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Title Edward F.J. Hills to his parents. -- November 19, 1883
Archival Reference M-7988-18
Sub-collection Ted Hills  
Author Hills, Edward F.J.    
Date 19 Nov 1883
Document Type Correspondence
Contents Regarding trapping beavers, first encounter with the "Noble Savage" [Indians], inside a wigwam, sheep farming, and canoeing.
Sub-collection Information Edward F.J. Hills. 1863-ca. 1955, born in Littlehampton, England, came to Canada in 1883. He spent a year in Ontario before joining a Dominion Land Survey party which surveyed several townships near Carlton, Saskatchewan. He arrived in Calgary, Alberta in November 1884, and for many years worked as a cowboy on various southern Alberta ranches. He acquired his own ranch near High River, called the Echo Glen Ranch. He and his wife, Nora Griffin, returned to England ca. 1908 for several years, operated a coffee plantation in Kenya until the early 1930s, then retired once more to England where he died.
Region Canada  
Subjects First Nations  Indigenous Peoples  Hunting  Narratives, accounts and histories  Construction and Building  Agriculture  Livestock  Wildlife and Nature  Alcohol  Banking and Finance  Domestic Life and Living Conditions  
Places Ilfracombe; Ontario
People Hills, Edward F.J.  Bell, M. T.  Murray, Miss Kitty  Stedman, Mrs R.  
Themes Indigenous Peoples
Library Glenbow Museum  
Copyright Glenbow Museum