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Sports & Leisure
Historic Images of South-western Alberta

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.

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.
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