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Why Calgary Says Yahoo Instead of Yeehaw at the Stampede
Yee-haw is the sound of the Hollywood West. Yahoo is Calgary's own,…
The A.E. Cross House and the Big Four Calgarian Who Funded the First Calgary Stampede
Alfred Ernest Cross arrived in Calgary in 1884 as a young veterinarian…
The Canmore NWMP Barracks and the Year the Mounted Police Came to the Bow Valley
The North-West Mounted Police reached southern Alberta in 1874 and Calgary in…
Haultain School and Calgary’s Oldest Standing Public Schoolhouse from 1894
Haultain School on 13 Avenue SW opened in 1894 and taught Calgary…
The Last Sentinel of Sharples
Parrish and Heimbecker built the 30,000 bushel Sharples elevator in July 1923…
The Track Will Not Be the Same Without Tom Glass
Chuckwagon racing lost Tom Glass at 77 after a stroke. The High…
The Tribune Block and the 1892 Calgary Newspaper Building That Still Anchors 8 Avenue
J.G. McCallum built the Tribune Block at 118 8 Avenue SW in…
Take the Kids to See Where Alberta Came From This Summer
From June 19 to September 7, museum admission is free for anyone…
The C.O. Card House and the Mormon Founder Who Built Cardston in 1887
Charles Ora Card led a Latter Day Saints party from Utah across…
The Prairie Sentinels Alberta Should Refuse to Lose
Wooden grain elevators were once the tallest thing for miles on Alberta's…
