Author: READ, TRACEY
Title: Acres and Empires: A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View No. 44 [Alberta Local History]
Description: Alberta, Canada: Municipal District of Rocky View No. 44, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers the local histories of the outlying Calgary communities of Airdrie, Balzac, Beiseker, Bottrell, Bragg Creek, Chestermere Lake, Cochrane, Conrich, Crossfield, Dalemead, Dalroy, Delacour, Glenbow, Indus, Irricana, Kathyrn, Keoma, Langdon, Madden, Mitford, Sampsontown, and Shepard. Chapters include: Beginnings; Immigration and Settlement; Ranching; Farming; Hearths and Homes; Common Sorrows; The Development of Community Life; Municipal Government. [6], 394 pp. Selected Bibliography, Footnotes and Index. Map endpapers. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Undated but appears to be circa 1983. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear to publisher's bright red cloth lettered in gilt. A quality copy.; 8vo. Very Good .

Keywords: Genealogy