Tag: North-West Mounted Police

Fort Calgary and How a Mounted Police Post Became the City of Calgary

F Troop rode in from Fort Macleod in August 1875 under Inspector…

Fort Macleod and the First NWMP Outpost in Southern Alberta

After the 1874 March West, the North-West Mounted Police built the first…

Fort Whoop-Up and the Whisky Trade That Brought the Mounties to Alberta

Hamilton and Healy opened Fort Whoop-Up in 1869 where the St. Mary…

Where the Sundance Kid Found Order on the Prairie

Harry Longabaugh worked as a ranch hand at the Bar U Ranch…