KOOTENAI BROWN PIONEER VILLAGE
Health & Medicine
Tales from the Kootenai Brown Pioneer Archives
MEDICAL PIONEER DR. FRANK GOFORTH
Goforth was well respected as a local rancher in addition to being a doctor.
CHRONICLES HIGHLIGHTING THE COLPMAN DRUG STORE
Pincher Creek’s pioneer commercial history is dotted with intriguing tales of that frontier spirit which made our settlement the vibrant community it is today. A prime example of that old time entrepreneurial get up and go can be found in the Colpman’s Drug Store which was a feature on the north side of Main Street from 1927 to 1965.
McCREA AND COLPMAN DRUG STORE
Pincher Creek’s pioneer business district was blessed with two drug stores. The second one to open was the McCrea Drug Store, which many years later became the commercial outlet operated by Charles (Charlie) C. Colpman. It was a fixture in the same location for nearly sixty years.
A FRONTIER MEDICAL HERITAGE IN OF PINCHER CREEK: CHRONICLES OF MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
The Memorial Hospital, established circa 1902, answered Pincher Creek's increasing demand for full hospital services.
A FRONTIER MEDICAL HERITAGE: CHRONICLES OF PINCHER CREEK’S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
The Memorial Hospital, established circa 1902, answered Pincher Creek's increasing demand for full hospital services.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DR. LELAND WALKEY
Dr. Leland Whitfield Walkey served Pincher Creek from the late 1910s, into the 1930s.
PINCHER CREEK’S MEDICAL HISTORY
Doctors on the Pincher Creek frontier had primitive style offices where they provided patient consultations and housed the “latest” in medical equipment, medication and remedies.
DR. A. C. COOPER JOHNSTON
Dr. A. C. Cooper Johnston was a pioneer medical physician and druggist associated with the early history of Lundbreck.
A PIONEER DRUGSTORE: E. J. MITCHELL AND THREE GENERATIONS OF THE CORNYN FAMILY
Perhaps the longest continuously operated drug store in southern Alberta if not the entire province.