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The Developing West Essays on Canadian History in Honor of Lewis H.Thomas edited by John E. Foster The University of Alberta Press First published by The University of Alberta Press 450 Athabasca Hall Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E8 Copyright ©The University of Alberta Press 1983 ISBN 0-88864-035-8 Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: The Developing West ISBN 0-88864-035-8 1. Prairie Provinces—History—Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Thomas, Lewis H., 1917- II. Foster, John Elgin. FC3242.D48 971.2'02 C82-091094-5 F1060.9.D48 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the copyright owner. Cover photographs courtesy City of Edmonton Archives Typeset by The Typeworks, Mayne Island, British Columbia Printed by D. W. Friesen & Sons Ltd., Altona, Manitoba The Developing West Lewis H. Thomas .Contents List of Contributors / vii Acknowledgements / ix Introduction / 1 John E. Foster Lewis Herbert Thomas: A Biographical Sketch / 11 Lewis Gwynne Thomas The Hudson's Bay Company's Prairie Transportation Problem, 1870-85 / 25 A.A. den Otter The "Private Adventurers" of Rupert's Land / 49 Irene M. Spry New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and the North-West Rebellion, 1885 / 71 George F. G. Stanley Stony Indian Medicine / 101 Eleanor G. Luxton "What if Mama is an Indian?": The Cultural Ambivalence of the Alexander Ross Family / 123 Sylvia M. Van Kirk The Telegraph and Community Formation in the North-West Territories / 137 David R. Richeson vi / Contents Population Growth in Western Canada, 1901-71 / 155 W. Peter Ward Urban Land Speculation in the Development of Strathcona (South Edmonton), 1891-1912 / 179 John E Gilpin The Location of Experimental Farms and Illustration Stations: An Agricultural or Political Consideration? /201 W. Leland Clark JJ. Maloney: How the West was saved from Rome, Quebec, and the Liberals / 219 Raymond J. A. Huel C.A. Dunning, 1916-30: The Rise and Fall of a Western Agrarian Liberal / 243 / William Brennan "Misfits," "Malingerers," and "Malcontents": The British Harvester Movement of 1928 / 271 W.J.C. Cherwinski Bankers and Farmers in Western Canada, 1900-1939 / 303 T.D. Regehr Appendix: Lewis H. Thomas Bibliography / 337 Contributors Brennan, J. William Department of History, University of Regina Cherwinski, W.J.C. Department of History, Memorial University of Newfoundland Clark, W. Leland Department of History, Brandon University den Otter, A.A. Department of History, Memorial University of Newfoundland Foster, John E. Department of History, University of Alberta Gilpin, John E Historic Sites Service, Alberta Culture, Edmonton, Alberta Huel, Raymond J.A. Department of History, University of Lethbridge Luxton, Eleanor G. Banff, Alberta Regehr, T.D. Department of History, University of Saskatchewan Richeson, David R. National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Ontario Spry, Irene M. Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa Stanley, George E G. Professor Emeritus, Mount Allison University and Royal Military College
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