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TALKING TOMBSTONES 2024 - Episode 03 - WILLIAM SHANKS GLADSTONE

Recorded July 13, 2024
Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

Pincher Creek, Alberta

Introduction by Kari Zieffle
Reading by Gord Tolton

 

Talking Tombstones - Episode 2 - ELIZABETH & JOHN NELSON

Recorded July 13, 2024
Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

Pincher Creek, Alberta

Introduction by Kari Zieffle
Reading by Charity Macleod and Francis Cyr

Talking Tombstones 2024 - Episode 1 - WILLIAM SAMUEL LEE

The Tale of Bill Lee - whiskey trader, prospector and cattleman, whose exploits named the community of Pincher Creek.

Recorded July 13, 2024
Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

Pincher Creek, Alberta

Introduction by Kari Zieffle
Reading by Dan Crawford

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 16 - John Breckenridge

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 16 - John Breckenridge

The Ghosts of South-western Alberta's History return each year with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village's Graveyard Tours.  Held August 26, 2023 at KBPV itself, this year we recalled selected local pioneers and contributors whose remains rest far away from our area.

We conclude our 2023 series  with the founder of Lundbreck, John Breckenridge, , who comes back to life courtesy of our event organizer, KBPV museum curator Farley Wuth.

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 15 - Frederick Bagley

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 15 - Frederick Bagley

The Ghosts of South-western Alberta's History return each year with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village's Graveyard Tours.  Held August 26, 2023 at KBPV itself, this year we recalled selected local pioneers and contributors whose remains rest far away from our area.

Today, we recall the teenage recruit of the North West Mounted Police, Fred Bagley, , who comes back to life courtesy of KBPV Vice-President and businessman Dan Crawford.

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 14 - Annie Saunders

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 14 - Annie Saunders

The Ghosts of South-western Alberta's History return each year with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village's Graveyard Tours.  Held August 26, 2023 at KBPV itself, this year we recalled selected local pioneers and contributors whose remains rest far away from our area.

Today, we are visited by pioneering Pincher Creek businesswoman and a caretaker to the Macleod children, “Auntie” Annie Saunders, courtesy of KBPV volunteer Laurel Francis.

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 13 - Colonel James Macleod

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 13 - Colonel James Macleod

The Ghosts of South-western Alberta's History return each year with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village's Graveyard Tours.  Held August 26, 2023 at KBPV itself, this year we recalled selected local pioneers and contributors whose remains rest far away from our area.

Today, we recall the Commissioner of the North West Mounted Police, whose orders and love of the area provided for the founding of Pincher Creek, courtesy of a member of the Macleod Clan, Devon Macleod.

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 12 - Annie Derritt Edwards

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 12 - Annie Derritt Edwards

The Ghosts of South-western Alberta's History return each year with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village's Graveyard Tours.  Held August 26, 2023 at KBPV itself, this year we recalled selected local pioneers and contributors whose remains rest far away from our area.

Tonight we recall one of the first women newspaper editors in Canada, Echo publisher Annie Derritt Edwards, courtesy of KBPV volunteer Carey Salmon.

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 11 - Elias Sanders

The Ghosts of South-western Alberta's History return each year with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village's Graveyard Tours.  Held August 26, 2023 at KBPV itself, this year we recalled selected local pioneers and contributors whose remains rest far away from our area.

Today we learn of one of the founding publisher of a few of Alberta’s oldest newspapers, Elias Sanders, courtesy of our event organizer, KBPV museum curator Farley Wuth.

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 10 - Leslie Cook

The Ghosts of South-western Alberta's History return each year with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village's Graveyard Tours.  Held August 26, 2023 at KBPV itself, this year we recalled selected local pioneers and contributors whose remains rest far away from our area.

Today we learn of bush pilot Leslie Cook, who played an important role in Canada’s North during the Second World War, courtesy of KBPV Education Coordinator Ranger Gord Tolton.