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Turner Valley: Sheep River Historical Society, 1979
In the Light of the Flares. History of Turner Valley Oilfields
Sheep River Historical Society
Table of Contents
Cover
Table of contents
The Early Years by June Danforth
Turner Valley and The Oilfield Workers by Don MacKenzie and Associates
The Entrepreneurs and Early Investors
The Geologists
The Drillers
The Production Supervisor
The Home Saga
The Pipeliners
The Gas Plant Men
The Field Superintendents
The Conservation Engineer
The Scouts
The Next Generation
The Oilfield in 1978
Turner Valley
Building the Oilfields
The Birth of the Oil Field
Ernie Latham's Turner Valley History
The Tote Teams
Cable Tool Drilling
The Royalite Camp
Drilling in Turner Valley, 1926-31
Early History of Oil
Calmont Oil Camp Near Millarville
Anglo Canadian Oil Company
The Halliburton Story
Kerber Rig-Building
A.E. Smith and The Oil Wells
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Tune - All American Girl
List of Oil Wells Drilled Prior to 1974
Tales From the Doghouse
Charlie
The Depression
Floods on Sheep River
Labour Conditions
The Meatman Cometh
Mud Pits
Ode(r) of Turner Valley
The Purity 99 Fire
Reflections of an Oil Town
Reminiscence
Roads
The Roads to Okotoks
The Rough-Neck's Dream
Turner Valley Days
Millarville No. 1
Reflections of Turner Valley
W.B. (Bill) Gallup - My Turner Valley Story
The Wanderers
The Well Shooter
The Wildcatter
Shady Deals
Working Conditions in Turner Valley
Growth of the Communities
Black Diamond
Mill Rates, Assessments, Area Growth
Roads and Sidewalks
The Drainage Ditch
Building Permits
Water and Sewage Systems
Fire Department
Policing
Turner Valley Swimming Pool
Oilfields Curling Rink
Wind Up!
The Big Black Diamond Fire of April 24th 1949
Reflections
John Blakeman, Sr. - 1958-38
John Blakeman Jr.
Dave and Goddy McRae
C.B. (Barney) Halpin
The Oilfield Dairy
Centennial Year 1967
Banking in the Oilfields
The Royal Bank of Canada
The Bank of Commerce
Bank of Toronto
The Treasury Branch
The Town of Turner Valley
Turner Valley Post Office
Business Places in Turner Valley
Turner Valley Grows
Mary E. Gooding
Like Topsy, It Just Growed
The Log Cabin
The Turner Valley Business Section
Shoprite Store and Solloway Mills Co.
The Turner Valley Economy Store
Turner Valley
Whisky Row
Alberta Government Telephones
The Turner Valley Mutual Telephone Co. Ltd.
The Hamlet of Hartell
Hartell Post Office
Harold and Mildred Moon and Family
The Hartell Fire
L. Westover
The South End * From Hartell to the Highwood
Reminiscences of Longview
Little New York
Bill Jackson in Little New York
South End Activities
Memories of the Mercury and South End
Assorted Memories
Millarville - North End of the Turner Valley Oilfields
The Happy Gang
Local Institutions
Presbyterian Church
Religion Comes to Turner Valley
Anglican Churches
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Reverend Edward E. Mulvill
Lewis Memorial Church, Turner Valley
United Church
Rev. James R. Brown and Family
Dr. T. Karpoff and Family
The Black Diamond United Church
C.G.I.T. - Black Diamond
Churches at the South End
The Bishop in Bob Henson's Butcher Shop
Black Diamond Gospel Chapel
History of Wendell A. Lewis
A History of the Small School Districts in the Turner Valley
Glenmede - The Pioneer School
Recollections of Glen Mede School
Caroline Molander (Mrs. G.C. Rash)
Lineham School No. 2966
Black Diamond School No. 3277 (Rural)
Black Diamond Rural School
The Cottage School
Dorothy Childress
The Official Trustee
The Early Schools of Black Diamond
Turner Valley High School
School Day Reminiscences
Ian McLaren Family
Miss Godkins
Mae Gall
Tune - Home on the Range
Saturday Bath
James, Miss Gladys
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
Vera (Sutherland) McLaren
Turner Valley Elementary School
Miss Edith Boose
Turner Valley Family and School Days
Hugh McCullough
Turner Valley High School
Bill and May Hutton
Mable E. Roberts
Schools in the South End
Assorted Turner Valley Memories
The First Hospital (LaRosee)
Turner Valley Hospital
Cora Burke
Katherine C. Inglis
Doctor Harry and Doctor David Lander
Eleanor C. Stanley, R.N.
Glenmead Park
High Country Lodge
Community Living
Scouting and Guiding in the Southend
Longview Company Songs
The First Diamond Company
Brownies and Guides at Camp
B.P.O.E. No. 234
The Flats Sewing Club
The Griffiths Memorial Centre Association
The Lineham Meet Your Neighbour Club
Sheep Creek Arts Council
The Women's Institute and Swimming Pools Turner Valley
Diamond Women's Institute
Sports in the Turner Valley Area
The Imperials
The Turner Valley Oilers 1918-41
Baseball Teams
The Natural Ice Curling Rink - Turner Valley
Turner Valley Oilfields Curling Association
The Lowery Trophy
The Turner Valley Golf and Country Club
Turner Valley Hunt Club
Turner Valley Ski Club
Square Dance Club
Teen Club
The Turner Valley Tigers Swim Club and Lander Memorial Pool
Country Living
The Alderson Ranch
The Oil Ranch
Quorn Ranch
Irrigation Ditches
The First Veterinarian
History of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
History and Humour
Cpl. (Sge.) James (Smitty) Smith
Corporal Sidnew W. Thurston
Cpl. B.F. Phyllis Van Blarcom
Lineham Post Office
The Lineham Coal Mine
The Lineham Lumber Company
Black Diamond Coal Mine
Burns' Mine
Appendix to Burns' Mine
Coal Creek
Indian Oils Strip Mine
Windy Point Mine
The Black Diamond Creamery
Land Survey and Development in Western Canada 1867 to 1930
Major Legislation
Hudson Bay Company Land
First Dominion Lands Act
Homesteads
School Lands
Dominion Land Survey
Railway Land Grants
Second Dominion Land Act
Canadian Pacific Railway Charter
Third Dominion Land Act
Veterans Homesteads
The Calgary and Edmonton Railway (C & E Ry)
Grazing Lease Rights
Timber Rights
Mineral Rights
Summary
Water Reserves
Original Land Ownership
Some Notes on Roads and People Associated with Local Government in Small Improvement District NO. 191 and the Municipal District of Stockland NO. 191 Between 1912-43
Railways that Never Came
Fire Guards
Forest Fires
The 1919 Forest Fire
That Terrible Winter - 1919
The Growth of Electricity
Black Diamond R.E.A.
Kew Ridge Gas Co-op
The South Sheep Creek Stock Association
Stockland 4-H Beef Club
Sheep River 4-H Riding Club
4-H Clothing Club
Farmers Union of Alberta
Farm Women's Organization
Black Diamond's Steeple Chase
The "Riding Thompson" Brothers
Roll of Honour - World War I
World War I Veterans
The Canadians
Roll of Honour - World War II
World War II Veterans
Army Reserves and Peace Time Forces
Turner Valley Boys (Over There)
Stoker W.A. Fisher V34067
Dig Down Brother
The Royal Canadian Legion: Turner Valley Branch No. 78, Alberta
The Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Branch 78
Turner Valley Oilfields During World War Two
The Oilfields Army Cadet Corps
Family Histories
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Glossary
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