ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
T h i s i d e a o r i g i n a t e d w i t h M r s . Z e l l a Pimm when s h e was
P r o v i n c i a l E d u c a t i o n Convener o f A g r i c u l t u r e and Canadia
Industries.
S e l e c t i o n Committee

f o r the best

Constituency

Books:

D r . G r a n t MacEwan
Mr. A r t h u r G r e g g
Mrs. B e t t y D a h l i e

Winners o f Book

Competition:

1. E a s t D i d s b u r y C o n s t i t u e n c y
2 . Ma Me 0 C o n s t i t u e n c y
3. M e d i c i n e H a t C o n s t i t u e n c y
Honourable

Mention:

T w i n Bow
Mid Pembina
Drumheller H a n d h i l l s

A l b e r t a Women's I n s t i t u t e B o o k

Committee:

M r s . Norma C h r i s t i e
Mrs. Kathryn H a b b e r f i e l d
Mrs. Kaye Rowbottom
Typist:
Mrs. B e t t e B a l l h o r n

The C o m m i t t e e w i s h t o a c k n o w l e d g e w i t h many t h a n k s , t h e
a s s i s t a n c e o f D r . G r a n t MacEwan i n e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e f o r m a t
o f t h e book a n d i n making t h e f i n a l s e l e c t i o n o f p i c t u r e s .
S p e c i a l thanks t o t h e Calgary o f f i c e o f the A l b e r t a H i s t o r i c a l
Resources F o u n d a t i o n f o r t h e i r h e l p and the use o f t h e i r
facilities.

VOLUME ONE

INDEX

1.

The Trek and Before - Pages

1-2.

2.

The Homestead - Pages

3.

C l e a r i n g and Breaking Operations - P;iges

4.

F i r s t Cropping Operations - Pages 1J - 27.

5.

Ranching - Pages 29 - 31•

6.

Mixed and S p e c i a l i t y Farming - Pages 32 - 36.

?.

T r a n s i t i o n i n Machinery - Pages 37 -

8.

Transportation and Road B u i l d i n g - PE
iges 4 7 - 5 8 .

3-7.

VOLUME TWO

9-12.

INDEX

9.

D i s a s t e r s - Pages 59 - 61.

10.

Community A c t i v i t i e s - Pages 62 - 67.

11.

Women's and C h i l d r e n ' s Work - Pages 6 8 - 7 6 .

12.

Education and Churches - Pages 77 - 82.

13.

Farmsteads and Houses - Pages 83 - 85.

14.

Where Town and Country Meet - Pages 86 - 87.

15.

C o n s t r u c t i o n and Moving B u i l d i n g s - Pages 88 - 89.

16.

Water - Pages 9 0 - 9 2 .

17.

Family Pets - Pages 93 - 96.

18.

Trapping and Hunting - Pages 97 - 98.

19.

Recreation - Pages 99 - 103.

20.

Miscellaneous - Pages 104 - 112.

THE

TREK

THE P L A I N S I N D I A N S ROAMED A N D L E F T B E H I N D

1926—EVERETT McDOWELL AND FAMILY LEAVING

R I N G S OF STONE WHICH HELD T H E EDGES O F

PRAIRIE SUNNYBROOK, ALBERTA TO 20 MILES N.W.
OF PONOKA.

THEIR TEEPEES.

BOB CURRIE FOREGROUND, BACK-

ERNEST MCDOWELL, E D C U R R I E , B I L L STEWART,

EVERETT SITTING ON WAGON. MA ME 0 CONST.

1912-MR. P R A N K WSLLEPl W i d

H

OXEN L E A V I N G VETERAN ^

I

YOKE OF

3

LOAD OF LUMBER

FOR^HIS HOME THREE

S

0

U

T

^

H

MOVING TO HOMESTEAD:
SEAT

1

3

A

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L

G

H

W

A

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W

I

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0

°

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S

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BERNARD AND ANNIE

NELSON AND FAMILY DRIVE TO THEIR HOMESTEAD
AT RICH VALLEY, ALBERTA.
MID PEMBINA CONST.

THE

HOMESTEAD

HOMESTEADING I N THE V E G R E V I L L E DISTRICT
IN THE TEAR 1900. MR. AND MRS. ANOTIK
FONTAINE AND SONS JOHN, B I G PETE AND
' WSO WAS K I L L E D I N ACTION I N 19 U
E D

NOTE R E A L SOD ROOF
Nl/.

MA MR .0.. CONST..
1910 HOMESTEAD, ONE STOREY 16X26 HOUS'
TOILET AT LEFT IN BACK.
MA ME 0 CONST.

LOG BARN BUILT AT THE WILLIAM KNULL
FARM.
MA ME 0 CONST.

STRAW FILLED POLE PIG 3ARH C*
STANCE FARM NORTH OF FALUN.

3

MA ME 0

MR. & MRS. JOHN CRAM SEATED II
THEIR FIRST HOME IN 1909 AT El

THE LOG HOUSES ALONG THE RED DEER RIVER
ARE WELL PRESERVED TODAY, A TRIBUTE TO
THE RANCHERS WHO TENDED CATTLE HERE.

THE ROOF WAS PRAIRIE SOD ON K
THIS TEAM OF OZEN BROKE THE U
VIDED TRANSPORTATION. THEY CI
RENFREW, ONTARIO. SHE CAME Ai

ACADIA CONST.

1908—BERT SIMPSON 3Y HIS SOD HOUSE ON
HOMESTEAD NORTH OF DELIA WITH HIS COYOTE
HOUNDS.
DRUMHELLER-HAND HILLS
CONST.

WILLIAM DOl
S.W. OF DRl

OLD LOG HOUSE COVERED WITH P L A S T E R FOR
ADDED WARMTH.

J A C K BAGGETT, SHOAL CREEK,

ALBERTA.
M I D PEMBINA CONST.

A V E R Y NEAT, L A R G E A N D COMFORTABLE SOD
HOUSE B U I L T B Y MR. DEMITRUS S A N K E Y ON H I S
HOMESTEAD E A S T OF HEMARUKA.
NOTE THE
BARRELS WITH T I N HOOPS USED FOR H A U L I N G
AND K E E P I N G A S U P P L Y O F D R I N K I N G WATER
HANDY.
B A R R E L S ARE ON A STONEBOAT FOR
TRANSPORT. MR. & MRS. S A N K E Y & DAUGHTER
_ TKmrooiLtrD- .

THE ROBINSON SODDIE NEAR CONSORT.
IN

BUILT

1910.

— — — —

—

— — —

-

T H E L E T N I A K SOD HOUSE OF T H E E A R L Y 1900'S
WITH E A R T H FLOORS AND A STRAW ROOF.

CORONATION CONST.

E A S T OF HEMARUKA.

SHO WS T H E CROSS C U T SAW US!
LOGS INTO S U I T A B L E S I Z E FOR"
R E Q U I R E S A P E R S O N ON E A C H Et
J

THE A X E WAS USED TO 5 " L I T Tt.
WOOD. T H E P I C T U R E "WAS TAKEN
DOUPE HOME 10 M I L E S S E
OF
ABOUT 1918.
' *

WINTER'S WOODPILE A T BOW

ISLAND.

M E D I C I N E HAT CONST.

T H E STOVE WITH A S U P P L Y OF K I N D L I N G ,
THE BROOM A N D C O F F E E POT A R E L E F T I N
READINESS

SHOULD A N Y T R A V E L L E R B E

STRANDED.
ACADIA

CONST.

C L E A R I N G A N D B R E A K I N G OPERATIONS

1913__AN OLD S E T T L E R B R E A K I N G SOD WITH
A SULKY PLOUGH P U L L E D B Y OXEN,
M E D I C I N E HAT CONST.

1911—MR. P E R R Y ON HOMESTEAD A T STONY
PLAIN.
S T E T T L E R CONST.

JOHN OWEN WITH GOOD VIEW OP WALKING PLOUGH. \

JOHN- OWEN"PLOUGHING

NOTE

PLOUGH AND H I S OXEN, 3 0 B , B I L L Y A N D TOM

THE OX PROD HANGING ON JOHN'S ARM,

A L S O HOW THE ROPE L I N E S ARE OVER H I S
SHOULDERS SO H I S HANDS ARE F R E E TO GUIDE
THE

PLOUGH WITH T H E HANDLES.
CORONATION CONST.

S O L WITH T H E W A L K I N G

I N 1903.
CORONATION CONST.

1927—ON IRVING KLEIN'S FARM EAST OF
DIDSBURY BREAKING WITH FIVE HORSES ON
GANG PLOW.
EAST DUE BURY CONST.

BREAKING PLOUGH AND REAL HORSE POSER.
PEACE RIVER CONST.

A SIX HORSE TEAM PLOWING FOR SPRING
PLANTING WEST OF DELIA.

1904—PLOUGHING WITH A ONE BOTTOM S

AT THIS RATE

THEY PLOWED ABOUT TEN ACRES A DAY.

PLOUGH ON THE WILLIAM DENSMORE FARM

THIS

INNISFREE, ALBERTA.

WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK IN THE 1900"S.
DRUMHELLER-HAND HILLS CONST.

10

EIGHT BOTTOM PLOUGH IN IRRICANA.
HARD WORK WAS VERY COMMON IN I925 ON THE

GUTMAN STANDING ON PLATFORM.

BICKLEY FARM WEST OF RED DEER. BREAKING

WAS USED FOR BREAKING SOD.

BUSH WAS ESPECIALLY TIRING.
RED DEER CONST.

LOUIS

THIS OUTFIT

DIDSBURY EAST CONST.

B R E A K I N G L A N D — T H E CORNER POSTS HAVE B E E N
LOCATED.
T H E S E POSTS WERE SQUARE AND HAD
ENGRAVED ON THEM T H E L A N D L O C A T I O N . T H E S E
HAVE LONG S I N C E D I S A P P E A R E D .
1925 ON T H E
R I V E R F L A T OF MR. A N D MRS. C. H. GOLLOWAY'S
FARM.
MR. IVOR GALLOWAY AND MR. M A R V I N
THOMAS B R E A K L A N D TO P R E P A R E FOR A HEAVY
HAY CROP.
TRACTOR I S A C A S E
13-27

59 SOME PINE LAKE MEN ARE SHOWN
NG SOIL WITH STEAM CASE TRACTOR,
RED DEER CONST.

II

FIRST

CROPPING OPERATIONS

1935—MR. AND MRS. FRED REBKOWICH AND SON
AT WANDERING RIVER. THEY USED OXEN BE­
CAUSE HORSES WERE SO EXPENSIVE. THEY
STARTED TO TRAIN OXEN WHEN THEY WERE ONE
YEAR OLD. THE HORSE WAS USED TO KEEP
THE FURROW STRAIGHT. THE CAR IN THE
PICTURE BELONGED TO THE TAX MAN.
ATHABASCA CONST.

ING

PEACE RIVER CONST.

FRED REBKOWICH HARROWING WITH OXEN AFTER

A MAN WALKED BEHIND THESE SECTIONS OF

THEY WERE TRAINED IN THE HUNGRY THIRTIES.

HARROWS.

ATHABASCA CONST.
TWIN BOW CONST.

I'i

•RIC OLSEN SEEDING HIS CROP WITH A SIX
HORSE TEAM ON HIS FARM NORTH OF OLDS
IN

1930.

SUMMER FALLOWING.
TWIN BOW CONST.

OLDS EAST CONST.

1920 FRED H03KIN AND SOU GORDON ^0
MILES EAST OF CARSTAIRS PREPARING THE
Trl
IT
™
WAIT PATIENTLY.
S

P

R

G

U 0 E K

'

T

H

E

T ^ V E HORSES

HERB DIEHL SEEDING WITH THE GRAIN
DRILL IN 1914.

EAST DIDSBURY CONST.
OHATON CONST.

1930—THIS SCENE OP WELL MATCHED HORSES
EIGHT HORSES HITCHED TOGETHER IN A

ARE HARD AT WORK HARROWING THE SUMMER

SYSTEM CALLED THE TANDEM HITCH.

FALLOW.

CLYDESDALE HORSES.

THE WAY THEY ARE HITCHED UP IS

CALLED THE ABREAT HITCH.
RIBSTONE CONST.

RIBSTONE CONST.

/a

I'S

1

«S

1

1914—SCOTT'S, BINDffiG WITH A TEAM OF

A HARVEST BEE FOR A SICK FARMER.

;

0 1 3 H\ BOW ISLAND AREA.

TWIN 30W CONST.

MEDICINE HAT CONST.

• iZ9—HORSE DRAWN BINDER WHICH CUTS AND
1914—CLARENCE CIPPERLEY OF THE STUART
DISTRICT OILING HIS MASSEY HARRIS BINDER
BEFORE STARTING THE HARVEST.

TIES GRAIN INTO BUNDLES.

OTTO KREBS FARM,

12 MILES WEST OF DIDSBURY.

MR. KREBS,

AMELIA KAISER, ANNIE KREBS, JOHN VIEMAN.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

i(o

3 ARMSTRONG FARM AT HUSSAR IN 1925.

1*3—SHORT GRAIN BEING CUT BY A "HEADER
AND ELEVATED INTO A SPECIAL RACK, THEN
STACKED AND THRESHED AT THE FARM OF
MELVIN AND ELMER'STRAULE AT HILDA.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

ER TEAMS HARVESTED ONE BEHIND THE
'HER ON A LARGE FARM.
OLDS WEST CONST.

916--LEA, AL3ERTA DISTRICT.
REED AND W. NELSON BUILT THIS
"FERRIS WHEEL" FOR THE BINDER BULL
WHEEL BECAUSE OF THE WET FALL THAT
_
STETTLER CONST.

LOADS OF BINDER TWINE IN TOWN OF
WATERHOLE.
PEACE RIVER CONST.

Y E A R

17

STOOK LOADER GATHERING BUNDLES TO TAKE

PITCHING BUNDLES JNTO A BUNDLE RACK.

TO THRESHING MACHINE.
TWIN BOW CONST.
MEDICINE HAT CONST.

ENNIS MYERS WITH TEAM AND RACK LOADED WITH
FEED AND VERY WELL BALANCED TOO.
GERALD JAMES ON THE D. A. WILLIAMS
FARM IN 1939.

HOW

STEEL WHEELS MADE LOADING MUCH MASTER AND
PUT A STOP TO TIPPING AND UPSETTING.

OHATON CONST.

CORONATION CONST.

it

CREW CAME.

(

PEACE RIVER CONST.
1921—PICKING UP THE STOOKS WITH A
STOOK LOADER ON THE CRAIG PIERCE
FARM.

FRED HUMESTON IS THE DRIVER,
DRUMHELLER-HANL HILLS

19
WITH LUNCH BASKET.
PEACE RIVER CONST.

11

\

1930-HORSE 3 A L E H .

LESTER AS TELFORD,

HERB BLACKLOCK, ALLAH FRANCY, LORNE

1910—STEAM ENGINE FIRED BY STRAW

AND LYLE ASTLEFORD.

ON THE PRAIRIES.

STONEY PLAIN-LAC STE ANNE
CONST.

1916—THRESHING WITH A STATIONARY
ENGINE. CARLUTS OUTFIT IN THE
WESTLOCK AREA.
MITL/PEMRTKA CONST.

-AUGUST AVELDSEN, SUNNYSLOPE DISTRICT
HAD ONE OF FIRST LARGE THRESHING OUTFITS
AND DID CUSTOM COMBINING. MR. AVELDSEN
IS FEEDING STRAW INTO THE BURNER OF HIS
STEAMER TRACTOR, WHICH GENERATED HEAT TO
HEAT THE WATER WHICH FORMS STEAM TO POWER
THE THRESHED. SEVERAL YOUNG FRIENDS WATCH
THE PROCESS.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

1946—THRESHING ON CALVIN TURNER'S FARM.
HALF-WAY GROVE AREA, NORTH WEST OF
PONOKA.

LEFT-RIGHT C. TURNER, O. MONROE,

P, DORAN.
MA ME 0 CONST.

HAYING IN THE LATE 1930'S BEFORE
1922-3—HAY STACKED DURING SUMMER, BALED

DAY OF BALERS.

IN WINTER" USING STATIONARY INTERNATIONAL
OHATON CONST.
BALER.

NEAR LINDEN.

100 l b . BALES WERE

TIED WITH WIRE, BROUGHT TO R.R. AND SHIPPED
TO LEVERY BARNS.

EAST DIDSBURY CONST,

192?—HAYING AT THREE HILi^S.

CARL LEE

ON TOP, GREG MOSELY SPIKING BUNDLES.
MA ME 0 CONST.

1928-SAM AND BOB PURVIS STAND IN A STOOKED
TOM READ FAMILY STOOKING OATS IN 1915 (M

FIELD ON THE FLINTOFF FARM IN PARTRIDGE

THEIR FARM NEAR ENTWISTLE.

.HILL DISTRICT.

DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONST.

THIS EXCELLENT FIELD OF

WHEAT SHOWS HOW EACH STOCK WAS "CAPPED"
1W AN EXTRA BUNDLE.
BY AN
EDMONTON-VICTORIA

"BREAD B A S K E T OF T H E WORLD
0

t^T/n^
° ^
™
WERE
STOOD U P TO R E S I S T WIND A N D R A I N
F

S

THRESHING CREW AT TOM McKEE FARM, H MILES

S

THEY
WERE P I T C H E D U P I N T O A RACK' T A K E N TO

THRESHER

RED I N T O T H E T H R E S H E S

STRAW

G R A I N K E R N E L S WEREWAINWRIGHT
T H ^ S TCONST.

NORTHWEST OF DELIA IN THE EARLY 30'S.
DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONST.

THRESHING CREW AT THE BRUCE BELL FARM IN
THE DISTRICT OF CONJURING LAKE (NOW WIZZARD
LAKE) IN THE YEAR 1917.

BRUCE BELL IN

FOREGROUND.
MA ME 0 CONST.

RANCHING

IN PIONEER DAYS YOU WOULD BE CONSIDERED
VERY "WELL OFF" TO OWN A STRING OF MULES
AND HORSES SUCH AS THESE.
HORSES—IMPORTANT IN THE EARLY RANCHING

CORONATION CONST.

DAYS.
MEDICINE HAT CONST.

FRANK AND MARY McLEAY READY TO CHECK
CATTLE.

ONE OF THE "CAPTAINS" OF THE ROUND U P —
TOM HARGRAVE.

MEDICINE HAT CONST.

HE WAS IN CHARGE OF AS

MANY AS 15,000 HEAD OF CATTLE IN THE
MAPLE CREEK—MEDICINE HAT AREA. LAST
ROUND UP 1912.

MEDICINE HAT CONST.

FRANK McLEAY AND ED SALVERSOH ADMINISTER

1910—FEEDING AN ORPHAN CALF BY BOTTLE.

SLEEPING SICKNESS SHOT TO RANCH HORSES

WENSTROM FAMILY.

IN 1938.

TWIN BOW CONST.
MEDICINE HAT CONST.

ING AT T*

RANCH,

EACH YEAR FOLLOWING SHEARING THE SHEEP
WENT THROUGH THE DIP OF INSECTICIDE
(CREOLIN) TO CONTROL SHEEP TICKS.
MEDICINE HAT CONST.

MIXED AND

SPECIALTY

FARMING

1932—JEAN HUNTER HAULING GREENFEED
BUNDLES ON A STONE BOAT, (TWO RUNNERS
WITH BOARDS ON TOP) AT CHORE TIME.
TWELVE MILES EAST OF DIDSBURY.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.
ROY PUDDICOMBE, OHATON TAKES TIME OUT
FROM MILKING TO GIVE THE CAT A SQUIRT
OF MILK TOO.

AN OLD CAN PROVIDED THE

MILKING STOOL.
OHATON CONST.

I 9 I 7 — S O U T CARSTAIRS—SIX HORSES, TEAM
HAULING MILK CANS FROM "DOC" HAY'S DAIRY
FARM TO THE TRAIN STATION IN CARSTAIRS—
A DAILY CHORE FOR FOSTER DOWELL.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

1 9 ^ 5 - - C H E E S E FACTORY A T N E A P O L I S , E A S T
OF DIDSBURY.

K E N SHULTZ

I S CHECKING

T H E VATS WHICH C O N T A I N T H E C H E E S E I N T H E
CURING STAGE.
E A S T D I D S B U R Y CONST.

GOATS M I L K CAN B E A V A L U E D I T E M TO SOME
P E O P L E A L L E R G I C TO COWS M I L K .

EASILY

HANDLED, C H I L D R E N OFTEN F A L L T A S K TO T H E
J O B O F M I L K I N G A S SHOWN HERE A T P I N E L A K E
ON THE C H R I S LAWRENCE

3^

FARM.
RED DEER CONST.

CHILDREN OF MR. AND MRS. A. ORAAS FEEDING
THE LAMBS WITH A BOTTLE AT THORSBY,

JOAN NELLES WITH ONE OF THE "BREAD AND
BUTTER GIRLS".

ALBERTA.

UNCLE BILL NELLES' FARM

WETASKIWIN CONST.

SOUTH EAST OF WETASKIWIN.
WETASKIWIN CONST.

IN 1939 THESE HORSES WERE CAUGHT IN
THEIR FROLIC IN THE BACKYARD OF HENRY
FRICHE, THREE MUES SOUTH OF ABEE.
FEEDING TIME.

DONNA WOLSTENHOLME, JOAN

ATHABASCA CONST.

NELLES, UNCLE BILL NELLES FARM SOUTH EAST
OF WETASKIWIN.
WETASKIWIN CONST.

3V

NORVAL B L A I R E M P L O Y E D T H E H E L P OF H I S
F E E D I N G AND C A R I N G FOR A N I M A L S L E F T TO D I E
B Y T H E I R NATURAL MOTHERS OFTEN F E L L TO
THE FARMER'S W I F E .
MAYBERRY I N 19^0

HERE MRS. M. E .

ONE OF T H E S E .

SEEMS TO B E E N J O Y I N G

T H I S P A R T I C U L A R HUNGRY S E S S I O N .
RED DEER CONST.

I N T H E 1930'S SOME FARMERS R A I S E D S I L V E R
FOXES TO S U P P L E M E N T T H E I R

INCOME.

TWIN BOW

NEIGHBOR TO MOVE T H I S F L O C K OF 11 G E E S E .
A PERSON COULD R E C E I V E A N A S T Y P E C K FROM

CONST.

R E D DEER

CONST.

H I S MASSEY H A R R I S TRACTOR AND D R I L L .
DRUMHELLER HAND H I L L S CONST

F A

R M OF A L B E R T F O N T A I N AND H I S SON

NEAR. CAMROSE.
MA ME 0 CONST.

3%

T H R E S H I N G MACHINE CONSTRUCTED M A I N L Y O F
WOOD.

T H E E N G I N E WAS ONE C Y C L E S T A T I O N A R Y

MODEL, MOUNTED A T THE FRONT OF T H E
SEPARATOR.

T H I S MACHINE WAS B U I L T A S A

COMPLETE U N I T ON A WAGON.

1 9 3 0 ' S — C U T T I N G G R A I N WITH A HOLT

SWATHER.

G R A I N WENT U P I N T O T H E B A R G E , WAS .TRAMPED
DOWN, A N D WHEN F U L L T H E B A C K E N D O F T H E
BARGE SWUNG OUT A N D DUMPED T H E LOAD.

M E D I C I N E HAT CONST.

DRUMHELLER HAND H I L L S

CONST

3*1
HENRY J A C K ' S BARGE ( HEADER & E L E V A T O R )
I N NACO A T J I M S C H E T Z L E S ' GARAGE FOR R E ­
PAIRS.

T H E BARGE CUT THE HEADS O F F T H E

G R A I N AND E L E V A T E D HEADS INTO R A C K S — 1 9 3 0 .
,

-

L

CORONATION CONST.

S T R A I G H T C O M B I N I N G I N SOUTHERN A L B E R T A
I N T H E 1950'S.
CATERPILLAR

COMBINE P U L L E D W I T H A

TRACTOR.Q

jm

wm

HEMAHUKA—THEN CAME THE SLIP BUCKET PULLED ^
BY HORSES OR TRACTOR" FOR CLEAN - CUT JOBS,
THE FIRST HAD HAND TRIPS FOR UNLOADING

!
A 1969 TRACTOR AND MANURE SPREADER.

AND WHEN TRACTOR WAS USED- ROPE -WENT FROM
THE LEVER TO TRACTOR.

OLLIE NELSON, DAVE

& MARY PENNINGTON OPERATE WITH AID OF FORK.

1939—CARL TROTTER ON A FARM AT CRAIGMYLE.
SPRING WORK—ONCE OVER WITH A TILLER AND
SEEDER ATTACHMENT FOLLOWED BY A PACKER.

3RYD PIPER ROD WEEDING IN 19^5, 8 MILES
S.W. OF DRUMHELLER.
DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONST.

m

ROD AND JIM JACKSON PREPARING TO DUST THE
CROPS FOR WEEDS WITH CHEMICALS, USING A
NATIONAL DUSTER MOUNTED ON A FOUR WHEEL
CONST

DRIVE WILLYS JEEP.

TWELVE FOOT OLIVER

COMBINE IN THE BACKGROUND.

1947—THE SCHNEE FARM S E A R BOW

ISLAND.

13

YEAR OLD H A R V E Y S C H N E E I S S E E D I N G OATS WITH
T H E "ONE WAY".

HE AND H I S BROTHERS D I D A L L

THE FARM WORK, T H E I R FATHER B E I N G I N POOR
B A S H A W — T H I S I S A DOUBLE D I S C WHICH I S
H E A L T H WITH A HEART C O N D I T I O N .
USED I N THE F I E L D S TO C U T T H E WEEDS.

1952—JOHN DEERE TRACTOR (NEW) OWNED B Y
ROBERT MCDOWELL,

D R I V E R F R A N C I S MCDOWELL.
1 9 5 2 — G R A I N HARVEST WITH J . WALLWORK
MA ME O CONST.
M A S S E Y 21 COMBINE ( S T R A I G H T C O M B I N I N G ) .
M E D I C I N E HAT CONST.

TRANSPORTATION

1902—DAVIE JONES AND HIS TEAM OF OXEN
COCH k DI (RED AND WHITE IN WELSH) ON
TEAM OF OXEN HITCHED TO DOUBLE BOX WAGON

THEIR WAY TO TOWN FOR SUPPLIES WITH
WAGON AND SOX.

FOR HAULING HEAVY LOADS.

NOTE CHAIN TRACES.

IKE PUKER RANCH.

MEDICINE HAT CONST.
CORONATION CONST.

DORA BALLHORN IN

1920—BILL SHANTZ FA:

1919.
WETASKIWIN CONST.

A

HALFMRS.

MILES SOUTH EAST OF I,
SHANTZ, HERB THORSEN,
CHILDREN LEONARD, MAE

NOR^

E

«m

S

H

A

WETASKIWL "OASy.

^7

N

T

z

2

RUSSELL STERLING AND HIS MOTHER.
.GE LUNDELL AND ERNIE ERIKSON TRYING
L 0 THE ROAD AFTER SNOW PLOW HAD CLEARED
THE SNOW IN 1 9 5 6 .
WETASKIWIN CONST.

TEAM

AND HOME MADE JUMPER,
MID PEMBINA CONST.

AS EARLY AS 1916 THE RAWLEIGH WAGON WAS

THE WATKINS MAN WENT FROM DOOR TO DOOR IN

A WELCOME SIGHT TO FARM HOMES.

THE COMMUNITY WITH SUPPLIES FOR THE LADY
OF THE HOUSE. THE WATKINS MAN WAS TOM

THIS WAS

A LADY PEDDLAR, MRS. CROUSE WITH A SMART
TEAM AND CLOSED VEHICLE.

BELL IN 1918.
MA ME 0 CONST.

WAINWRIGHT CONST.

ONE HORSE BUGGY AND SADDLE PONY, THE
WAY TO TRAVEL.
PEACE RIVER CONST.

THIS YOUNG MAN PROUDLY WENT COURTING IN
HIS TOPPED"BOGGY PULLED BY A SPIRITED
TEAM OF MULES IN 1909.
ACADIA CONST.

I

KEN, TOM, JACK, MOTHER.

RALPH,

HORSES LOESY

AND SMOKEY.

A YOUNG MANS MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONST.

NOTE THE SPIC AND SPAN APPEARANCE OF
HORSE AND BUGGY.

DRUMHELLER IS OUR DESTINATION.

ANDREW LOVING IN 1915

N.W. OF PONOKA.
MA ME 0 CONST.

ggg

GOING FOR GROCERIES WITH A TWO WHELL
CART OH THE JOHN OLSEN FARM FOUR MILES
SOUTH OF DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA.
DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONS!
<=3

„

T O

m d u i

,.

m

(iHADER

MORLEY BRADLEY ON THE ELEVATION GRADER

PULLING A TWO BLADE GRADEH ON ROAD

WORKING ON THE MAIN ROAD WEST OF

OF MILTON SCHOOL.
_

_

.

,

DBH

T-.I-.7-.,,-,

BLACKFALDS.

„. . ...

RED DEER CONST.

SPRING OF 1948—THE MUNICIPAL SNOW
PLOW OPENING THE ROAD WITH COMMUNITY
HELP NEAR THE H. WAKEFORD FARM IN THE
RED DEER CONST.

GLADYS RIDGE DISTRICT N.E. OF HIGH RIVER.

$2

OF COWS ACROSS THE RIVERS, THEY WERE
HERDED ONTO THE FERRY AND TAKEN ACROSS.
ACADIA CONST

TO PASTURE. THIS WAS THEIR LAST TRIP.
THE TOLMAN BRIDGE OFFICIALLY OPENED
THE DAY BEFORE—OCTOBER 1964.
STETTLER CONST.

GARRINGTON FERRY WAS IN OPERATION.
OLDS WEST CONST.

TAKEN AT THREE H I L L S — 1 9 2 ? .

A 192k;

OVERLAND CAR USED TO TRANSPORT CREW
FROM THRESHING MACHINE TO AND FROM MEALS
CAR AT CLARESHOLM. NOTE THE RUBBER TIRES,
AND BED.

BEN TAIT, GREY MOSLEY AND CARL

CARBIDE LAMPS, AND BUGGY-LIKE SEATS.
LEE.
MA ME 0 CONST.

THIS MODEL T, WITH OPEN TOP HAD TO GO TO
HEMARUKA FOR "GAS UP" AND MINOR REPAIRS
ON THE COIL OR MAGNETO. THE MODEL T WAS
STARTED WITH A BATTERY, BUT FOR TRAVELLING
IT WAS SWITCHED TO MAGNETO. THE MODEL A
ON THE RIGHT IS WAITING FOR ITS TURN
BESIDE THE EARLY GAS PUMP.
CORONATION CONST.

i/rrxre lunjjv

CSESIDE A

1926 FORD ROADSTER.

TOP UP AND CURTAINS DRAWN (NOTE SIDE VISOR
AND CHAINS ON BACK WHEELS READY FOR
MUDDY COUNTRY ROADS.
SPOKES.

THIS CAR HAD STEEL
CORONATION CONST.

A PRAIRIE TRAIL IN 1926.
GEORGE McTAVISH, DAN STANTON, WOLSELY
CLARK AND MB. GARDAM MAKING SLOW PROGRESS
TO THE FISHING SPOT IN WESTLOCK AREA.
MID PEMBINA CONST.

WAINWRIGHT CONST.

WHIPPIT OWNED 3Y JOHN MORRISON.

LADIES :

MARGARET McMECHAN (TEACHER) HAZEL STEAD,
ISOBEL DAVIDSON.
MEDICINE HAT CONST.

A GROUP OF PEOPLE WAITING TO TAKE THE
TRAIN TO THE FIRST CALGARY STAMPEDE IN

1912.
TWIN BOW CONST.

DISASTERS

-THIS TORONADO STARTED SOUTH EAST

J U L Y 1972—AFTERMATH

RSTAIRS AND LEFT A TRAIL OF DESTROYED

CORMODE FARM. 6 M I L E S SOUTH AND 2 M I L E S
E A S T OF MIDWAY SCHOOL (WEST OF A C M E ) .

T\TXtr>C

A\TT)

rvi

OF CYCLONE."

ART

VOLKSWAGON CAR ON "QUONSET".
E A S T D I D S B U R Y CONST.

M I D P E M B I N A R I V E R I N FLOOD.

9^6—RESULT OF SPRING FLOOD.

DAMS

A D A I R ' S HOMESTEAD UNDER WATER.

AND DUGOUTS OVERFLOWED AND SO DID

M I D P E M B I N A CONST.

THE RED DEER RIVER.
DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONST.

CHARLIE

57

THIS IS A TYPICAL CASE OF SOIL DRIFTING

THE SAME FIELD ONE YEAR LATER AFTER

IN THE"DIRTY THIRTIES".

BEING SEEDED TO CRESTED WHEAT GRASS.

THE EROSION.

ACADIA CONST.

ACADIA CONST.

197^—GREG TKACH AND DAVE PENNINGTON ARE

JUNE 9, 1972 DEREK PAGE FARM, 20 MILES
EAST OF DIDSBURY.

SHOVELLING DOWN TO THE KITCHEN WINDOW.

TAKEN AT 9:30 A.M.

THE SNOW COMPLETELY COVERED THE SOUTH

FOLLOWING A FLASH FLOOD DURING TORRENTIAL
RAIN.

SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS TO TOP OF ROOF.

THE FENCE TOP WAS,COVERED,

ONLY A CHIMNEY SHOWING.
CORONATION CONST.

EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

bO

CONQUERVILLE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL OPENED
ITS DOORS NOV. 19, 1945.
GROUND JAN. 5, 19^9.

1930—A SAD DAY FOR THE JOHN WASZUT

BURNED TO THE

FAMILY WHEN THEIR HOME WAS DESTROYED

SCHOOL ENGULFED

IN FLAMES IN MINUTES--WITHIN TWENTY

BY FIRE IN JULY.

MINUTES ROOF HAD FALLEN IN.

EAST OF DIDSBURY.

LOCATED 8 i MILES
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

A 1910 CASE STEAMER AND THRESHING MACHINE
THAT BROKE THROUGH THE WESTERN IRRIGATION
BRIDGE EAST OF LANGDON.

IT TOO TWO WEEKS

TO RAISE IT UP AND MOVE IT OUT.
TWIN BOW CONST.

hi

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

TAINMENT WAS DANCING.

PEOPLE RODE

HORSEBACK FOR MILES TO GO TO A DANCE
WHICH LASTED UNTIL SUNUP.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST

SCHOOL FAIRS WERE AN INVALUABLE LEARNING
FACTOR FOR CHILDREN. HERE AT OYEN LN
1 9 2 ? THE ROMANCE OF CANADA IS DEPICTED
IN A PAGEANT.
WATNWRIGHT CONST.

ALBERTA CHAMPS—RICH VALLEY, ALBERTA.

MID PEMBINA CONST.

ljjb:

PICKING 3 L A C K CURRANTS AT

BONNIE GLEN.
MA ME 0 CONST.

191/4.—YOUNG FELLOWS RODE HORSEBACK FUK
MILES TO ATTEND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.
THESE GENTLEMEN SHOW OFF THEIR MOUNTS
AT STUART SCHOOL PICNIC. WILLIE SAUNDERS,
MACpUNDAS, GEORGE CIPPERLEY, JOW TA3ERT,
MAURICE STUMPF, CHARLIE FOBES, JIM OWENS,
JIM DUNLAS, ? PARKES, DUNC MILNE, ERNIE
SMITH AND JACK OWENS.

SHOW

1950:

j?3o -

BASHAW WOMEN'S INSTITUTE FLOAT.
FLOWER SHOW SPONSORED BY WESTLOCK
STETTLER CONST.

WOMEN'S INSTITUTE.
MID PEMBINA CONST.

NEIGHBORS FAMILIES GATHER FOR SKATING

WOMEN'S INSTITUTE GIRLS' CLUB WEEK

ON THE CREEK.

AT OLDS, 1966.

INNES, SYD THOMPSONS,

.NS, BLADES AND SCOTTS—1950'S.

OHATON CONST.

OHATON CONST.

fa 5

LIFE IN RURAL ALBERTA WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE
WITHOUT WEDDINGS.

THIS PICTURE TAKEN IN

1951 SHOWS SOME OF THE FUN THAT TOOK PLACE
ON ONE OF THESE OCCASIONS AT PINE LAKE.
WEDDING OF JOHN AND ELLA SAWYER.
RED DEER CONST.
|»

1947-48—THE DAM ON THE H, SCHNEE FARM
S. E. OF BOW ISLAND. THIS OUTDOOR RINK
WAS USED FOR HOCKEY GAMES AND SKATING
PARTIES. THERE WERE FIVE SCHNEE BROTHERS
PLAYING HOCKEY IN THIS PICTURE TAKEN BY
THEDA SCHNEE LLOYD.
STETTLER CONST.

AO?

IT'S HARD TO DEFINE WHERE WORK ENDS AND
PLAY STARTS IN AGRICULTURE BECAUSE ITS
A MIXTURE OF JOTH. BREAKING AND TRAINING
HORSES FOR RIDING HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART
SPORT AND PART WORK. DAVE PENNINGTON
TRIES HIS LUCK AT RODEO ON GEORGE ROLLS
RANCH, S.W. OF VETERAN IN 1951.

WORK BEE TO SHINGLE THE HALL AT
SUNNIEBEND, WEST OF PIBROCH.
MID PEMBINA.

BEEF COMMON TO ALBERTA—1958.

WAINWRIGHT CONST,

DO YOU THINK MY 4H CALF IS GOOD DAD?
GORDON HABBERFLELD WITH DAUGHTER ELAINE
AND HER RESERVE CHAMPION "PEE-WEE" CALF
AT WHEATLAND COUNTY SHOW, STRATHMORE.
ALL MEMBERS UNDER TEN WERE CLASSED AS
PEE WEES AND COMPETED AGAINST PEE WEES
IN ALL CLUBS AS A CLASS OF THEIR OWN.

1951—ABEE

SHEEP CLUB ACHIEVEMENT LAY

BY ABEE COMMUNITY HALL.

THIS IS THE

FIRST SHEEP CLUB ORGANIZED IN ALBERTA UNDER
LEADERSHIP OF FRED BOULTON OF ABEE.
ATHABASCA CONST.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S

WORK

MRS. RALPH WILKINS OP PINE LAKE AREA
GETTING WATER FROM THE HELL FOR THE
HOUSE.
RED DEER CONST.

EARLY 1900'S A IIONEER LADY (EAST OF
CARSTAIRS) GOING TO THE WELL FOR SOME
WATER.

ALL WATER FOR COOKING AND

WASHING WAS CARRIED WITH PAILS.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

SHOWN IS THE BIG TASK OP SCALDING AND
PLUCKING CHICKENS".

IN THE GOLD OF WINTER

FRIED CHICKEN WOULD TASTE GOOD.
RED DEER CONST.
MRS. RALPH WILKIHS BEHEADING
3 PRIOR TO PLUCKING.
AREA

PINE LAKE

?70'S.
RED DEER CONST.

IN 1914 MRS. ¥. B. DAON DID THE LAUNDRY
OUT OF A TUB IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE IN
MUNSEN, ALBERTA. HER SON ALSO DID HIS
SHARE OF THE "DIRTY WORK".

MAY 9, 1919 ON THE CRAIG PIERCE FARM,
HORSESHOW CANYON.

LAURA MOORE, HETTTE

PIERCE CLARK'S GRANDMOTHER.
RED DEER CONST.

BLIZZARD WAS

ON MAY 2nd.
DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONST.

ACADIA CONST.

IN PAILS, HEATED ON STOVE OUTDOORS
IN SUMMER, INDOORS IN WINTER.
MA ME 0 CONST.

1950'S— THE WOMEN DID THEIR SHARE OF
THE WORK SAWING UP FINE WOOD.
OHATON CONST.
MART OWENS DISPLAYING THE ART OF
SPLITTING WOOD.
CORONATION CONST.

AFTER MILKING THERE WERE ALWAYS LOTS OF
1931__EVERY FARM HOME HAD A CHURN AS
BUTTER WAS A NEEDED ITEM OF FOOD, AND
WAS USED TO BARTER FOR GROCERIES.

HERE

DUNCAN MILNE WORKED THE BARREL CHURN.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

UTENSILS TO WASH. DORIS NORTHEY (BENNETT)
IN 19*5 FELL TASK TO THIS CHORE.
RED DEER CONST.

JULES AND ROSE BORLE BUTCHERING A PIG.
BELVEDERE, ALBERTA.
MID PEMBINA CONST.

1920:

POTATOE CROP ON THE OTTO KLEIN

FARM, JUST EAST OF DIDSBURY. SOME
WEIGHED UP TO 3 LBS.

ALL THE FAMILY

IN THE ACT THAT DAY.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

....

« . ^ . u i ,

I'KUUjft.HBT

COOL IDEA—CHARLIE MORRIS, MARGARET

WILKERSON OF LEDUC, NOW MRS. WM. HIGHET

(NELSON) HUNT AND TWO MORLAND BOYS

OF SAUDI ARABIA BRINGING IN THE SPUDS ON A

MAKING ICE CREAM.

STONE BOAT.

AUTOMATIC DRIER IN THE BACK­

GROUND AMONG THE TREES.
MID PEMBINA CONST.

MID PEMBINA CONST.

READY TO GO TO CHURCH FOR THE THANKSGIVING
SERVICE TO DISPLAY THE WORK SHE HAD DONE.
DOROTHY MOORE IN 1926 LOOKS PROUDLY AT THE
GARDEN VEGETABLES SHE HAD GROWN. A GARDEN
WAS A VERY IMPORANT PART OF FARM LIFE.
RED DEER CONST.

IJHILD LABOR 1948—JOE DOHERTY BRJJGIKCL

ACK EDGSON HOME—GARDENING AS A
OBBY AT WESTLOCK, ALBERTA.
MIL PEMBINA CONST

THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE CUT THE EYES
FROM THE POTATOES FOR SEEDING.
ACADIA CONST.

VP-

tO'S H-.-SGfflHffil-KMat-S-.-Bv OF 30W ISLAND.

H. SCHNEE F A R BEFORE E L E C T R I C I T Y CAME TO

HAROLD SCHNEE SEEN"TN'THTS" PICTURE HAULING
THE

DISTRICT,

BLOCKS OF I C E WERE CUT AND

BiOCKS—OF ICE FROM DAM ON THE-FARM. BLOCKS
STORED I N T H I S

I C E CELLAR.

WERE STORED IN ICE CELLAR NEAR HOUSE TO BE
USED FOR ICE BOX AND MAKING ICE CREAM.

STETTLER

CONST.

NORTH OF BYEMOOR—ONE WAY OF GOING TO
ALPHA, MARION

RURAL PRAIRIE SCHOOL.
MEDICINE HAT CONST.

I 3Y ELMER SWAN30N.
EH WALKED, RODE
SHACK OR DH

RSE AND BUGGY.
3A3T DIDSBURY CONST.

_ — „

i

l

4

J

„

a J

. iLo
X

ur DiuufflTH—THE POT

BELLIED STOVE FAMOUS FOR BURNING THE BACK­
SIDE WHILE THE REST OF THE ANATOMY FROZE.
NORTH OF IRMA 1917-18.
WAINWRIGHT CONST.

SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION

IN

1921

EDMONTON-VICTORIA -STURGEON
CONST.

wu.
OF

HALF M I L E

EAST DIDSBURY

2

*

CONST.

4

1 .

H

•

DID3BURY.

o

—

f—

»

1900'S.
P H Y L L I S WRIGHT, FRANK J A R V I S ,
E L G I N HALLMAN, O L I V E WRIGHT,
ELYN
E V

HALLMAN.
RED DEER

CONST.

SNOWBOUND R O A D S ,

R U B Y S T E R L I N G A N D TWO

NEWPHEWS.
S H E T L A N D PONY & STONEBOAT
TO D R I V E T E A C H E R TO S C H O O L .
ATHABASCA

CONST.

USED

HOLM
OF 1
CROW
COAL

SCHC
YEAFL
RURAL SCHOOLS

FAR FROM C I T I E S R E C E I V E D

NORMAL SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO

WENT TO NORMAL

FOR A FEW MONTHS AND F I N I S H E D T H E I R E D U C A - x
TION TEACHING.
T H E TEACHERS WERE R E Q U I R E D
TO A T T E N D SUMMER SCHOOL L A T E R TO O B T A I N
TEACHER'S C E R T I F I C A T E .
mi.T T M

SCHOOL,

IVEN

MILES

FARM BOY TEACHES S C H O O L - R U S S E L L
G O I N G TO T E A C H SCHOOL,

DRUMHELLER

HAND K I L L S

TJ n u f rvwc;T

ATHABASCA

CONST.

7?

STERLING

1929.
CONST.

925—TIME OUT FOR WORSHIP.

CONGRETATION

.T THE KIRBY SCHOOL, FIFTEEN MILES WEST
OF DRUMHELLER.

IS FULL OF FUN FOR SPECTATOR AND THE
PARTICIPANTS IN THE WHEELBARROW RACE.
RED DEER CONST.

NO PREACHER AVAILABLE SO

THE MEN OF THE COMMUNITY HAD THEIR TURNS.
DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONST.

1960'S RURAL KINDERGARTEN. ROY BROWN
FAMILY PINE LAKE.

NOTE RECREATIONAL

THE FORMER NORMAL SCHOOL AT CAMROSE WAS
USED AS MILITARY HEADQUARTERS DURING

EQUIPMENT.
RED DEER CONST.

WORLD WAR 2 - 1942.
OHATON CONST.

F I R S T SCHOOL B U S — R I D I N G

HOME F R O M S C H O O L

I N A C A B O O S E A N D T H E N TO A B I R T H D A Y P A R T Y
AT A NEIGHBORS.

i-T-ru o

xxasT DCnOUL B U S

I N THE

COUNTS

OF " F O R T Y M I L E " .
M E D I C I N E HAT

ATHABASCA

CONST.

CONST.

A BASKET FENCE BUILT HI 1902, 4 | MILES
SOUTH OF WETASKIWIN.

NO STAPLES OR

TOM HARGRAVE BROUGHT TREES FROM MEDICINE
HAT, 35 MILES BY SADDLE HORSE TO HIS
RANCH HOME NORTH OF WALSH.

NAILS BY raniNAP T u n o r o n

HAY MEADOW

HAS BEEN USED CONTINUOUSLY FOR 90 YEARS.
MEDICINE HAT CONST.

CHAS ADAIR'S TWO STOREY HOUSE OF SQUARED
SOUTH OFIOW

i S / > V « R 3

AND THE P.O. WAS P I

G E 0

H

0

^ 3

N HOLES OVER A DESK

MEDICINE HAT CONST.

LOGS AND HOMEMADE SHINGLES BUILT ON THE
BANKS OF THE PEMBINA RIVER AT SUNNIEBEND.
MID PEMBINA CONST.

FRAME HOME B U I L T 1907

S I D E D WITH T I N

AND PAINTED.

UAia UJN T H E S H E E P RANCH ON
T H E P R A I R I E NEAR CADOGAN

I N 1919.

29

C L O S E T , B I F F Y , B A C K HOUSE,

TOILET,

I T T L E HOUSE OUT BACK, B Y A N Y OTHER
I T WOULD S M E L L T H E SAME.

NAME

EATON'S

GATOLGUE F U R N I S H E D T H E T I S S U E .

IN

COMMON U S E U N T I L T H E '50'S,,,
,
WAINWRIGHT CONST.
J

MEAT H I L L

(WESTLOCK).

NOTE WOODEN F E N C E

ARO N D T H E HOUSE.
MID PEMBINA

CONST.

IN 1939.

DATE OF PICTURE 1930.

ERNEST

RUNTE PROPERTY—NOW SPATINOW DRIVE IN
WETASKIWIN.

1918^-ON THE DOC HAYS DAIRY FARM SOUTH
OF CARSTAIRS. MILKING BEGAN AT k A M
AND 120 COWS WERE MILKED BY HAND BY
8 MEN.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

VERANDA OF THE "BRICK HOUSE" ON SARNIA
RANCH, 4 MILES SOUTH OF WALSH. THE HOUSE
BUILT ABOUT 1905 OR EARLIER. THREE MAIN
FLOORS AND ATTIC WHERE DANCES WERE HELD.
J. A. (JOE) SEATED AT RIGHT CAME FROM
SARNIA, ONT. DRILLED SOME OF EARLY GAS
WELLS (1890) IN MEDICINE HAT. HE TEST
..DRILLED THE GALT COAL BEDS AT LETHBRIDGE
BEFORE GALT DEVELOPED THEIR MINE. TOOK
STEAM ENGINE DRILLING RIG TO WATERTON LAKE
STARTED TO DRILL ON "OIL CREEK" ON WAY TO
RED ROCK CANYON. FIRST RIG IN AREA. RIG
BURNEDSO HE WENT INTO SHEEP RANCHING, LATER
CATTLE, HORSES. RUG COYOTE HIDE TANNED BY
METIS.
THE PEOPLE: MR. GRANT (SEATED) MRS. GRANT
ON VERANDA, DAUGHTER, MRS, BEATTTE,
GRANDSON JACK. OLDER LADY MRS. GRANT'S
MOTHER.
STETTLER CONST.

WHERE TOWN AND COUNTRY MEET

SATURDAY IN DELIA, ALBERTA. ORIGINALLY
KNOWN AS HIGHLAND, SINCE IT WAS THE
HIGHEST POINT ON THE C.N.R. BETWEEN

DRUMHELLER IN 1920'S.

3ADLANDS VISIBLE

IN BACKGROUND.
SASKATOON.
TO DELIA.

IN 1913 THE NAME WAS CHANGED

DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONST.

DRUMHELLER HAND HILLS CONST.

A SHIPMENT OF WHEAT TO THE ELEVATOR AT
VULCAN, 1926. THIS FARMER TRIED TO
OUTDO HIS NEIGHBORS AND SUCCEEDED IN
OF DELIA ON THE
DHILLS TO THE SOUTH.
LLER HAND HILLS CONST.

PULLING A TOTAL OF EIGHT WAGONS, DRAWN
BY THIRTY HORSES.

THIS OUTFIT WAS ENTERED

IN THE CALGARY STAMPEDE.

OLDS WEST COlTST.

SE ARE TEAMS INTO THE ELEVATORS FOR

J A C E MAYBERRY A N D H I S H I R E D MAN HAUL

EF SEED GRAIN, ETC.

B A L E S T I E D W I T H WIRE I N 1930'S I N R E D

THE DAY BEFORE

WERE ABOUT TWICE AS MANY.

APRIL

DEER.
RED DEER

RED DEER CONST.

IN FORDYCZ H E A T H S I D S I L V E R
I N 3ERVYN,

ALBERTA.

DELIVERING

1952—A J U N I O R A B E E 4H S H E E P C L U B
ACHIEVEMENT

DAY ON T H E A B E E SOMMUNITY

H A L L GROUNDS.
P E A C E R I V E R CONST.

CONST.

L E A D E R F R E D BOULTON.
ATHABASCA

CONST.

CORONATION CONST.

HOLMLUND TO ELLIS STANCE'S EAST OF
FALUN, ABOUT 1938 ON THE ORIGINAL HIGHWAY
1 9 -

MA ME 0 CONST.

STATIONARY ENGINE 91918) DRILLING FOR
WATER ON HIB3ERT' FARM, 15 MILES EAST

DRILLING FOR WATER.

OF TNNISFAIL.

PASHLEX-A3QLOL1950.
PEACE RIVER CONST.

J f f l DEERI.VG FARM,

MEDICINE HAT CONST.

THIRSTY—MRS. EVERETT'S FARM—OLD
WELL AND WINDLASS.
.„.
WELL,

193?.

DISTRICT.

J

fnoE& UOI US' DUG

L*L M N D

MID PEMBINA CONST.

DUG I N F A L U N

MA ME 0 CONST.

IRRIGATION PIVOT UNIT ON ALBERT
A FARM DUGOUT FULL OF WATER FOR 30 CATTLE

SCHAUFFLE FARM—19?6.

BOW ISLAND AREA.

ON ERNEST RUNTE FARM, FOUR MILES SOUTH
MEDICINE HAT CONST.

OF WETASKIWIN.
WETASKIWIN CONST.

FAMILY PETS

1902—MR. D. LONG ADMIRING HIS FAVORITE
MULE BEFORE A SHOW IN DRUMHELLER,
DRUMHELLER ..HAND HILLS CONST

I 9 2 O - 3 O — O N A FARM NEAR BYEMOOR, THIS
SHOWS SOME OF THE PLEASURES OF FARM
CHILDREN.

MimJm

THE WINDMILL IN THE BACKGROUND USED TO
PUMP WATER FOR THE STOCK, FROM THE

BACK WHEN HE WASN'T HELPING WITH THE
FARM WORK.

EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

o?
I -O

TWENTIES THROUGH THE FORTIES.

THE GAS

PUMP ALSO USED ON FARM IN CENTRAL ALBERTA.

LOCATION LANGDON AREA 1910.

RICHARD

GRIFF IS AND SISTER BERN ICE PLAYING WITH
SADDLE PONIES.
OF CARSTAIRS IS MAKING SURE HER CATS ARE
W I N BOW CONST.
WELL FED.
MST

-THIS BOBCAT WAS CAPTURED WITH
JACKET AND LEATHER BELT BY ROBERT SWANSON AND BERT HOSKIN ON THE HASTE FARM,
EAST OF CARSTAIRS. THEY CHASED HIM WITH
A DOG UNTIL THEY CORNERED HIM IN A WILLOW
TREE. THEY THREW JACKET OVER HIS HEAD
AND CINCHED IT TIGHT WITH BELT. THEY
PUT HIM IN AN EIGHT GALLON CREAM CAN TO
BRING HIM HOME, HE. WAS KEPT IN THE WAGON
UNTIL THE MEN FROM THE CALGARY ZOO CAME
FOR HIM. LATER THE ZOO TRADED HIM TO
DENMARK FOR SOME RARE BIRDS.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

nTnS"RTTRY CONST.

GOAT POWER—LARRY AND DOROTHY ADAMS AND A
FRIEND SLEIGH RIDING WITH BILLY.
BELVEDERE, ALBERTA.
MID PEMBINA CONST.

1973—THE PAMPERED BAR YARD PET OFTEN
CAUSED.J-ROBLEMS... -RHYTHM, | ARABIAN FILLY
LOVED TO EAT CLOTHESPONE.

ROSS BENNETT'S

EAST OF CARSTAIRS.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.,

DONNA WOLSTENHOLME WITH "LASSIE" FARM OF
BILL AND FREDA NELLES S, E. OF WETASKIWIN.
Lrtn^nA a TTTU T I T nnwc T

GOOD MATURED AND PATIENT HORSE "LAD" ABOUT
1965.

MARK McFAUL PUSHING WARREN McFAUL

LAMB AT THE RICHARD WOLLIN FARM.

"UP".

BILL NELLES FARM.

WERE VERY EASY TO RAISE ON THE BOTTLE.

WETASKIWIN CONST.

LAMBS

ME ME 0 CONST.

TRAPPING

STANDING

B E S I D E AN

OLD

AND

JJUL, ail-LbiJXHij

ON THE ROY B A 1 L H 0 R N FARM ARE ROY

BALLHORN AND TON CHERRINGTON — 1916.
WETASKIWIN CONST.

HUNTING

DALEMEAD AREA 1916--A COMMUNITY COYOTE
HUNT
IN THE BOB SLED ARE VANDER VELDE
AND HORHSTRA MEN. THE GF^OIJNDDOGS
WERE USED TO RUN DOWN COYOTES AFTER THEY
FOUND THEIR SCENT, THEN HUNTERS WOULD
SHOOT COYOTES.
TWIN BOW CONST.

NORTH OF WALSH E A R L Y 1940"S.
HOY BALLHORN A N D S Y D N E Y P H I L I P S
THE

WITH

HOUNDS C A P T U R E D "A B L A C K F O X A L O N G
M E D I C I N E HAT CONST.

WITH THE COYOTES I N

1933.
W E T A S K I W I N CONST.

THE

T H R E E S O M E — D E E R HUNTERS HERMAN WOLFF,

LUTHER WOLFF A N D D E L L TRUEBLOOD,

MID

PEMBINA

LAPP.

CONST.
PROUD OF H I S WORK" " J E T " ,

THE B L A C K

LABRADOR B E L O N G I N G TO W I L L I A M N E L L E S .
S. E . OF W E T A S K I W I N I N

1955-

W E T A S K I W I N CONST.

1910—RED GROSS MEETING AT THE HOME OF

CHEADLE AREA IN THE 1920'S.

MRS. STELLE, TWO MILES SOUTH OF LANGDON.

CHARACTERS FROM A PLAY CALLED "THE FAMILY

NO BABY SITTERS SO CHILDREN WENT WITH

ALBUM" WHICH TRAVELLED TO MOST OF THE AREA

MOTHER.

HALLS AS MONEY MAKING VENTURE PLUS SOCIAL
TWIN BOW CONST.

FAMILY CAMPING—1923.

OCCASION.

THESE ARE

ALL CHARACTERS WERE LOCAL PEOPLE
W I N BOW CONST.

MR. AND MRS. MAI,

ENICE AND WINONA NEAR BANFF,
TWIN BOW CONST.

DICK KTMMELS FARM, FIFTEEN MILES EAST OF
CARSTAIRS.

TOM LAING WITH VIOLIN.

PEOPLE ENJOYED THIS TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

GEORGIE KNULL DRESSED FOR A PLAY AT
THE OLD PIGEON LAKE ROUND HALL.

SON

FARM BOYS AT PLAY IN THE OLD SWIMMING
HOLE ON THE STURGEON RIVER NEAR GALAHOO.
HAROLD WILLIAMS AND KEVIN DALHEIM LATE

CHILDREN NAKING THEIR OWN FUN IN 19*7 ON
STAWART FARM IN HOMEGLEN.

MARY,

MARGARET AND ROGER STAWART.

1950's.
STONY PLAIN LACSTEANNE
CONST.

MA ME 0 CONST.

GAEL LEE IS 1917 PREPARING FOR ROHAN
RACES FOR THE CHESTERWOLD STAMPEDE.

IN

LATER TEARS ENTERED IN PONOKA STAMPEDE.
ME ME 0 CONST.
1931—TOM BELL AT SKATING RINK. NOTE
HOMEMADE GOALIE PADS, MADE FROM BINDER
CANVAS BY MRS. ZELMA BELL.
MA ME 0 CONST.

P A R

T OF ANY DISTRICT OF THE RED DEER DAIRY

CLUB

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE
-

ACHIEVEMENT DAY AT THE RED DEER FAIR IN

1941.
RED DEER CONST.

A HOMEMADE WHEELBARROW WITH A -MefifiL-TfORDTIf-Tm-IBACTGRtXITO.

TAKEN IN l ^ O ' S .

TWIN BOW CONST.

TWO YEAR OLD JACK DALHEIM AND GEORGINA
TROTTIER WITH SNOWMAN.

JACK'S GRANDFATHER

AND GEORGIN'S FATHER HOMESTEADED NEAR ONE
ANOTHER AT EDGERTON IN THE McCAFFERTY
DISTRICT IN 1907. PICTURE TAKEN 1939.

1968--A YOUNG COWBOY, DELBERT CHARLTON
AGED FIVE YEARS RIDES A MILK COW ON THE
WILSHUSEN FARM, SOUTH OF DIDSBURY.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

HUNTING GEESE IN THE FALL IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST SPORTS.
ACADIAN CONST.

WOOD SA1
NEAR 3E.

AT HEATHMAN HOME

LOG SAWMILL AT THE WILFRED MEYER FARM
WEST OF FALUN IN 19^5.

LEFT VERN ROSS,

WILFRED MEYER.

1/UMCil TIME if'UH THE liUUUfiiitti UiN BUB H A b l ' l E b

LAND AT CALAHOO IN 1928. VANCE AND JOHN
BERRY, CASEY, LOU IE MARTY.
STONY PLAIN LAC STE ANNE
CONST.

MA ME 0 CONST.

/oh

HAULING TIES: THE HAULING OF RAILWAY TIES
DURING THE WINTER WAS ANOTHER SOURCE OF
REVENUE FOR THE FARMER.
HERE LN 1930 (LEFT TO RIGHT) IS LAVE BUSHNELL AND ROSS PHILLIPE HAULING TIES FROM
THE SAWMILL AT WILDWOOD TO THE ALBERTA &
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY AT PEERS.
EDMONTON-VICTORIA-STURGEON

1937—OXEN OWNED BY HENRY H. BROWN, AMBER
VALLEY. USED TO HAUL LOGS TO A SMALL SAW-!
MILL OPERATED BY EUGENE & CARL WILSON OF
BOYLE. MAN DRIVING CAR IS CHRIS WEDER
OF CASH CREEK. MANY OXEN WERE USED AS
THIS COUNTRY WAS VERY SWAMPY WHICH CAUSED
A DISEASE IN HORSES CALLED SWAMP FEVER, OR
SLEEPING SICKNESS. MOST DID NOT LIVE.

imrni

1930—ELMER SWANSON SHARPENING AN AXE
ON HIS GRINDSTONE DRIVEN B¥ A WATERLOO

CHILDREN OF KAY LAWRENCE USING A WOOD

PUMP ENGINE.

SPLITTER IN THE 1930'S AT PINE LAKE.

(18 MILES EAST OF CAR­

STAIRS).

RED DEER CONST.
EAST DIDSBURY CONST.

/

WILFRED

MEYER H A U L I N G LOGS

TO M I L L I N

HIS
F A R M OF M A R T I N V A N D E R V E L D E N E A R L A L E M E A L

1925

FORD

TRUCK I N

1937

AT BATTLE

MA ME 0

LAKE.

CONST.

IN

1937.

SAWING UP A W I N T E R ' S

O F WOOD FOR T H E

KITCHEN

TWIN

PILE

SUPPLY

STOVE.
BOW

CONST.

T H E REWARD O F A L O N G L A Y S WORK
WOOD P I L E

AT E .

32-i+6-27 W4.
PEACE RIVER

STANCE

LORETTA

FARM,

N.E.

f

CONST.
ROY AND L L O Y D S T A N G E .
MA ME 0

/09

OF

STANGE AND COUSINS

CONST.

TROUBLED TIMES - 1914 - LEAVING THE FARM
FOR "OVER THERE" MAN IN CENTRE FOREST
ADAIR, WESTLOCK.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, JACK GUEST AND

MID PEMBINA CONST.

JACK STERLING JOIN THE AIR FORCE - V W 2.

id

MID PEMBINA CONST.

DOSING THINGS TOGETHER""MADE GOOD FATHER
SON RELATIONSHIPS.

HERE IS THE GENERATION

GAP ILLUSTRATED BY WES BACON AND SON,

ONE OF THE FIRST OIL WELLS DRILLED

STANLEY OF IRMA IN 1949.

NEAR WALSH A©9«*-*f34.

WALWRIGHT CONST.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST GAS WELLS
DRILLED IN THE IRMA DISTRICT. MANY
MORE DOT OUR COUNTRYSIDE NOW, mSBtZr
WAINWRIGHT CONST.

PIONEERS

Through f i f t y years of work w e l l done
Stupendous were the goals you s e t ;
Of progress, you a paragon.
The t r a c k was "blazed, i t would be won
Ahead! Ahead your f u t u r e shone!
Pioneer! your name r i n g s l i k e the b e l l s
That pealed from ancient c i t a d e l s .
'Twas you who braved the wide f r o n t i e r ;
Subdued the West i n f i f t y years.
To you a l l g l o r y , PIONEERS.

Contributed by MID PEMBINA CONSTITUENCY.