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Historic Images of South-western Alberta

EMERY LeGRANDEUR ON FOX

EMERY LeGRANDEUR ON FOX

Emery LaGrandeur of Pincher Creek rides Fox at Calgary Stampede 1919.

EMERY LeGRANDEUR ON TWO STEP

EMERY LeGRANDEUR ON TWO STEP

Emery LaGrandeur of Pincher Creek rides Two Step at Winnipeg Stampede 1913. Winner of the World's Championship, Bucking Broncho Riding, 1913. The Stampede was held in Winnipeg in 1913, when Guy Weadick could not convince to the Calgary Exhibition to stage the event in Calgary. The Stampede finally returned permanently to Calgary in 1919.

POLO PLAYERS ON HORSEBACK

POLO PLAYERS ON HORSEBACK

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Unidentified Persons with Fishing Poles

Unidentified Persons with Fishing Poles

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Basketball Championship Team & Trophy

Basketball Championship Team & Trophy

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Hockey on Frozen Rink

Hockey on Frozen Rink

Fernie played Pincher Creek, Mar 6, 1909. The score was 6-3 for Fernie.  The frozen rink was north of Pincher Creek, on the current Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village compound.

North Fork Polo Team, named in photo

North Fork Polo Team, named in photo

Jimmie Milvain, Bert Connelly, Harry Gunn, Rollo Burn

North Fork Polo Team in action

North Fork Polo Team in action

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Back Catcher

Back Catcher

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Curling on Frozen Pincher Creek

Curling on Frozen Pincher Creek

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Polo Champions

Polo Champions

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North Fork Polo Team

North Fork Polo Team

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We recognize the traditional lands of our First Nations neighbors of the Blackfoot Confederacy and Treaty Number Seven – the Piikani, the Apapikuni, the Kainai, the Siksika, the T’su T’inna, the Nakoda, and also the Metis and Knutaxi-Kootenay.  

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