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Pioneer Village

Howdy! We are happy you're here.

We are open Tuesday - Saturday from 10am - 5pm. The Pioneer Village is open most days unless we have a huge spring snow! Come on in! The last admission time is 3:00.

Please note: We will be closed for the May Long Weekend
(Saturday May 17, Sunday May 18, and Monday May 19)
to give our staff a break before our busy summer.
We will reopen on Tuesday, May 20 and be open 7 days a week for the rest of the summer!

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Historic Images of South-western Alberta

ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGERS IN COLUMN FORMATION

ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGERS IN COLUMN FORMATION

Rocky Mountain Rangers in Column, near Scholten's Hill in Medicine Hat, May-June 1885

Rocky Mountain Rangers in Medicine Hat

Rocky Mountain Rangers in Medicine Hat

L-R: Henry Boyle, Edward Gilpin Brown, unidentified, Lord Richard Boyle, Major John Stewart, J.G. "Kootenai" Brown, during North West Rebellion, 1885

WALLACE SHARPE

WALLACE SHARPE

WALLACE SHARPE

WALLACE SHARPE

CLEVELAND BISHOP

CLEVELAND BISHOP

F/L DAVID L. BAIN

F/L DAVID L. BAIN

F/L DAVID L. BAIN

F/L DAVID L. BAIN

THE TWIN BUTTE BOYS

THE TWIN BUTTE BOYS

Members of the 13th Canadian Mounted Rifles recruited from the Twin Butte area, south of Pincher Creek

13th CANADIAN MOUNTED RIFLES, "A" SQUADRON

13th CANADIAN MOUNTED RIFLES, "A" SQUADRON

Draft from A Squadron, 13th Canadian Mounted Rifles, Calgary 1915

UNIDENTIFIED ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGER

UNIDENTIFIED ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGER

A member of the Rocky Mountain Rangers poses in typical military mufti. Only the shape of the hat was consistent in RMR uniforms.

The Rocky Mountain Rangers were raised in Southern Alberta for the defence of the range country in the 1885 Northwest Rebellion. A third of the unit derived from Pincher Creek, as did the unit's command structure.

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MEMORIAL PARK CENOTAPH

MEMORIAL PARK CENOTAPH

MILITARY CONTINGENT ON HILLTOP

MILITARY CONTINGENT ON HILLTOP

CAVALRY DRILL AT SARCEE BARRACKS, CALGARY

CAVALRY DRILL AT SARCEE BARRACKS, CALGARY

13th CDN MOUNTED RIFLES RECRUITS FROM TWIN BUTTE

13th CDN MOUNTED RIFLES RECRUITS FROM TWIN BUTTE

RECRUITS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

RECRUITS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

MILITARY PARADE WHEELS NORTH FROM MAIN STREET ONTO BRIDGE AVENUE

MILITARY PARADE WHEELS NORTH FROM MAIN STREET ONTO BRIDGE AVENUE

Military Recruits in Full Dress Parade, ca. 1914

RECRUITMENT DRILL

RECRUITMENT DRILL

Military Recruits in formation on East Avenue. Note that rank and file are still in civilian dress

CAVALRY DRILL

CAVALRY DRILL

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FULL DRESS MILITARY PARADE

FULL DRESS MILITARY PARADE

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