Although my primary aim is to examine the actors' roles in the rise of Calgary as the main centre of trade and in the development of its region, I have tried throughout to set this story within the broader framework of the economic, political, and cultural environments of the day. [...] I am grateful for the dedication and patience of the staffs at the Glenbow Archives and Library, the Provincial Archives of Alberta, the University of Calgary Library, the Calgary Land Titles Office, the Calgary Court House, the City of Calgary Public Library, the City of Calgary Archives, the Corporate Registry Archives in Edmonton, the Hudson's Bay Company Archives in Winnipeg, the Montana Histo [...] Chapter Five focuses on the link between business development and the emergence of the town of Calgary and the appearance of hamlets and villages in the Bow Valley. [...] One of the most remarkable features of capitalism in the Bow Valley was the gradual development of the abundant natural resources of the region. [...] The region was greatly influenced by Canadian Victorianism from the 1870s, and, by 1900, most of its residents embraced the cultural values of the national norm in this period, including a strong belief in progress and the power of technology, the importance of being responsible at home and in business, and the need for education.
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Table of Contents
- Content 8
- List of Tables 13
- List of Illustrations 14
- Preface 16
- Acknowledgments 23
- Introduction 26
- 1 The Meeting Place 40
- The Blackfoot 40
- The Coming of Montana Traders 41
- Hamilton and Healy's Trading Post 42
- Calgary's Changing Business System 45
- 2 I. G. Baker & Co.: American Enterprise in the Wagon-Road Era 48
- I. G. Baker & Co. and its Networks of Stores 49
- Isaac Gilbert Baker and the Founding of a Trading Company 50
- Expansion in Montana 52
- Trading in the Canadian Prairies Begins 53
- Establishing a General Store in Calgary 56
- Survival and Expansion 60
- Responding to the Needs of the Mounted Police 63
- Achieving Growth through Ties to Native People 64
- Changing Natural Environment 66
- Prosperity in the Mid- and Late 1870s 67
- I. G. Baker & Co.'s Relationship with its Main Competitor, Power & Bro. 69
- Ongoing Commitment to Banking 70
- Expanding Merchandise Sales 71
- New Management at the Calgary Store 72
- Sources of Beef 74
- I. G. Baker & Co. and Capitalism 75
- 3 Hudson's Bay Company: British Enterprise in the Wagon-Road Era 78
- Network of Trading Posts and Stores in Alberta 79
- John Bunn and the Establishment of a Store in Calgary 82
- Conflict between Richard Hardisty and Robert Hamilton 86
- John Bunn and the Continuing Quest for Business 88
- James A. Grahame and Calgary Business 90
- Angus Fraser: New Manager 93
- Charles J. Brydges and New Business Opportunities 94
- An Uncertain Future 97
- Charles J. Brydges' Visit to Calgary 99
- 4 Rails and Marketing 104
- Impact of the Canadian Pacific Railway 104
- Overcoming Barriers to Inland Transportation 106
- Richard Hardisty Responds to the Canadian Pacific 107
- I. G. Baker & Co. and the Canadian Pacific 110
- Canadian Pacific and the Calgary Townsite 112
- Business in Calgary after the Arrival of the Canadian Pacific 114
- Coping with the Depression in the Mid-1880s 117
- Business Opportunities during the Saskatchewan Rebellion 122
- Peacetime Business 126
- 5 The Emergence of the Town of Calgary 132
- Natural Advantages of Calgary 132
- The Grid 133
- George Murdoch: Harness and Saddle Maker 134
- Isaac S. Freeze: A General Merchant 139
- Specialization in Commerce 144
- Rankin & Allan: Dry Goods Merchants 144
- The Movement for Incorporation 146
- Calgary's Early Government 149
- Hamlets, Villages, and Settlers in the Bow Valley 152
- 6 Creating Banking Services 158
- Informal Private Credit Networks 159
- Private Banks 160
- Lafferty & Smith 161
- LeJeune, Smith & Co. 167
- Lafferty & Moore: Women in the Banking Business 169
- Chartered Banks 172
- Imperial Bank of Canada 172
- Bank of Montreal 177
- Responding to the Calgary Government's Financial Needs 185
- Financial Environment 186
- 7 Building the Ranching Community 188
- Canadian Pacific Stockyards 188
- Land and the Rise of Big Ranch Companies in the Bow Valley 190
- American Roots 191
- Severe Winter of 1886-1887 192
- Livestock Raising and the Natural Environment 193
- Ranching in the Bow Valley: The Conrads, I. G. Baker, and the Harris Brothers 194
- Cochrane Ranche Company 198
- British American Ranche Company 200
- Quorn Ranche Company 206
- Small Ranches 210
- Osborne E. Brown: Elbow River Rancher 212
- Arthur G. Wolley-Dod: Pine Creek Rancher 215
- John Quirk and his Medium-Sized Ranch 219
- Improving the Canadian Pacific Stockyards 222
- 8 Maintaining the Family Farm 224
- The Banister Family Farm at Davisburg 224
- Farm Protest Movement in the Bow Valley 227
- Emergence of the Calgary Market 229
- Shattered and Fulfilled Dreams 231
- Robert Findlay: Homesteader at High River 232
- The Andrews Family Farm at Davisburg 238
- James F. McKevitt: Midnapore Farmer 245
- Farming at Davisburg: The David Suitor Family 249
- Informal Economic Networks 253
- Agricultural Societies and Fairs 254
- Voluntary Associations in the Bow Valley 257
- Farmers and the Natural Environment 258
- Financial Problems 259
- Kenneth Cameron: Okotoks Farmer 259
- Politics and Progress 261
- 9 From Town to City 264
- A Promising Place 264
- Calgary: Southern Alberta's Railway Hub 266
- Making Funds Available to Settlers 273
- The Great Fire 274
- Postfire Calgary's Builders 279
- Canadian Pacific Station 281
- Business and Hotels 282
- Sandstone City 283
- Turning Business Ideas into Business Organizations 284
- George Alexander and the Alexander Block 285
- William Roper Hull: Meat Packer and Rancher 286
- Peter A. Prince and the Eau Claire & Bow River Lumber Co. 290
- Hutchings & Riley: Harness and Saddle Makers 294
- Environmental Problems 298
- Alexander Lucas and Alberta's First City 299
- Wesley F. Orr and a Young and Ambitious City 300
- 10 Department Stores and Mass Distribution 302
- Recovering from the Great Fire 302
- Mass Distribution in Fort Benton 303
- Calgary's First Department Store: I. G. Baker & Co. 304
- Credit and Cash Sales 306
- Wholesale Division 308
- Retail Division 308
- Competition 310
- Sale of I. G. Baker & Co.'s Stores 311
- A New Era in Department Store Business: Hudson's Bay Company 314
- Grand Opening 315
- New Sandstone Department Store 317
- Labour Relations 322
- Rewarding James Thomson 323
- Edmund Taylor: New Manager 324
- Expansion 326
- 11 Women in Business 332
- Gender and Workforce 333
- Entrepreneurship 338
- Janet Dewar and Dressmaking 340
- Mary Macleod: Dressmaker 340
- Margaret Leishman: Milliner 341
- Annie A. Milner and the Millinery Trade 342
- Frances Marie Carr: Boardinghousekeeper 343
- Agnes K. Bedingfeld: Pekisko Rancher 344
- Adela Cochrane: Mitford Entrepreneur 349
- Agnes Carroll and the Holy Cross Hospital 357
- Annie and Jean Mollison and Braemar Lodge 363
- 12 Financing the Canadian Dream 368
- The Canadian Dream 368
- James A. Lougheed: Lawyer, Real Estate Entrepreneur, and Senator 370
- Christina Kinnisten: Calgary Confectioner 378
- Luey Dofoo and the Restaurant Business 379
- Samuel and Helen Shaw: Midnapore Entrepreneurs 382
- Sandy Watson: Pine Creek Farmer 387
- Meopham Gardner: Ranching in the Bragg Creek Area 389
- James C. Linton and Books 393
- William Hanson Boorne and the Rise of his Photography Studio 396
- James S. Mackie: Gunsmith and Bookseller 401
- Service Businesses 404
- Conclusion: Themes of an Era, 1870—1900 408
- New Technologies in Transportation and Communication 408
- New Goods for Consumers 409
- Business by Economic Sector 410
- Chronology 413
- Notes 416
- Bibliography 460
- Index 474
- A 474
- B 474
- C 477
- D 481
- E 482
- F 482
- G 484
- H 484
- I 486
- J 487
- K 487
- L 487
- M 489
- N 491
- O 492
- P 492
- Q 492
- R 493
- S 494
- T 495
- U 496
- V 496
- W 496
- Y 497
