Daughter of Kenneth McKenzie and Jane Condy.
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Published in the Crag & Canyon
Banff, Alberta
July 13, 1928
Mrs. McDougall's Thrilling Story of Old-Time Days
Mrs. David McDougall, nearly sixty years a resident of Alberta, and now president of the Old Timers' Association, was a gracious hostess at the Old Timers' hut at the Exhibition when Lord and Lady Winningdon were honor guests there Tuesday afternoon during the tea hour. Mrs. McDougall's part in the fascinating pioneer days of the seventies is as full of interest as any "wild western" worthy the name of a story.
On the first day of August, 1870 Mrs. McDougall arrived in Fort Garry, now Winnipeg, from Ontario, which she left to join her two brothers in Rat Creek, Manitoba. David McDougall was then a young trader, negotiating with the Indians at the Hudson's Bay Fort in northern Alberta, for beaver skins in exchange for blankets and trade balls. Each summer he used to bring all his furs through to Fort Garry to sell them. And a romance bred of the wild tang of the sage brush fire and the soft hum of sleepy autumn days was born in this wild west country, to culminate a year later at Rat Creek in Mr. and Mrs. McDougall's marriage.
In the fall of 1872 they brought their outfit to Fort Edmonton with an outfit of Red River carts. The cross-country tour in those days was one beset with many difficulties, as much from the scarcity of food as from Indians and wolves. Herds of buffalo increased the necessary food supply. In 1873 they came south and located near a small lake three miles north of Morley. Because of the Indians they were compelled to keep to the bush in the building of their post for safety. This at the time was the only trading post in the south. In the fall of 1875 the David McDougalls moved down to Morley proper and built the house which can be seen from the Banff Highway. They left their first fort which was called the "Old Houses" by the Indians. Here they traded with the Indians until about fifteen years ago.
Through all those stirring times Mrs. McDougall exhibited a courage and good humour typical of the pioneer woman of all ages, which she and her fellow members of the Old-Timers' Association represent for this Western land. Old time days and old time ways were the subject of many vivid recollections at the hut on Tuesday afternoon.
Contributor: Rockies Graver
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See also "Many Oldtimers Attend Funeral" in the Calgary Herald, June 19, 1939, page 9. Mrs. McDougall was killed in a car accident at Cohoe, New York, while travelling to the World's Fair with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ross.
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Published in the Crag & Canyon
Banff, Alberta
July 13, 1928
Mrs. McDougall's Thrilling Story of Old-Time Days
Mrs. David McDougall, nearly sixty years a resident of Alberta, and now president of the Old Timers' Association, was a gracious hostess at the Old Timers' hut at the Exhibition when Lord and Lady Winningdon were honor guests there Tuesday afternoon during the tea hour. Mrs. McDougall's part in the fascinating pioneer days of the seventies is as full of interest as any "wild western" worthy the name of a story.
On the first day of August, 1870 Mrs. McDougall arrived in Fort Garry, now Winnipeg, from Ontario, which she left to join her two brothers in Rat Creek, Manitoba. David McDougall was then a young trader, negotiating with the Indians at the Hudson's Bay Fort in northern Alberta, for beaver skins in exchange for blankets and trade balls. Each summer he used to bring all his furs through to Fort Garry to sell them. And a romance bred of the wild tang of the sage brush fire and the soft hum of sleepy autumn days was born in this wild west country, to culminate a year later at Rat Creek in Mr. and Mrs. McDougall's marriage.
In the fall of 1872 they brought their outfit to Fort Edmonton with an outfit of Red River carts. The cross-country tour in those days was one beset with many difficulties, as much from the scarcity of food as from Indians and wolves. Herds of buffalo increased the necessary food supply. In 1873 they came south and located near a small lake three miles north of Morley. Because of the Indians they were compelled to keep to the bush in the building of their post for safety. This at the time was the only trading post in the south. In the fall of 1875 the David McDougalls moved down to Morley proper and built the house which can be seen from the Banff Highway. They left their first fort which was called the "Old Houses" by the Indians. Here they traded with the Indians until about fifteen years ago.
Through all those stirring times Mrs. McDougall exhibited a courage and good humour typical of the pioneer woman of all ages, which she and her fellow members of the Old-Timers' Association represent for this Western land. Old time days and old time ways were the subject of many vivid recollections at the hut on Tuesday afternoon.
Contributor: Rockies Graver
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See also "Many Oldtimers Attend Funeral" in the Calgary Herald, June 19, 1939, page 9. Mrs. McDougall was killed in a car accident at Cohoe, New York, while travelling to the World's Fair with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ross.
Daughter of Kenneth McKenzie and Jane Condy.
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Published in the Crag & Canyon
Banff, Alberta
July 13, 1928
Mrs. McDougall's Thrilling Story of Old-Time Days
Mrs. David McDougall, nearly sixty years a resident of Alberta, and now president of the Old Timers' Association, was a gracious hostess at the Old Timers' hut at the Exhibition when Lord and Lady Winningdon were honor guests there Tuesday afternoon during the tea hour. Mrs. McDougall's part in the fascinating pioneer days of the seventies is as full of interest as any "wild western" worthy the name of a story.
On the first day of August, 1870 Mrs. McDougall arrived in Fort Garry, now Winnipeg, from Ontario, which she left to join her two brothers in Rat Creek, Manitoba. David McDougall was then a young trader, negotiating with the Indians at the Hudson's Bay Fort in northern Alberta, for beaver skins in exchange for blankets and trade balls. Each summer he used to bring all his furs through to Fort Garry to sell them. And a romance bred of the wild tang of the sage brush fire and the soft hum of sleepy autumn days was born in this wild west country, to culminate a year later at Rat Creek in Mr. and Mrs. McDougall's marriage.
In the fall of 1872 they brought their outfit to Fort Edmonton with an outfit of Red River carts. The cross-country tour in those days was one beset with many difficulties, as much from the scarcity of food as from Indians and wolves. Herds of buffalo increased the necessary food supply. In 1873 they came south and located near a small lake three miles north of Morley. Because of the Indians they were compelled to keep to the bush in the building of their post for safety. This at the time was the only trading post in the south. In the fall of 1875 the David McDougalls moved down to Morley proper and built the house which can be seen from the Banff Highway. They left their first fort which was called the "Old Houses" by the Indians. Here they traded with the Indians until about fifteen years ago.
Through all those stirring times Mrs. McDougall exhibited a courage and good humour typical of the pioneer woman of all ages, which she and her fellow members of the Old-Timers' Association represent for this Western land. Old time days and old time ways were the subject of many vivid recollections at the hut on Tuesday afternoon.
Contributor: Rockies Graver
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See also "Many Oldtimers Attend Funeral" in the Calgary Herald, June 19, 1939, page 9. Mrs. McDougall was killed in a car accident at Cohoe, New York, while travelling to the World's Fair with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ross.
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Published in the Crag & Canyon
Banff, Alberta
July 13, 1928
Mrs. McDougall's Thrilling Story of Old-Time Days
Mrs. David McDougall, nearly sixty years a resident of Alberta, and now president of the Old Timers' Association, was a gracious hostess at the Old Timers' hut at the Exhibition when Lord and Lady Winningdon were honor guests there Tuesday afternoon during the tea hour. Mrs. McDougall's part in the fascinating pioneer days of the seventies is as full of interest as any "wild western" worthy the name of a story.
On the first day of August, 1870 Mrs. McDougall arrived in Fort Garry, now Winnipeg, from Ontario, which she left to join her two brothers in Rat Creek, Manitoba. David McDougall was then a young trader, negotiating with the Indians at the Hudson's Bay Fort in northern Alberta, for beaver skins in exchange for blankets and trade balls. Each summer he used to bring all his furs through to Fort Garry to sell them. And a romance bred of the wild tang of the sage brush fire and the soft hum of sleepy autumn days was born in this wild west country, to culminate a year later at Rat Creek in Mr. and Mrs. McDougall's marriage.
In the fall of 1872 they brought their outfit to Fort Edmonton with an outfit of Red River carts. The cross-country tour in those days was one beset with many difficulties, as much from the scarcity of food as from Indians and wolves. Herds of buffalo increased the necessary food supply. In 1873 they came south and located near a small lake three miles north of Morley. Because of the Indians they were compelled to keep to the bush in the building of their post for safety. This at the time was the only trading post in the south. In the fall of 1875 the David McDougalls moved down to Morley proper and built the house which can be seen from the Banff Highway. They left their first fort which was called the "Old Houses" by the Indians. Here they traded with the Indians until about fifteen years ago.
Through all those stirring times Mrs. McDougall exhibited a courage and good humour typical of the pioneer woman of all ages, which she and her fellow members of the Old-Timers' Association represent for this Western land. Old time days and old time ways were the subject of many vivid recollections at the hut on Tuesday afternoon.
Contributor: Rockies Graver
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See also "Many Oldtimers Attend Funeral" in the Calgary Herald, June 19, 1939, page 9. Mrs. McDougall was killed in a car accident at Cohoe, New York, while travelling to the World's Fair with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ross.
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