From “Medicine in Pioneer Days” by Dr. A.E. Shore“I commenced the practice of “Medicine” in rural Alberta in 1911 and rented the Dr. Graham building as my office and used the upstairs for a small hospital which accommodated four or five patients. Dr.Graham was the second doctor who served the ▸
From “Peter Russell and Family”, by grand-daughter Viola Russell MattiePeter Russell (1856 – 1941) and his wife Janet (1855 – 1940) were Scottish.“In 1894 [Peter] came with his family to Canada. It took ten days to cross the ocean. They landed at Quebec where they took the train for Red ▸
The first settlers to arrive in the Carroll district were Mr. and Mrs. John Guss, and Elvey and Mandy; Mr. and Mrs. Merrifield with Jesten and Ernest; and Mr. and Mrs. W.N. Jaeck. The Carroll family came to settle in 1903. Other early family names included Anderson, Bissett, Docherty, Papineau, ▸
The following are some excerpts from a letter written by Mr. Giles Estell to the Union Paper in Lake Crystal, Minnesota, from Lamerton, Alberta, February 28, 1904.“After being here for some time in “Sunny Alberta”, I thought I would write to you about our prosperous country. It froze up here ▸