Pioneers and Progress by Alix Clive Historical Club ISBN 13: 9780919212435

Alberta, Canada: Alix Clive Historical Club, 1974. 880 pp, 10 5/8" H. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, gold lettering/decoration on front board. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps - section on cattle brands. A local history of the Alberta district surrounding Alix and Clive. Contents: Foreword; A "Times' Passing"; A Bird's Eye View of History; I'll Be Remembering; Half-Breed Scrip; Lamerton; Mining Along the Red Deer; Content Memories; Medicine in Pioneer Days; Breaking Horses With Mont; Railways Through Alix - C.P.R. Station Agents - C.N.R. Agents; School Districts - General Articles & Family Histories (Alix / Alix (North) / Carroll / Clive / Hickling / Hopedale - Haynes / North Star / Open Valley and Carradale / Ripley / Sargent / Stanton / Stone / St. Patrick's / Westling); Pioneers Not Bound By School Districts; Brands; Index of Family Histories / General Index. Christmas gift inscription and faint erased pencil mark on front free endpaper,… Read More

Alberta, Canada: The Alix Clive Historical Club. Good. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919212433 . Presents the local history of the Alix and Clive districts, located less than an hour northeast of Red Deer. "To the pioneers who blazed the trails and inspired the stories, our gratitutde. To our children for whom we have written the record, our hope that they in turn will pass on the torch of history." - Foreword. viii, 880 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Index of family names. Includes hundreds of pages of family histories. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Krotki (2nd Edn) 15, Strathern 3188.; 4to .