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Title "A Missoulian's Impressions at 'Whoop Up'" by Charles Schafft, New Northwest
Archival Reference M-4561-35
Sub-collection Southern Alberta Research Project  
Author Schafft, Charles  
Date 24 Oct 1874
Document Type Correspondence
Contents 4 pages relating to Fort Whoop-up and whiskey trade.
Sub-collection Information This collection was compiled by Eleanor Luxton, a Glenbow Museum staff member, who was hired from 1956 to 1961 to gather information pertaining to southern Alberta pioneers, North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), Presbyterian missionaries, Fort Whoop Up, whiskey traders, Fort Benton, newspaper and newspaper editors, First Nations of Canada, and southern Alberta history in general. The information came primarily from interviews with pioneers and their descendants, and from articles in Montana and Alberta newspapers.

The collection consists of alphabetically arranged biographical files, typescripts of newspaper articles and research notes, and photographs of NWMP, oldtimers and general views of southern Alberta. Consists of these series: Fort Benton and Montana (1867-1956); North-West Mounted Police - General (1872-1947); North-West Mounted Police - Detachments and outposts (1882-1955); North-West Mounted Police - Old timers (1913-1957); Southern Alberta newspapers and editors (1923-1955); Presbyterian Church and ministers (1883-1926; First Nations of Canada (1877-1954); High River pioneers (compiled 1956-1960); Southern Alberta general history (compiled 1956-1961); and photographs (1870s-1930s).
Region American Midwest  
Subjects Travel and Transportation  Agriculture  Wildlife and Nature  First Nations  Indigenous Peoples  Hunting  Alcohol  Weaponry  Foreign Policy  Kootenay [Ktunaxa: Kutenai]  Death  Violence  Canadian Mounted Police  Blackfoot [Niitsitapi]  Clothing  Banking and Finance  
Places Deer Lodge; Montana
People Conrad, Charles  Schafft, Charles  
Themes Business, Trade & Commerce; Warfare & Military History
Library Glenbow Museum  
Copyright Glenbow Museum