Alberta History articles from March 2008

Alberta History archives from March 2008

Hands and fists across the border: Canadian and American cattlemen in the twentieth century.
March 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The American and Canadian cattle industries are very similar and through time they have developed close personal, commercial, and cultural bonds. They have fought common battles against animal disease; have...

The state of the Edmonton District in 1815.
March 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Editor's Introduction In 1815, James Bird, the Chief Factor at Edmonton House, prepared a report on the conditions existing in his extensive district. Based upon the Indians who traded there, he estimated it...

Thomas Wellington Chalmers: mountie, surveyor, soldier.
March 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Early in the last century, feminist and author Emily Murphy was dining with Edmonton's Mayor, William A. Griesbach, when the conversation turned to his experiences in the Boer War and to the exploits of an ex-Mountie...

Big Hill and the Blackfoot.
March 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The part of eastern Alberta where I was raised is one of our province's more scenic areas. The "Big Hill" rises immediately to the north of my home near Islay, and to the south the lovely range of the Four Blackfoot...

The Alberta Supreme Court at 100: History & Authority.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... edited by Jonathan Swainger. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 366 pp., illus., hard cover, dust jacket, $45.00. In spite of its pedestrian title, this is really quite a good book. Nine writers provide essays on such topics as...

The Northern Horizons of Guy Blanchet: Intrepid Surveyor, 1884-1966.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... by Gwyneth Hoyle. Toronto: Dundurn Group, 240 pp., illus., soft cover, $24.99. Surveyor Guy Blanchet's profession took him to many parts of northern Canada as he mapped the unknown wilderness. Starting locally near Edmonton in 1906, he...

Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson and the Remarkable Story of the Hudson's Bay Company.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... by James Raffan. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 284 pp., illus., hard cover, dust jacket, $34.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is a monumental study of a monumental man. George Simpson ruled the Northern Department of the HBCo with...

The Lens of Time: A Repeat Photography of Landscape Changes in the Canadian Rockies.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... by Cliff White and E.J. (Ted) Hart. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 312 pp., profusely illus., colour plates, soft cover, $69.95. Repeat photography, for those not familiar with the term, refers to taking modern photographs from the...

The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, 1926-1939.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, 1926-1939, by Mark Zuehike. Mississauga, ON: John Wiley & Sons, 303 pp., illus., hard cover, dust jacket, $36.99. In 1936, pro-Communist Republicans in Spain attempted to overthrow the...

Payepot and his People.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Payepot and his People, by Abel Watetch. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 64 pp., soft cover, $14.95. This slight book was first published in 1957, written by a nephew of the great chief Piapot (or Payepot, as he spells it). Now there...

Traditional Narratives of the Rock Cree Indians.(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... Traditional Narratives of the Rock Cree Indians, by Robert A. Brightman. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 185 pp., soft cover, $29.95. This is an first-rate collection of Cree stories and an analysis of them provided by the author....

Funny Little Stories, Wawiyatacimowinisa.(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... Funny Little Stories, Wawiyatacimowinisa, edited by Arok Wolvengrey. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 110 pp., drawings, soft cover, $19.95. This book, written in English and Cree, is designed as a reader lot native studies.