Hector J. Perrier was Pincher Creek’s first resident professional photographer.

Pioneer chronicles of early journalism with the Pincher Creek Echo, are recounted in the connected genealogies of Howard E. Derrett, Anna Derrett/Edwards and Frank Thomas Edwards.

This story continues a look back at Anna Derrett, who after the death of her her first husband Howard, carries on with the Pincher Creek Echo, and remarries to Frank Edwards

Elias T. Saunders has a lasting legacy in Alberta media, as the founder of 19th-century newspapers in Fort Macleod, Lethbridge, and in Pincher Creek, all of which are still in operation.

Still in print, the Echo has served Pincher Creek and area for more than 120 years.