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Title "Bullwhackers, Muleskinners, Teamsters, Took Freight Overland. Fort Benton was Hub of Freight Routes to Canada and Varies Parts of Montana", River Press
Archival Reference M-4561-40
Sub-collection Southern Alberta Research Project  
Author River Press  
Date 21 Aug 1946
Document Type Newspapers and magazines
Contents 5 pages relating to Bull Trains, Mule Outfits, and 'Old Time Freighters'.
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 Canada  
Subjects Travel and Transportation  Livestock  Railroads  Fur Trade  Gold Rush  Mining  Canadian Mounted Police  Commerce and Trade  Pay and Wages  
Places Winnipeg; Manitoba
People Baker, Isaac Gilbert  Power, T.C.  Conrad, W.G.  Wetzel, W.S.  Henty, A.S.  Bullard, W.S.  Bird, N.H.  Kirkendall, Hugh  
Themes Industry & Technology
Library Glenbow Museum  
Copyright Glenbow Museum