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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | "Correspondence from Macleod" by Smoothey, Fort Benton Record |
| Archival Reference | M-4561-43 |
| Sub-collection | Southern Alberta Research Project |
| Author | Smoothey |
| Date | 20 Sep 1876 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Contents | 2 pages relating various events in Fort Macleod, including the death of a young girl after she feel beneath a train. |
| 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 | Railroads Travel and Transportation Children and Family Atrocity Death Leisure, Entertainment and Social Life Women's History Leisure, Entertainment and Social Life Travel and Transportation Commerce and Trade |
| Places | Fort Benton; Montana |
| People | Baker, Isaac Gilbert Power, T.C. Bradstone, William Conrad, Charles Houk, George Grey, Patrick Reynolds, John Lukan, P.C. Hill, Joe |
| Themes | Women's History |
| Library | Glenbow Museum |
| Copyright | Glenbow Museum |