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Rocky Mountain House, Alberta: Rocky Mountain House Reunion Historical Society, 1977
Days Before Yesterday : History of Rocky Mountain House district
Rocky Mountain House Reunion Historical Society
Table of Contents
Cover
The Rocky Mountain House Song
History Committee
Dedication
Editor's Foreward
Rocky Mountain House Reunion Historical Society
Table of Contents
Naming Our Book
Land of Shining Mountains
The Song of the Saskatchewan - Introduction
In the Beginning
Excerpt from MacDonald of Garth's Journals
Land Between Mountains and Plains
What's a Chinook?
The Hudson's Bay Trail
Railway Story
The Railroad Days
From C.P.R. Trestle Rocky Mtn. House
The Battle of the Bridge
Fire Destroys Old Station Building
The Royal Visit
Lumbering
The Lumbering Story
McDougall and Martin
Phoenix Lumber Co.
Atlas Lumber Co.
Charlie Bruce
A.P. Fisher
W. (Bill) Fisher
Art Fisher
Chet Brierley
"Biga Bill" Chabaylo
Charlie Edwards
John Gillis
Frank McTighe's Mill
W.C. McDougall's Mill
Lawton Bros Mill
Camp Cook Recalls
Fires Break Out in Great Numbers
Conservation Week Started at Rocky Mountain House
Premier Opens Rocky's Conservatory Ceremonies
Indians
Early History of the Indian Reserves
Our Native Neighbours
Indians Prepare for Summer Fun
At Fair Tomorrow
Indians Protest Failure to Receive Jubilee Bonus
Indian Stage Sun-Dance at Rocky Mountain House: Then Vote Against Reservation
Walking Eagle Predicts Big Snow Storm in Offing
Indian Chief Predicts Early, Sudden Spring
Our Friends the Indians - Fifty Years Ago
Stories of Indians of Early Days
The Indians and the YF Brand
Indian Unknown
The Story of the Indians and the Cow
The Sundance
Another Buffalo Pound at Lampman Valley
Indian Artefacts and Buffalo Pound
Carving Out the West
Log Building
The Gentle Pioneers
A Salute to the Pioneers
Blacksmithing is Easy Says Rocky Woman
Pioneer Shack
The Pioneers
The Dog Team
The Barn that had Two Roofs
New Buildings Corner
Handling Eaton's Horses
Good Knots to Know
After the Hudson's Bay Trail
Trail Blazers
Ernest Ross
The Saga of the David Thomson Highway
Biographical Statement
Naming of a Mountain
A Few Highlights
The David Thomson Highway
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta Wednesday, February 27, 1916 Estimate Five Thousand People Attend Opening of Bridge
Early Passenger Service
White Bus Line
Driver's Pass Report
Penhold Airport - Red Deer
Time Table
How A Hard-Driving Pioneer Built a Bus Line
30 Years of Progress
Red Deer - Sylvan Lake - Eckville Condor - Rocky Mt. House
Charter Bus Service
Daily Bus Service
Train & Bus Connections
Highway Delegates Are in Edmonton
Gravelling is Likely This Year
Utilities
History Summary of Calgary Power Ltd. In the Rocky Mountain House Area
Rural Telephone - South of Rocky Mountain House
Northwestern Utilities Wins Vote at Rocky Mountain House
Rural Electrification Formed at Rocky Mountain House
The Pride and Joy of Rocky Mountain House
Rocky Has a Bit of Everything
Rocky Mountain House Celebrates 50 Years of Progress
60 Years of Progress…
Four Left Who Signed Petition for Town in 1912
Early Pioneers Still Remember Rocky Mtn. House with Affection
Early Days of Alhambra, Alberta
Candor As I Saw it in 1930
Condor and Area Trucking
Leslieville Today Grew From Raw Bush Country
Nordegg in the Old Days
Prairie Grange P.O. Rocky Mountain House
The Agriculture Society
Rocky Mountain House Agricultural Society
Horses
Cattle
Sheep
Swine
Poultry
Field Roots
Grains
Grasses
Vegetables
Flowers
Domestic Produce
Preserves, Pickles, etc.
Dairy Products
Fancy Work
Children's Classes
R.L. Zengel V.C. Branch B.E.S.L.
Rocky Well Represented in Both World Wars
Roll of Honour
A Portrait of a Military Hero Who Turned to Politics
MacDonald of Garth Chapter Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire
Self-Supporting Library Pride of Mountain House
Small Town I.O.D.E. Keeps Members to Busy To Gossip
The MacDonald of Garth Chapter I.O.D.E. Rocky Mountain House
The Riverside Ladies' Club
Condor Women's Institute
Lochearn Women's Institute
List of the Officers of Lochearn Masonic Lodge No. 151
Anglican Church
All Hallows Anglican Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Rocky Mountain house
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Hespero Presbyterian Church
Raven Union Church
History of Rocky Mountain Alliance Church
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Memorial Presbyterian Church Rocky Mountain House - A Historical Note
Presbyterian Church Burns Mortgage
Rocky Mountain House
History of The Roman Catholic Church in West Central Alberta
St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church
The Christian Community of Saint Matthew's
Our Patron Saint
A Message
Dedication
Without Prejudice
The Altar
The Old…
The Seventh Day Adventists
The Cyclone
Rocky Mountain House Hospital
Presbyterian W.M.S. Hospital, Rocky Mountain House
Points of Interest
Districts and Schools
An Ode of the District
Our Pioneers
Arbutus Early Settlers
Butte and Staffer Districts
Buster Creek District
Old Time Settlers in the Chedderville School District
Crimson Lake
Daisy Nook School No. 1784
Frisco
Frisco School District
Faraway District
History of the Gaetz School No. 1936
The History of Lone Deer School
Confluence School
Rocky Mountain School Division No. 15 - Land of David Thomson
Early Settlers at Northup - 1910-1922
Some Early Settlers in New Hill
Oras School District No. 3036
Pleasant Vale District
Pleasant Vale School District No. 3178
A Double Wedding at Strachan
Notes From Strachan
Shady Lane School
The Taimi District
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping
A Trappers Anthology
Big Bear - Mighty Big
Olaf Olson, Unknown
"Lady Guide of the Foothills"
Recreation
Alberta's David Thomson Canoe Team Reaches Destination at Expo '67
Voyageur Canoe Race
Pro Prospect
Who Was John Plathan?
In Ye Good Olde Days
Plathan's Brass Band - 1927
The Oil Patch
The Oil Story
Strachan Gas Plant
Ram River Oils
Memoirs of Ram River Oils
Cemeteries
Garth Cemetery
Green Valley Cemetery
Horseguard Cemetery
Indian Cemetery Near Glacier
Leslieville Community Cemetery
Prairie Creek Memorial Cemetery
The Raven Cemetery
Echoes of the Past
Tid Bits
Pangman's Pine
A Trip to Rocky Mountain House
An Early Tragedy
H. McLennan
I Remember
Some People I Remember
Prairie Creek Daze
Mystery of the Mines
Recollections of Rocky Mountain House Fifty Years Ago
Medial Attention in the 1930's
Reminiscences
Lost Child Found Safe at Rocky
An Experience
Gavin Hamilton Obituary
Pioneer, Believed Drowned, Was 'Honest Horse Trader'
Do You Remember
Financial Statement
Auditor's Financial Statement and Returns of the Village of Rocky Mountain House Alberta
On Retirement at 65
Roy Scott Remembers
Rocky Mountain House Echo
Cold Sober, Too
Local Visitors Enthise over Scenic Highway
Modern Robin Hood of Rocky Mountain House
Rocky Mountain House Promises Scenery, Fishing, and Hunting if Tweedsmuir Pays Projected Visit this Summer
The Blizzard of March 17, 1951
An English Woman Civil Servant Enthusiastic About Trip Into the Mountains
Robust Wild Berry Crop Lures Ambitions Pickers Into Desolate Scrub Land
Plane Crash in the Mountains
"Silas K. Vandermard was Most Spectacular Character of Rocky Mountain House"
Builders of the West Country
Are You and Old Timer?
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