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.
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?
email comments to: edcoordinator.kbpv@gmail.com or RadioKBPV@gmail.com
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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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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From Farley's column in Shootin' the Breeze, Jan 15 2020, we learn about the roots of curling in Pincher Creek in the early 20th century.
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Get tickets now for the 5th Annual Journey of Scotch, Feb 19, 2020.
And get the skinny on our developing Audio Tours program of the Village.
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It's not just a barn - though it is. But the Verigin Barn is also a legacy of the Doukobor that uprooted from a troubled existence in south-east Russia to build a presence near Cowley, Alberta.
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