A podcast about the history of South-western Alberta–presented by Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village of Pincher Creek – a museum complex that document’s the stories of western Canada’s agricultural settlement through the preservation of local buildings and artifacts in a 6-acre park.
The Virtual Tours of Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village continues with this Podcast presentation. One of the Village’s newest exhibit buildings explores the fur trade of western Canada, the complicated role of the Hudson’s Bay Company in south-western Alberta and the HBC mercantile store in Pincher Creek.
Background: Red River Jig by John Arcand, utilized under fair use
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Email: RadioKBPV@gmail.com
Saddle up and hang on for another rip-roarin' tale from the history of Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, as we tell the stories of early rodeo, Guy Weadick and the 1912 Calgary Stampede and southwestern Alberta bronc busters Emery Le Grandeur and Tom Three Persons.
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A re-presentation of our first two Podcast episodes, with some clean-up and bonus materials.
Our longest podcast yet, clocking in at over 90 minutes.
Authors Ranger Gord Tolton and KBPV Curator Farley Wuth present the local railway history of Pincher Creek and area, with the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Crowsnest Branch, and the short line, the Kootenay & Alberta Railway.
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We learn about the builder of the Hermitage in KBPV, Father Albert Lacombe, one of the most important figures in Alberta's history.
Email: edcoordinator.kbpv@gmail.com or RadioKBPV@gmail.com
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Kootenai for Kids is back for another Pod.
We tell the story of Nechemousse - the loving life partner of Kootenai Brown, from the book "Johnny Chinook."
Then, Rosie the Riveter teaches us how to make bannock in the kitchen, while Ranger Gord stands around and talks a lot. What else is new?
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Visit kootenaibrown.ca for a virtual visit to Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village.
Kootenai for Kids!- Pod#1 - Kootenai Brown & the Saga of the Mountain Oil
The first episode of our new series for school students (but we don't mind if the big folks listen in, too).
For any questions, contact Ranger Gord at KBPV
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Farley and Ranger Gord take a look at an obscure newspaper published from "Scott's Coulee", for just a few weeks in 1896. To comment on the Canadian General election, a broadsheet called "The Outlaw" printed just six editions, promising to skewer all candidates equally.
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Ranger Gord read's Farley Wuth's histories of the Windsor Hotel in Lundbreck; and the Alberta Hotel in Pincher Creek.
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Begin Spring with a Fling! At Kootenai Brown.
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1037 Bev McLachlin Dr., Pincher Creek T0K 1W0
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On Saturday February 15, the profile of Main Street Pincher Creek was altered by the sudden loss of the King Edward Hotel to fire. Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village pays homage to our lost landmark with a history compiled and written by Curator Farley Wuth.
Read and produced by Gord Tolton
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