Alberta History articles from January 2008

Alberta History archives from January 2008

A rough ride: automobiles in Banff National Park, 1905-1918 (1).
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1911, automobiles were officially admitted into Banff National Park, as the federal government lifted its six-year ban. (2) In celebration of the announcement, members of the Calgary Automobile Club hit the road,...

Census figures.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... "In 1901 Western Canada had about 11 percent of the population, and now it has 22 percent. At the present rate of increase, one half of the people of Canada will be west of the Great Lakes in a comparatively few years." --Calgary Albertan,...

"This terrible Karl May" in the Wild West, Kanada im Faltboot.(Carl Schwerla)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Carl Schwerla (1) was a German journalist who visited Canada in 1929 where his goals were to travel through parts of the West, reporting on his experiences, and at the same time investigating the state of German...

"Alberta": a brief account of a namesake locomotive.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How many Albertans are aware that there was once a locomotive named after this province? The odd fact is that this engine was built and served her entire working life, not in Canada, but in Great Britain. So why,...

Stage coach troubles.
January 1, 2008... Steele, the driver on the Calgary end of the stage line, has had an extremely bad run of luck, and feels it very keenly. It's a long lane, however, that has no turning, and we venture to say that the turning place has come in Steele's lane. He...

The ordeal of Sophie Sheinin.
January 1, 2008... On June 30, 1931, Sophie Sheinin was arrested during Calgary's most violent populist disturbance, a series of protests, marches, and police raids marking the city's growing unemployment and relief crisis. (1) She was convicted of causing a...

Leonard W. Brockington: Calgary's silver-tongued orator.
January 1, 2008... I met with Leonard Brockington after World War Two and became familiar with his impressive speeches and writings. He was considered Canada's greatest orator before the war and in the period up to his death in 1966. Brockington, or "Brock" as he...

The police cells.(Personal account)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... I visited Calgary some time ago and while in the city visited all your leading institutions from the General Hospital down to the abominable, germ-incubating, foulodorous, reeking, and filthy establishment used for the temporary incarceration...

Blackfoot War Art: Pictographs of the Reservation Period, 1880-2000.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Blackfoot War Art: Pictographs of the Reservation Period, 1880-2000 by L. James Dempsey. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 488 pp., 32 colour & 128 black & white illustrations, hard cover, $45.00. This book has all the beauty of a...

Alberta Arts and Artists: An Overview.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Alberta Arts and Artists: An Overview by Patricia Ainsley & Mary-Beth Laviolette. Calgary: Fifth House Publishers. 147 pp, illus., colour plates, hard cover coffee table, $39.99. This ambitious project brings together two important aspects...

Policing the Great Plains: Rangers, Mounties, and the North American Frontier, 1875-1910.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Policing the Great Plains: Rangers, Mounties, and the North American Frontier, 1875-1910 by Andrew R. Graybill. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 275 pp., illus., $24.95 This is an interesting exercise. About the only important thing...

The Intrepid Explorer: James Hector's Explorations in the Canadian Rockies.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... The Intrepid Explorer: James Hector's Explorations in the Canadian Rockies by Ernie Lakusta. Calgary: Fifth House Publishing, 229 pp., illus., soft cover, $ 22.99 James Hector, a member of the Palliser exploring expedition, will always be...

Old Canadian Cemeteries: Places of memory.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Old Canadian Cemeteries: Places of memory, by Jane Irwin, photographs by John de Visser. Richmond Hill ON: Firefly Books Ltd., 320 pp., 250 colour plates, illus., hard cover coffee table, $75.00. Have you even walked into a graveyard and been...

Alberta Place Names: The Fascinating People & Stories Behind the Naming of Alberta.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Alberta Place Names: The Fascinating People & Stories Behind the Naming of Alberta, by Larry Donovan & Tom Monto. Edmonton: Dragon Hill Publishing Ltd., 240 pp., soft cover, $18.95. This book is a handy compendium of knowledge many Alberta...

Blink: The Hinton Train Collision, 1986.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Blink: The Hinton Train Collision, 1986, by Ronald L. Barton. Heart of Gold Publishing, Box 1720, Camrose, AB, T4V 1X6, 199 pp., illus., soft cover, $21.50. Documents and testimonies regarding Canada's third largest train disaster are provided...

Corrections.(Correction notice)
January 1, 2008... A number of errors occurred while preparing our Centennial issue (Autumn 2007). On page 27, the article on the Central Alberta Historical Society should be credited to the authorship of William Baergen. On page 36, Jack Fitzsimonds' name is...