Alberta History articles from March 2003

Alberta History archives from March 2003

Frank Oliver's journey to Edmonton 1876.
March 22, 2003... In July 1876, my partner and I loaded our train of eight carts, with oxen as motive power, and started from Winnipeg for the further, and as we hoped, more golden west. We had seen in each successive summer, hundreds and hundreds of Red River...

Robert George Brett: "We shall not look upon his like again".(pioneer of Western Canadian medical establishment)(Biography)
March 22, 2003... Western Canada's medical past has no more an illustrious figure and no greater contributor than Robert George Brett of Banff. From the time of his arrival in Winnipeg in 1880 until 1915 he was involved in all the major medical initiatives...

Pioneer days in High River.(Interview)
March 22, 2003... Editor's Note: In 1957, Lawrence McGillivray interviewed his grandfather, Lawrence Fowler, about his recollections of his early experiences. This was submitted to the Historical Society in 1960 and is taken from its files. At the time, Lawrence...

Visit to Red Deer in 1893.
March 22, 2003... The town itself is very prettily situated on the south bank of the Red Deer river which is here crossed by the railway only. At present the water is low and the river fordable, but at other times a traffic bridge is almost a necessity. The town...

Courted and Abandoned: Seduction in Canadian Law.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... by Patrick Brode. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 252 pp., illus., bound, $45.00 During the early years of Canadian history, settlers sometimes had liberal ideas about seduction as indicated by the cases cited by the author. However,...

Medicine That Walks: Disease, Medicine, and Canadian Plains Native People, 1880-1940.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... by Maureen K. Lux. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 312 pp., illus., paper, $22.95. This book is probably the best and most comprehensive account of Native health and its treatment by the federal government ever published. The...

Enemy Aliens: Internment in Canada During the Great War.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... by Bohdan S. Kordan. Montreal: McGill- Queens University Press, 232 pp., illus, bound, $39.95. The primary theme of this book is to show that internment in World War One was as much an impetus for nation-building as it was for national...

Plain Speaking: Essays on Aboriginal Peoples & the Prairie.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... edited by Patrick Douaud & Bruce Dawson. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 115 pp., illus., paper, $29.95. Eleven articles by Native writers examine culture, language, art, agriculture, and health.

"Your Loving Son": Letters of an RCAF Navigator.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... edited by Stephen L. V King. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 216 pp., paper, $19.95. This series of poignant letters follows George King, of Summerberry Sask., from his enlistment in 1942 to his death over Germany a year later.

Icelanders in North America: the First Settlers.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... by Jonas Thor Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 306 pp., illus., paper, $19.95. In 1870, the first Icelandic settlers arrived in Manitoba. This group is dealt with in detail in this book, but there also are references to Alberta's colony...

A Thousand Miles of Prairie: the Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... edited by Jim Blanchard. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 260 pp., illus., paper, $19.95. Since 1879, this society has published much valuable information on the West. The book contains a selection of these, written by such notable...

Canoeing the Churchill: a Practical Guide to the Historical Voyageur Highway.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... by Greg Marchildon & Sid Robinson. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 477 pp. illus., paper, $29.95. For outdoor history buffs, this book provides a detailed look at how to travel the rivers, cross the many portages, and follow the route...

The Nor'westers: the Fight for the Fur Trade.(reprint)(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell. Calgary: Fifth House, 134 pp., paper This 1954 classic is a welcome reprint. Easily read, it is a particularly good book for young adults.

Correction.(regarding John G. Van Wart, who was incorrectly shown as Isaac G. Van Wan)
March 22, 2003... In the Winter 2003 issue, John G. Van Wart was shown incorrectly as Isaac G. Van Wan. There was a nephew by that name but he did not arrive until sometime later. John Van Wart's family arrived in Calgary on May 24, 1884.