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 [...]
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. [...]
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: [...]
Amethyst School was the most short-lived school in the area. It was established on February 24, 1917 and closed in 1918. This school was built on Archie Smith’s preemption on the NE quarter of 21-18-18-W4. Latitude 50.54252, Longitude -112.41101 A debenture was taken on June 1, 1918 for $1500. The first and only teacher was Miss [...]
Alston School was located on SW 29-15-25-W4. This is 9 miles west of Champion, 2 miles north and west for 1 1/2 miles. It was named after a school by that name in England where J. Woods, a ratepayer, had attended. The building was erected in 1906 by Newton Dorman, a local man, as the [...]
Adler School was located on the NE quarter of 5-18-18-W4. It was established on April 10, 1918. Directions today are: From Lomond, go 5 miles north on Highway 845, east on Highway 539 for 8 miles, and continue east on a prairie trail for another 1 3/4 miles. (The prairie trail has very deep ruts. [...]
Beginning School Districts in the County of Vulcan When early homesteaders began arriving in the area, they found that often there was not a school for their children. Families who wanted a school would gather to form a committee. There had to be at least three taxpayers. They would petition the Ministry of Education, asking [...]
As residents of the Bow City district were agitating for the construction of any kind of bridge across the Bow in early 1914, the boosters of the village continued their promotional efforts, in-spite of the community’s obvious deficiencies. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]
Cairn commemorating the descendants of the Herrick family farming on the same land for 100 years in Vulcan County, south of “downtown” Bow City. ———- Going into the fall of 1913, the Board of Trade continued their efforts to make Bow City an incorporated municipality. In preparation for becoming a village, the Board initiated the [...]
