Major John Stewart House and the 1885 Calgary Residence That Outlived the Railway Boom
The Major John Stewart House on New Street SE in Inglewood was built in 1885 to a Robert Moberly design and is among Calgary's oldest standing homes.
The Edmonton 1881 School and the Tiny Log Building That Started Public Education in Edmonton
The Edmonton 1881 School was the first permanent public school built in the area that became the city, twenty-four years before Alberta was a province.
Cochrane Ranche and How Alberta’s Ranching Industry Got Off the Ground in 1881
A federal lease handed roughly 100,000 acres of foothills to Senator Matthew Cochrane at one cent an acre a year, setting the template for the industry.
Stephen Avenue and How Calgary Built Its Sandstone Spine
Stephen Avenue became a National Historic Site in 2002 and preserves more 1880s and 1890s commercial sandstone than any other street in western Canada.
The Hunt House and the Oldest Building Still Standing in Downtown Calgary
The Hunt House on 9 Avenue SE is a one room squared-log cabin the Hudson's Bay Company built in 1876, twelve months after F Troop reached the confluence.
Leavings at Willow Creek and the Forgotten NWMP Trail Stop That Made the March North Possible
The Leavings at Willow Creek gave patrols on the four hundred kilometre Whoop-Up Trail a place to camp, water horses and switch the wagon ox overnight.
