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Wetaskiwin, Alberta: Wetaskiwin Alberta R.C M.P. Centennial Committee, 1975
"Siding 16" : an early history of Wetaskiwin to 1930
Reynolds, A. Bert
Table of Contents
Cover
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Contents
Milestones in the History of Wetaskiwin
Partial Bibliography
Indians
In the Beginning…There was the Land
The Legend of Wetaskiwin
The Indians…Free Nomads
The Reserves
Missionaries
Father Lacombe …Black Robe Voyageur
The Reverend John McDougall
The Rundle Mission, Pigeon Lake
Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, The Hobbema Mission
North West Rebellion - 1885
Prelude…A Restless West
The Alberta Field Force
The Calgary and Edmonton Railway - 1891
Edmonton to Calgary…A Trail
A Railway…A Siding
Immigration…The Land Seekers, the Builders 1891-1895
The Tide Continues…More Immigrants 1896-1900
Bob Edwards…Free Lance With an Edge
Early Farming - About 1900
Preparing the Land
Growing and Harvesting
To Market
House and Home
A New Century
Our Town
Working Out…The Money Game
Churches…A Meagre Harvest
Moving Ahead 1901-1906
Business, 1901-1903
Business, 1904-1906
Farming and Newspapering to 1906
The Soil…Some Could, Some Couldn't
Newspapers….A Risky Venture
Education and the Law to 1906
Schoolhouses, School Teachers and Students
Law and Order…Gunfighters Not Welcome
Ups and Downs
Gwynne…When the Rains Came
Bingham on Patrol
The Best Band in the Land
Your Number, Please
Fire…Heat and Heartbreak
Electricity
Baseball…The Best in the West
Alexandra School
A City…A New Status
Pre-War Years 1907-1914
Lumber…The Sawmill Business
The Court House…Judges, Cops and Horse Thieves
The Post Office
The Community Hospital
Businesses That Didn't
Automobiles…Madness in the Streets
A Pre-War Community
Natural Gas Development
Entertainment to 1914
Old Games Were Good Enough
A New and Wondrous Thing…Moving Pictures
The First World War 1914-1918
Men in Service
Wartime Activities
Prohibition - 1916
Return to Normal - 1918-1919
Post-War Days
The Co-op Story
The Twenties 1920-1929
Horse and Harness…A Dying Age
Mud and Flying Gravel…Finally, Better Roads
More of the Twenties
The Lure of Black Gold
Fun and Games
Churches to 1930…The Harvest Improves
Of Bricks and Teachers
The Local Scene
A Partial List of Early Settlers
Wetaskiwin's Honoured Dead
First Annual Fair - Officers and Directors
Mayors 1900-1931
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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