An Outline Of Early Days Of Lethbridge....
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- Material Type
- Manuscript
- Date Range
- [1923-1924]
- Accession No.
- 19841097000
- Physical Description
- 2 items, 1 manuscript and 1 typed copy
- Scope and Content
- An outline of early days of Lethbridge and events leading up to same. William Stafford Junior's account of his journey from Westville, Nova Scotia, to what is now Lethbridge in 1882. A good description of river boat travel between Bismark, North Dakota and Fort Benton, Montana is included. Also i…
- Material Type
- Manuscript
- Date Range
- [1923-1924]
- Physical Description
- 2 items, 1 manuscript and 1 typed copy
- Physical Condition
- Good
- History Biographical
- William Stafford Junior, 1865-1942.
- See P19841049000-Gm for Further Family Information. William Stafford Jr. came west in 1882 with his father, William Stafford Senior, in a group led by Captain Nicholas Bryant. He worked in the North Western Coal and Navigation Company Mines at Lethbridge, Then moved to open a coal mine on the Little Bow River near Calgary. He died at Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Acquisition Source
- Sherman, mrs Dena
- Scope and Content
- An outline of early days of Lethbridge and events leading up to same. William Stafford Junior's account of his journey from Westville, Nova Scotia, to what is now Lethbridge in 1882. A good description of river boat travel between Bismark, North Dakota and Fort Benton, Montana is included. Also included is a fairly detailed account of the events leading up to the founding of Lethbridge, with emphasis upon the people involved.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19841097000
- Collection
- Archive
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