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Plain Little Church in the Valley
Posted on August 19, 2022 Leave a Comment
Now here’s a gem I discovered a couple years ago where two secondary highways intersect surrounded by fields of grain and oilseed crops and under a cobalt-blue sky as its been since 1911. This is the Holy Trinity Church at Golden Valley. Our little church here in Hughenden, dedicated just three years later, is also […]
Exploring Local History at Sounding Lake
Posted on November 12, 2021 6 Comments
Last April I had the opportunity to visit Special Area 4 tucked into this east-central corner of Alberta, and bursting with natural beauty and Western Canadian history. That early spring day, the hilltops were covered with crocuses and the temperature was a mild 20 degrees Celsius. I took a whole bunch of photos on the […]
Drums in the Woods – A Photo Blog
Posted on October 24, 2021 5 Comments
It’s cold and dreary here tonight — a perfect time to edit the photos I took a week ago when the weather was not cold and dreary. That day, I had planned to walk north of town, but a work crew had just sprayed a sealer on the roadway. It smelled terrible and was really […]
Little House on the Prairie – A Photo Blog
Posted on September 3, 2020 4 Comments
There’s a little house south and a bit west of where I live in this east-central corner of Alberta. The other day I had the opportunity to take some photos of it. Here are a few of them.
Lone Butte Cemetery
Posted on July 4, 2020 2 Comments
Lone Butte Cemetery, where the tall grass grows and the prairie wind blows. What a lovely place to explore! On a recent trip to Calgary for a dental appointment – I know, “dental appointment” is the kind of hook that keeps the reader wanting more – we discovered Lone Butte Cemetery located on Secondary Highway […]
Merna United Church and Cemetery
Posted on June 22, 2020 3 Comments
I love visiting cemeteries, especially the older ones that tell their own stories of the people who came before and of their struggles and triumphs, their lives and their deaths. The other day we went to Big Knife Provincial Park in east-central Alberta, about an hour and a half’s drive from our village. On the […]
Kids Survive the Darnedest Things
Posted on February 1, 2020 Leave a Comment
Hi there! Here’s a post I put together for the Amisk-Hughenden Historical Society all about a lost child and the dream a man had that told him exactly where to find her. Kids Survive the Darnedest Things Little nine-year-old Ethel Thorpe, caused a stir in the community that old timers will never forget. July 13, […]
The Hughenden Fire of 1932 – Updated
Posted on January 14, 2020 8 Comments
Thanks for dropping by to find out about the fire and suicide that happened in Hughenden in May of 1932 – as if the 1930s in Alberta weren’t difficult enough. I chose not to make any commentary on the five articles presented here giving three perspectives on the fire that began in the Whyte and […]
The Hughenden Fire of 1932
Posted on January 11, 2020 10 Comments
Thanks for dropping by to find out about the fire and suicide that happened in Hughenden in May of 1932 – as if the 1930s in Alberta weren’t difficult enough. I chose not to make any commentary on the five articles presented here giving three perspectives on the fire that began in the Whyte and […]
The Old Stone House
Posted on September 17, 2019 6 Comments
Hi! This is a reblog of the post I created (with the help of others) for the Amisk-Hughenden Historical Society. It’s all about the stone house that Ed Carson refurbished after it had been abandoned and stood empty for about 40 years. I recall Ed telling me about starting work on this huge project: “The […]
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