August 11, 2010 – 8:36 am
Cottonwood Grove School, established on October 11, 1905, was often referred to as Loma School because the Loma post office was just across the road. Emil and Susanah Steiner came from Switzerland, arriving here in 1904. They waited for settlers with enough children to start a school. They donated a corner of land on the [...]
As the Canadian Pacific Railway was busy sinking money into its two million acre irrigation project on the north side of the Bow, other similar schemes on the south side of the river hoped to capitalize on the growing demand for irrigated lands. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit [...]
The Bow City townsite, likely summer or fall of 1914. L-R buildings: Bow City Hotel, background; General Store, Cook and Newton; Pool Hall with dance hall upstairs; Campbell Brothers hardware. (Glenbow Archives NA-1308-40) ————————————————————— Municipal inspector A.D. Fidler had no sooner bid farewell to Bow City before the residents of the community had renewed their quest [...]
On July 14th. 2010, Champion’s last ‘Chinese’ restaurant was torn down. As I saw the walls come down, memories filled my mind as these restaurants, or Cafes, as we called them, were such a part of our growing up in Champion. In the early years all small villages and towns, benefited from having Chinese cafes [...]
A picture of the Bow City Hotel from a 1914 publication by the Bow City Board of Trade entitled “Bow City, Alberta, Canada – City of Natural Resources” One of the outstanding features of the Village of Bow City was the Bow City Hotel, which towered over the community at the peak of its prosperity. [...]
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Anniversary Celebrations Through the Years Champion residents are gearing up for the Village’s centennial celebration, to be held in the summer of 2011. Anniversary celebrations are nothing new for Champion. Throughout the years, residents have gathered to reminisce, remember, and commemorate. Not even the Great Depression could stop Champion from having its July 1st celebration. [...]
The temperature poked around the 20 degree mark on May 2, 1914- the day municipal inspector A.D. Fidler came to town. Prior to his arrival, the stars seemed to be aligning for the little settlement on the banks of the Bow. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with [...]
A map of the community of Bow City as it existed in May 1914. Click on image to view larger map. ———– Above is a map of Bow City in May 1914 that I have pieced together from documents included within the archives of Alberta’s Department of Municipal Affairs. Some points of clarification about the map: [...]
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