Bankhead

Language: English

Published by Coal Association, Calgary, 1989

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Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books

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SUBTITLED : ` The Twenty YearTown '. 74 pages with plenty of b/w photographs - mostly from the archives of Glenbow, etc. . Before there was a Banff National Park, there was the CPR and coal. Hence the development of a mining town 20 kilometers west of Canmore Alberta. The home of the semi-anthracite deposit is Cascade Mountain in the Rocky Mountain Front Ranges . These pages describe the short lived town and its schools, picnics, bakers and sports teams. Read more about : surfacemen, Nellie Gottke, cirque, tipple, Ladies' Patriotic Society and Lake Minnewanka. Cond : Hinge rubbed, v.light wear at edges. No tears. Staples tight. Clean, not sun-faded. No names, no marks. Well illustrated. Excellent Alberta mining reference !! Quoute (p. 34) " Partway up Boarding House Hill there was, naturally, the Cascade Boarding House. It was also a hotel and in it the CPR tolerated the town's only bar. Single men employed at the mine stayed ._._._. ." Size: Folio (small).

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Bibliographic details

Title
Bankhead
Author
Gadd, Ben
Publisher
Coal Association, Calgary
Publication year
1989
Condition
Very Good ++
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
Illustrator
B/W Photographs
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Alberta

Wagon Tongue Books

Linden, AB, Canada

2-star seller

AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999

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I am a small home-based business so I may be difficult to reach by phone. I'm in the Mountain time zone. I've been passionate about books for approximately 30 years. Thank you for thinking Wagon Tongue.

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