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Calgary, Alberta: Foothills Historical Society, 1976
Chaps and chinooks : a history west of Calgary. Volume 1
Foothills Historical Society
Table of Contents
Cover
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Table of Contents
Before the Settlers Came
Wildlife
Homestead Act
A Tough Act to Follow
List of Homesteaders
Weather - Chinook
A Word to the Weather Wise
What is the Chinook
Hailstorm in 1926
The Fire of 1936
Place Names
Alberta
Bow River
Elbow River
The Mission of Our Lady of Peace
The Collen Cairn
Seventy Buck Valley
Stoney Indian Reserve (Map)
Points of Interest
Indians
Indians of the Sarcee Reserve
Stony Indians and the Royal Visit
Edward Onespot Gingold
Indians of the Morley
Stoney Indians
Alex Labelle
Unto the Hills
Part Two - Agriculture
Ranching Traditions
The Mange Problem and the Cattle Dipping Program
The Prairie Chariot (better known as) The Dump Cart
Milk
Cheese Factories
Reminiscences of an Old-timer
Pirmez Creek Fish Hatchery
My First Evening on a Ranch
Springbank, Alberta
First Sight of the House
Work Mates
Supper
My First Attempt at Splitting Wood
The Prairie Church (The South Church Built of Logs)
Springbank 4H Dairy Calf Club
Springbank 4H Beef Club
Ploughing
Irrigation - Springbank
Alberta Past and Present
Blue, P. 360 Para's 2, 3.
Calgary Irrigation Company Limited
My Story of the Wild Horses
Part Three - Family Life
Woman's Work is Never …
Health
The More it Hurts
When Hens Where Hens
The Outlaw
Cashel Case
An Artful Dodger
Services / Schools
Springbank School
Mrs. E.G. Langille (McClellan)
Frank Toews
Mitford School
Map of School Districts
Jumping Pond S.D. No. 254
Little Jumping Pond School No. 471
Clements Hill School
Teacher, Claudia Lyn Found Boarding at the Lazy J Far from Dull
Elbow River School District No. 999
Remembering Elbow River S.D. 999 1933-1938
Brushy Ridge School District No. 1454
Reminiscences of My First School
West Calgary School District No. 209
Dawson Hill
Memories
Dawson Hill School - 1931
Remembrances of Dawson Hill
Memories
Churches and Christian Organizations
The United Church - Springbank, Alberta
Springbank United Church 1886-1976
Canadian Girls in Training
The Explorer Group
The Rev. Mr. Little
Mrs. George (Georgina) Henning
Spruce Vale Church History
Early Memories of Spruce Vale Sunday
Anglican Church at Mitford
Methodist
Elmer Piper
Rev. R.L. Harrison
The Christian Endeavour Society
Canadian Order of Chosen Friends
Springbank Community Hall
Elbow Valley Community Hall
Jumping Pound Hall
Willingdon Hall
Post Offices
Jumping Pound Post Office
Elbow River and Springbank Post Offices and Mail Routes
Pirmez Creek Post Office
Mail Carriers
Telephone
Elbow Valley and Springbank Telephone
Early History of the Telephone in Brushy Ridge and Jumping Pound
Central 1 Long Ring
History of the Cochrane South Mutual Telephone Company
On the "7" Line of the Cochrane South Mutual Telephone
Trouble on the Line
Light and Power
Lighting
Memoirs of Power
Oil and Gas Exploration in the Jumping Pound Area
Intake
The Gravity Intake
Political History
Provincial
Federal
Municipal
Pax Vobiscum
Clubs
Red Cross
The United Farmers of Alberta
Glider Club
The Calgary Aero Club
Camp Modelk
Camp Batuk
59th Brownie Pack
The 59th Guide Company
102 Scout Troop
The History of the Springbank Men's Club
Ladies Curling Members 1952-53 Season
Men's Club 1949
Sporting Events
The Jumping Pound Stampedes
The Story of the Dog Race
Elbow River Rifle Club
In the Days of the Youth
Part Eight
Pioneers and Homesteaders
The Livingston Ledged
A.P. Patrick
Margaret (McPherson) Patrick
Wheeler Mickle
Andrew Sibbald
Howard Embury Sibbald
Andrew Franklin Sibblad - "Frank"
John Lowry
John D. Arnell Sr.
The James Robinson Family
Arthur Robinson
Thomas Robinson
James Edward Robinson
Robert W. (Bob Robinson)
Joseph Robinson
Hugh Nelson
Ernest Norwood
Jean
Maggie
Elsie Bell
Martha
Gordon
Lily
Joseph Roy
James Edward
Stephen Arthur
John Barnes
John Wraith
Tom Bean
William C. Durban and Francis
Francis Webb
Charles Jackson
George Leeson of S.L. Ranch
Rick's Story
Thomas Kerr Fullerton
Further Recollection
Tom Edworthy
The Logan Family
Four Pioneer Brothers
The Peper Family
Stephen Wilson
William John Frarey Family Story
Thomas Jackson
Edward Henry Osborne Vaudin
James David McCreight
The Angade (Angie) Johnson Family Story
Louis Napoleon and Amelia Blanche
Christopher and Blanche Duke
When Two Sunday's Come in a Week
Edward Waines
The Taylors
Captain Meopham Gardner
The Callaway Family
James Young Family
William and Mary Young
Thomas Young
To Laura in Heaven
The McPherson Family
MR. And Mrs. Harry Walker
Hutchinson - Taylor History
William W. Stuart
Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Ellis
Robert Ellis
Tom Ellis Jr.
Oliver Ellis
Jack Ellis
Mrs. Jack Ellis
Bill Ellis
Ned Ellis
Sarah Ellis
The William (Bill) Edge Family
Ethel
Wilbert
Edith
Laurie
James Randolph Dyer
Henry Allan Gray
Cullen Family
Keys Cullen
William Cullen
Ernest Cullen
Sydney Cullen
Florence Cullen
Jack Cullen
Tom Cullen
The Bateman Family
John Copithorne
Richard Copithorne
Ted Cook
Gilbert Edwin
Herbert S. Lott
William Imrie Gibson
The Gibson Family
The May Family
Munro History
Charles Robert (Bob) Munro
Isaac Robinson
Richard George Robinson
Hester Jane Robinson
Charles T. Priddis
Charles Mickle
John Ware
Jack Stewart
Billy Mulligan
Samuel Pharis Whitley
Thomas Ringold
Charles Brumfit
John Arthur William Fraser
The Healy Story
The Jonathan Bradley Family
Philip W. Pomery
John S. Henry
Edward Harrison
Jim Harrison
George Searle Wills
Patrick Drummond Story
John M. Belway
Merino Ranch
Alex McKay
William W. Quayle
William Frayn
The Norman Story
John Stewart
John Thomas McKnight
Thomas Coffee Lusk
Arthur Thompson
John "Gravity" Watson
The Charles Semples
The Charles Ostrom Family
Mr. and Mrs. John Park
Wellington "Bruce" Long
Founder of Brikburn
E.H. Crandell
Love Song
Did You Know?
Rhubarb
Anecdote
Do You Remember?
Boer War
Boer War Veterans
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