The membership newsletter of the The Historical Society of Alberta Box 4035, Station C Calgary, AB T2T 5M9 NO. 4 T8lephone: 403.261 .3662 October 2012 x: 403.269.6029 ISSN 1205-0350 _.nail: [email protected] PMA #40010031 IN THIS ISSUE Headstones and History Head ston es and History Story and photos by John Chalme rs Now Hiring - Ed itor 2 President's Report 3 Welcome 3 Thank You 4 Legacy Donations 4 Headstones ... Continued 5 Chapter Reports 8 Boo k Review - Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome 12 'ook Review - Inside the Ark 13 BookRevlew - The Temp lars On May 26 and 27, 2012, for the first tim e I attended the annual conference of and the Shroud of Christ 13 the Historical Society of Alberta, held this year in Ca lgary. While the western Book Summary - Fro ntier Life theme in program topics and attire is common with special events in Calgary, in the Mounted Po lice 14 this year it had special meaning as 2012 marks the 100th An niversary of the first Calgary Stampede. Book Summary - The Fort Edm onton HouseJournals 15 Before attending the conference I read Wendy Bryden's new book, TIle First Flores (often called Florence) was the wife ofGuy Best Dress ed Cowgirl 16 Stampede of Flores LaDue. Weadick, father of the Stampede with the financial backing of the Big Four -­ New Alberta Historic Sites 17 Patrick Burns, George Lane, Archie McLean and A.E. (Alfred Ernest) Cross. Appropriately, the conference was held in the impressive log structur e at Conference Concerns 18 Stampede Park, the Big Four Building, nam ed for those four far-sighted friends Book Summary - Fensala 19 ofwhat would become a world famous annual event. Crossword 20 While everyon e, at least in Calgary and environs, knows who Guy Weadi ck was, his wife is a lesser known figure in Alberta histor y and deserves mo re recognition. Bryden's book helps to correct that situation, as did the autho r's participation in the conferen ce program. Flores, born Grace Maud Bensel, The Historical Society of Alberta literally ran away from her home in Minnesota at the age of 15 in 1898 to Box 4035, Station C avoid the displeasure of her fath er and she join ed the circ us, a wild west show, Calgary, Alberta T2T 5M9 assuming the name of Flores LaDue to make it difficult for her father to fi nd her. phone: 403.261.3662 ix: 403.269.6029 .jmail: [email protected] Headstones and History Con tinuedonPag e 5. 1 'Ole Historical Society of Alberta is a registered charitable organization. Donations are gratefu lly received to help Now Hiring - EDITOR further the work of the Society which includes the publication ofAlberta We aresorryto advise that SherringAmsden, Editor, has resigned History and th is newsletter, History effective May 31st, 2012. Sherring has been our Editorfor over NOW. Donations are tax deductible and 15 yearsand we will missher. Thankyou Sherringforyourgreat will be acknowledged in History NOW, work. We arenow accepting applicationsfor the position of Editorof unless otherwise requested. Histo ry NOW: History NOW is published quarterly. Thefollowing is the Job Description We welcome information about your upcoming or past events, activi tes, Historical Society ofAlberta Job Description publications , etc. They should be in the hands of the editor prior to deadline. Editor for "History Now" The job ofthe editor is to initiate, coordinate, write, edit and Submission Deadlines: produce 4 newsletters per year. Editor responsibilities are to design Mar 1 for Apr- [un issue [un 1 for Iul-Sep issue layout, collect articles and have the newsletter ready for our printer Sep 1 for Oct-Dec issue in a timely manner so that he/she will be able to print and deliver Dec 1 for Jan-Mar issue to the distributor. 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Historical Society of Alberta Box 4035 , Station C Responsibilities Calgary, AB T2T 5M9 • review upcoming events with Office Coordina tor, to determine email: [email protected] which articles are needed phone: 403-261-3662 send out notices requesting articles/information on specific fax: 403-269-6029 subjects Members of Council • input information into desktop publishing program 2012-2013 • write editorial article and other articles based as needed President: Belinda Crowson • edit articles for understanding, grammar, length and 1st Vice-President: Vivian Sampson occasionally appropriateness 2nd Vice-President: Linda Collier • use desktop publisher to create PDF as per printer's specs and Secretary: Shona Gourlay newsletter design format Treasurer: Qiude (Max) Zheng Past President: William Baergen Qualifications Director at Large: Dia na Ringstrom Excellent organizational and written communication skills Director at Large: Irene Nicolson Computer, Internet and email access essential Director at Large: Ronald Williams • Desktop publishing capabilities Director at Large: Brad ley McDonald • Ability to inspire others to meet deadlines • Organizational suppo rt and ability to set aside time for Committees "History Now" duties Alberta History Editor Hugh Dempsey Ability to work with others to achieve consensus History NOW Editor • Knowledge and inte rest in history of Alberta Layout & Design • Ability to know what is happening in the historic Lindsey Cardott at Print Three Calgar y community, so that art icles are relevant For Information Contact Supervision Office Coordinator • Newsletter Editor will report to the TIle Historical Society of Alberta Office Coordinator. #622 Lancaster Building 304 8th Avenue SW Time Commitment Ca lgary, AB T2P l C2 Newsletter Editor serves a two-year term, phone: 403-261-3662 renewable voluntarily with approval of fax: 403-269-6029 the Council. email: [email protected] Expected hours: 20-30 hours per issue website: www.albertahistory.org 2 President's Report by Belinda Crowson Welcome Welcome to New Members Fall is now upon us. Kids across and/or Subscribers the provin ce are back in school and June 15, 2012 - September 15, 2012 schools are gearing up for the year read. And across the province Robert Lepla, Lethbridge volunteers and coordinators with the five region al Heritage Fairs are gearing J. Butterworth, Okotoks up to get the year started. Linda Nelson, Turner Valley Heritage Fair Nana [oumblat, Nanton Members of the H.S.A. and Kevin Timanson, Grande Prairie representatives of the various regional heritage fairs met in Red Deer in Lisa Schalk, Lethbridge August to start discu ssions around Lenore Eaton, Calgary the Heritage Fair program in Alberta. This group met to brainstorm ways to Ann Hunt, Calgary promote the heritage fairs program Supplied by Roberta Ryckman Stephane D. Perreault, Red Deer across the province and to come up with recommendation s for the Cynthia deBoer, Red Deer H.S.A. Co unc il on how the H.S.A. can Historic Edmonton Lowell Hodgson, Red Deer support the region al fairs and the best and Calgary Weeks possible role for H.S.A. in the Herit age Co ngratulations to everyo ne on Dianne Wyntjes, Red Deer Fairs program. anothe r year of great Historic Weeks. Allen O. Macl.ennan, Red Deer Several people I kn ow from Lethbrid ge In othe r Herit age Fair news, two were up in Edmo nton during Histori c Valerie Lalor,Sherwood Park Alber ta stude nts, Dylan T. of Edmo nto n Week. They had the Bob Butler, Edmonton Leth br idge and Alex H. ofCo utts oppo rtunity to take in a few of the .were nam ed as finalists in the Young events and were impressed with Co ry Bohaychek, Lethbridge itizens program. Unde r this program everything there was for families. Fran L. Beaver, Wabasca (new this year) , four her itage fair students were chosen fro m each I was able to take in two events during Maureen Krill, Edmonton regional fair, given a free video came ra Historic Calgary Week. The first was Ilona Carroll, Calgary and asked to create a video about their the Smithbilt Hat Co. plaque unveiling. project and the research behind it. The second was the 2012 Lion Awards. Dr. Carol Williams, Lethbridge These videos were then posted to the Congratulations to Kate Reeves and Winston C. Parker, Calgary Canada's Histor y web- site. the RCMP Veterans' Associ ation for their Advo cacy and Aware ness Loram 99 Corporation, Calgary Dylan and Alex were am ong 30 Awards. Ross/Kay Gould, Calgary students chosen as finalists from across Canada. In September a pan el of Patricia Mclnnis, Airdrie historical exper ts from across Ca nada Margaret Peyto, Calgary will review the 30 videos to choose 6 students to attend the National Histor y Stephen/Valerie Kapsha, Calgary Forum in Ottawa in December. Keep Peter Cutting, Calgary your fingers crossed for these Alberta students. Annie Tarita, Calgary Mich ael/Kari e-Anne Getta, Calgary Josh Brown, Calgary Marilyn Wallis, Calgar y Liz Delong, Calgary Aim ee Benoit, Lethbridge 3 Thank You Legacy 2012 Donations Thank You for Yo ur Donation The Society wishes to acknowledge Marianne Fedori to the HSA and/or Chapters ­ and thank thefollowing persons June 15, 2012 - September 15, 2012 Angela Gottfred and organizationsfor their Colleen Graham Evelyn M . Brown support ofour Year 2012 Legacy Delcie G ray Campaign. Fundsfrom this Betty Grunau David Leonard campaign are being used to Nanc y Hackett Dalton/Kay Deedrick assist with the Heritage Fairs Fund Mark/Nancy Heule Donald Smith as well as special projects of the Randy Bell Society. Donations arestill Wim/Mar ije [alink Faye Holt (2) being accepted.