Calgary, Canada's frontier metropolis: An illustrated history
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Fort Calgary was built in 1875 by the North West Mounted Police to bring law and order to the newly-opened frontier of the Canadian West. With the arrival of the railway and the granting of land concessions favourable to ranching the new town of Calgary grew rapidly, justifying the eternal optimism of its energetic boosters. The discovery of oil at Leduc in 1947 restored the city's pre-eminence in the province's economic life. Always the most American...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0897810554
ISBN13:9780897810555
Release Date:January 1982
Publisher:Windsor Publications
Length:368 Pages
Weight:5.00 lbs.
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