warden School, 1946-1947
Warden School Memories 1947-1954
Out of the Past 1945
Serious But Humorous?
The Prince of Wales Visits - 1920
Never Again
Faith of Our Fathers
The Alliance Church of Stony Plain
St. Oswald's Anglican Church
Glory Hills Baptist Church
Perpetual Help Church Stony Plain
Glory Hills Reformed Church
History of St. Matthew Lutheran Church Missourisynod, Stony Plain
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Immanuel Lutheran Church Rosenthal
History of Beach Corner St. John's Church
The Zion Lutheran Church at Inga
Silver Bend Lutheran Church
Stony Plain United Church
Holborn United Church
Holdborn U.C.W. Marks 25 Years of Service
The Farm Woman, God Remembered
The Yokel's Choice
Organizations
The Stony Plain Women's Institute
The Stony Plain Branch Canadian Red Cross Society
United Farm Women of Alberta
The History of the Muir Lake Community League
Stony Plain Municipal Library
The Multicultural Heritage Centre
History of the Royal Canadian Legion of the Stony Plain Branch No. 256
Meridian Masonic Lodge No. 129
Stony Plain Chapter No. 119 Order of the Eastern Star
History of the Triple "C" Club in Stony Plain
The Kinsmen Club of Stony Plain
Stony Plain Lions Club
Elks Lodge No. 394
O.O.R.P
The Golden Age Club Story
Holdborn Birthday Group
The Central Athletic Club
Basketball in the Twenties
Holdborn Rifle Association
Remember When…
Life on the Farm
Stony Plain Demonstration Farm
Agricultural Fairs
Rural Youth Activities
Brightbank 4-H Garden Club
Holborn Lassies 4-H Garden Club
The Holdborn Wheat Club
The Mutual
Rural Roads
The Creek and Shaul's Lake
Early Hunting, Cattle Ranching and Moonshining the Glory Hills
A Water Wheel of 1916
Early Threshing
Threshing Time in Steam Engine Days
Old-Time Threshing in Rosenthal
A Mornington Boy's Experience in Alberta
A Busy Life on a Homestead
Soap Making at Our House
A Favour Returned
1919-1920 A Hard Winter
Digging a Well
The Partridge Hunt
The Summer of 1935
The "Unlicensed Veterinarian"
Some "Firsts"
Barnyard Stories
The Lighter Side
Runaway!
Thirteen Kinds of Trouble?
Who Needs a Skating Rink?
"Please Sir We Want to Marry"
Stalking The Indians
The Case of the Heavy Suitcases
Games Children Played
Sunday was Different 1915-1930
Schoolday Fun
A Teacher
My Grandfather Catches Rabbits
Prairie Chickens and Partridges
Celebrations
Golden Wedding Celebration
A Birthday Party
Simple Pleasures
Hard Time Fun
A Child's Christmas
The Box Social
Halloween Disaster
Another Success
For their Country
Roll of Honour
Boer War
World War I
World War II
Peace Tim Force
Family Histories
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Families with No Stories
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Landmarks
Anniversaries
Kid's Page
Harvest Time
Index of Family Histories
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