| GAETZ, Dr. Leonard |
In 1884, Dr. Leonard Gaetz, a Methodist preacher, came from Ontario with
his wife and ten children and were one of the first families to settle
in the area of the Red Deer Crossing. When the railway line from Calgary
to Edmonton was to pass through the area, Mr. Gaetz offered the CPR one
half interest in his large farm causing Red Deer Crossing to be bypassed.
Today this CPR crossing is downtown Red Deer.
- Source - Heritage Hunter's Guide to Alberta Museums by Roberta Hursey
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| GALT, Elliott T. |
Elliott Galt was the son of Sir Alexander Galt who was one of the fathers
of confederation. As an Assistant Indian Commissioner in 1880, at the age
of 30, he had the opportunity to visit Sheran's coal mine, now Lethbridge.
Realizing the potential of the rich coal deposits in the area he had his
father organize British investors who formed the North West Coal and Navigation
Company in 1882 after the CPR decided to cross southern Alberta to the
Pacific coast. Elliott Galt moved to Lethbridge where he managed the NWC
& NCo. They first ferryed the coal by barge on the river, then constructed
a railway from Coalbanks (Lethbridge) to Dunmore on the CPR mainline. For
many years this company was the largest coal producer in the NWT. In 1905
ill health forced Mr Galt to give up active management of the company and
he moved from Lethbridge.
- Source - Heritage Hunter's Guide to Alberta Museums by Roberta Hursey
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| GLENN, John |
John Glenn settled on Fish Creek near the Elbow River about 1873. A few
years later he was irrigating 20 acres of his land with Fish Creek water,
the first irrigated crops in Alberta.
- Source - Alberta History Along the Highway by Ted Stone
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