Taming the Prairie Wool
Author : Glendale Women's Institute
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,4 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Alberta
ISBN :
Author : Glendale Women's Institute
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,4 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Alberta
ISBN :
Author : Shari Peyerl
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1772033928
The fascinating exploration of a vanished settlement in Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, told within the framework of an archaeologist’s memoir. While excavating Alberta’s most important historic sandstone quarry, archaeologist and oral historian Shari Peyerl uncovers fascinating clues about the province’s past. From metal fragments and dusty artifacts, she pieces together a story about a settlement situated in today’s picturesque Glenbow Provincial Park. Chronicling the development of ranching, village life, industry, and the Canadian Pacific Railway, Alberta’s Cornerstone is an engaging and authoritative history that reads like an archaeological detective story. As Peyerl dispels archaeological myths, explains scientific techniques, and shares the excitement of unearthing lost histories, she introduces readers to a colourful array of characters who once lived at Glenbow, including a local embezzler, Alberta’s first graduate nurse, a Canadian soccer champion, an acclaimed mathematician, and a member of an international spy agency. Written for the general public, the detective-like attention to detail of this carefully annotated book will also appeal to historical scholars. Beautifully illustrated with modern colour photographs and many historic photographs (including fifteen previously unpublished), Alberta’s Cornerstone brings the ghosts of Glenbow to life.
Author : David Finch
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1926971299
David Finch’s highly regarded biography of R.M. Patterson is now available in paperback. The escapades of this great Canadian are brought to life in a story that combines the lure of gold, the thrill of wilderness exploration and comic tales about life on a southern Alberta ranch. With access to Patterson’s diaries, letters and photographs, as well as numerous interviews with Patterson and members of his family, Finch recounts the adventurous life of this well-loved outdoorsman, writer and rancher and sheds light on some of what Patterson left unsaid.
Author : Warren M. Elofson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 2004-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0773574417
In Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell, Warren Elofson debunks the myth of the American "wild west" and the Canadian "mild west" by demonstrating that cattlemen on both sides of the forty-ninth parallel shared a common experience. Focusing on Montana, Southern Alberta, Southern Saskatchewan, and the well-known figure of Charlie Russell - an artist and storyteller from that era who spent time on both sides of the border - Elofson examines the lives of cowboys and ranch owners, looking closely at the prevalence of drunkenness, prostitution, gunplay, rustling, and vigilante justice in both Canada and the United States.
Author : Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Library
Publisher :
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 1971
Category : British Columbia
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,54 MB
Release : 1859
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
Author : Council of Planning Librarians
Publisher :
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 1977
Category : City planning
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 44,53 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Alberta
ISBN :
Author : University of California (System). Institute of Library Research
Publisher :
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 33,50 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Library catalogs
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Author : Sarojini Balachandran
Publisher :
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 18,56 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Energy consumption
ISBN :