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Item · 1889-03-21 - 1892-05-23
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A book containing copies of outgoing letters from the Southern Alberta Turf Club, an organization that oversaw horse-racing and betting in the Fort Macleod area. The letters mostly deal with business and social matters, and are primarily from club secretary H. M. Cottingham addressed to Sam Steele, Colonel James Macleod, and Sir F. W. Haultain, among others.

Southern Alberta Turf Club
Item · [ca. 1912]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Illustrated promotional booklet produced by the [Fort] Macleod Board of Trade ca. 1912 for the purpose of encouraging "prospective new-comers" to settle in Macleod, Alberta "because it's a good place to live in", "to invest in", and "to grow in".

Contents:
Introductory - This Is Intended for You: Read It; "Questions You Have a Right to Ask, and Answers I Have a Right to Give" by John Richardson [What Is Macleod, and Where Is It Situated; Is It Easy of Access, or Is It 100 Miles From Nowhere; Is Macleod At a Standstill, or Is It Growing; What Are the Signs of Development; What Kind of Newcomers Is Macleod Anxious to Receive; What Are the Chances for Obtaining Employment; What Is the Cost of Living; Is Macleod a Good Place to Live In; Is Macleod a Desirable Place for a Man to Bring His Family; Are the Rates In the Town of Macleod High; What Is the Character of the Surrounding Country; What Is the Character of the Soil; Is Irrigation Necessary; Is the Land Clean; What Is the Cost of Land to the Settler; What Will the Land Produce; Is Dry Farming Resorted To; What Size Tracts Can Be Obtained; How May Land Be Procured; What Is the Character of the Climate; What Is the Price of City Property; What Opportunities Are Afforded Homeseekers; Please Mention Some of the Openings for Men With Limited Means]; "How the Panama Canal Will Double Macleod's Population" by John Richardson; How Macleod Grows; Macleod Wants Industries [Business Facts for Business Men; Transportation Facilities; Geographical Position and Location of Markets; Fuel; Inducements]; "Macleod in a Nutshell"; A Few of Our Industries; Industries We Expect to Get; Industries We Are Working Hard to Get; With a Market Like This At Our Back Door We Cannot Help But Grow; Coal Rates to Macleod; Other Coal Rates; Cost of Construction Materials [Cement; Lumber]; Hotel Accommodation; Railway Fares to Macleod; Signs of Macleod's Growth [Post Office Business 1910-1912; Assessment 1907-1912; Building Permits 1909-1912]; Business Opportunities Macleod Wants.

"Macleod in a Nutshell":
Population is 2510; 2 newspapers; 3 printing plants; 4 chartered banks; concrete sidewalks; large grain elevator; prosperous farmers; owns its own townsite; owns waterworks and water supply is pure; owns its own electric light plant; 2 lines of railway; one of the largest and best-equipped public and high schools; 4 churches [English; Roman Catholic; Methodist; Presbyterian]; a shorthand, typewriting and business college; a general hospital; 2 military organizations; North West Mounted Police headquarters; orders of fraternal societies; 4 hotels; 2 theatres; 2 social and business men's clubs; athletic grounds; Exhibition grounds; Agricultural Association; horse show; poultry show, etc.

Illustrations:
"Macleod the Railway Hub Of Southern Alberta" [map]; "A View of Macleod, the Alberta town that is growing by leaps and bounds"; "Cutting grain in one of Macleod's famous wheat fields"; "Macleod's New Municipal Building"; "The Macleod Stone Quarry - One of Our Growing Industries"; "A View of Main Street, Macleod"; "Wealth in a Macleod Wheat Field"; "Fish caught in the Old Man River"; "A Macleod businessman fishing in the Old Man River, Macleod"; "The bridge across the Old man River, west of Macleod"; "A Traction-Engine Threshing Scene"; "The Hudson's Bay Company's store at Macleod"; "Macleod Has Many Prosperous Homes. This Is One Of Them"; "Standing in a Macleod wheat field"; "A Canadian Pacific locomotive at the Macleod Round House"; "Another View Of the Town Of Macleod"; "A farmer with four four-horse teams at work on a Macleod farm"; "The Queen's Hotel at Macleod"; "Macleod's New Hospital"; "Macleod Landmarks - The Court House; Macleod's power house; Macleod's new creamery; Entrance to the North West Mounted Police Barracks"; "The Macleod Public and High School"; "Geographical Location of Macleod Alberta" [map]; "This is how the Province of Alberta advertises itself"; "The Connaught Hotel"; "Scenes at the Macleod Horse Show"; "Distributing Houses at Macleod"; "The C.N.R. track cutter preparing a road for railway activity"; "a Macleod cricket match in the middle of February, 1912"; "Freight in the C.P.R. yards at Macleod".

Fort Macleod Board of Trade
Item · July 1, 1961
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A booklet announcing the "Investiture of her Worship Charlotte Whitton, C. B. E., Mayor of Ottawa, into the Peigan Tribe of the Blackfoot Confederacy and Honorary Citizen of the Town of Fort Macleod" on Saturday July 1, 1961. Contains biographies with photographs of Whitton, Fort Macleod Stampede Chairman Dan Boyle, and Alberta Minister of Public Works James Hartley, some history of Fort Macleod, an address from Mayor Buzunis, and advertisements for various Alberta businesses.

Item · 1952
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Telephone directory listing information for residents and businesses in Fort Macleod, Alberta, in 1952.

Includes:
A fold-out map of Fort Macleod and area; New Telephone Numbers [blank list to be filled out by directory's owner]; Alphabetical Directory [of telephone numbers]; a list of Committees; Churchs [sic]; Lodges; Directory of House Numbers; and various advertisements for local and Alberta-based businesses.

Fort Macleod Lions Club
Item · Aug., 1960
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

An insurance plan of the town of Fort Mcleod, Alberta from August 1960. The population at the time of the plan creation was 2398. The plan consists of a Master Title page which includes a Standard Key of Signs, four index pages, and 11 detail sheets. On the cover of the plan, there is a note indicating that the plan was made by and is the property of the Underwriters’ Survey Bureau Limited. The copyright for the plan is registered in Ottawa. No copy number or issue recipient is listed. Each page of the detail sheets displays various streets and buildings in the town of Fort Mcleod and the colour of each building indicates the type of construction material used for that particular building.

Underwriters' Survey Bureau, Limited