19 entries match your criteria. Related Historical MarkersFort Calgary National Historic Site Glenbow Archives M-8377-1-2 Marker detail: Fort Calgary, Nov. 27, 1974 SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER 1 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — Keeping Memory Alive: The Rock — 2 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — Early Explorers — David Thompson travelled to this area in 1800. — 1800 — 3 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — Nitsitapi — The Real People — 4 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — Métis, Whiskey Traders, Missionaries and Settlers — Many find new opportunities in the west — 5 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — The North West Mounted Police — NWMP — 6 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — The North West Territories — Dominion of Canada purchases the western plains from the Hudson's Bay Company — 1869 — 7 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — The North West Mounted Police March West — Whisky Traders Flee — 1874 — 8 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — An Outpost on the Bow River — NWMP and I.G. Baker employees build Fort Calgary — 1875 — Paid Advertisement 9 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — The Train Arrives in Calgary — The community becomes a transportation centre — 1883 — 10 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — The NWMP Build Calgary Barracks — Bigger and better buildings replace the old fort — 1888 — 11 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — The Mounties Sell Calgary Barracks — Captain Deane is last Commanding Officer on this site — 1914 — 12 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — The Frontier Community Disappears — Business and culture change the face of Calgary — 13 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — The City of Calgary — Calgary Becomes a City — 14 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — Wars, Depression and Oil — Oil is discovered and Calgary becomes the oil capital of Canada — 1914 — 15 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — Calgarians Rediscover Fort Calgary — Alderman Ayer leads the way — 1875-1975 — 16 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — Connections — The Modern City Reflects the Past — 17 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — John Ayer — A Man with 'Fortitude' — Paid Advertisement 18 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — Fort Calgary's Railway Era — 19 ► Alberta, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary, East Village — Building The Ideal City — From police outpost... To modern city —
