Memoirs of the Ghost Pine Homesteaders

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Many of the family names (Smith, Dawn, Davies, Crawford, Currie, Cameron and Thomas) in this 196 page community history, reflects the W.A.S.P. origins. Later we see names like LaRoy, Mueller Stipkala, and Kaechele creeping in. The names of surrounding towns and features reflect a similar picture : Sunnyslope, Didsbury, Three Hills Creek, and Kneehill. Text assisted by b/w photographs. Two maps ahead of Foreword. Read more about : foot-burners, baseball, Bay Coulee School , Eva King, K.C. Ranch, Carbon Trail, fossils, Bleriot Ferry, and Marquis Wheat. Cond: Boards are green with gilt lettering - face only. End-papers are white. All cornersscuffed. Lightly soiled throughout. P/O name on ffep. Binding tight, no tears. Excellent reference!! Quote (p. 25 ) : " The next awful event that took place was that our horses began to act strange and later became quite crazy. Evidently we had moved onto a loco range. This broke my poor father's heart . He was a lover of horses and this ended his career in them. He then bought cattle and in afew years was running ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. N° de ref. del artículo 005997

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