A Light Into the Past

SUBTITLED : ` A History of Camrose 1905 - 1980'. 192 pages - including INDEX - of history of this central Alberta city. Beginning with Pe-O-Kis the first Cree settler and concluding with Dr. Chester Ronning receiving the Order of Canada; the volume also covers : Regal Oil, Traders Bank, Central Creamery, Ladies Orange Benevolent, curling, hotels, skiing club and military service. Plenty of b/w photographs. Meet Sam Klimovich, Selma Alackson, Laurie Byers, and Tommy Young. Cond : Paper wrapper is light brown with rust coloured lettering. Front cover graphic is a drawing of Main Street and seven prominent citizens. Volume is started at page 121. Book shadows on bback cover. Else clean, crisp, and bright. No names, no marks. Excellent reference ! ! Quote (p. 61) : " For a number of years eight through-passenger trains arrived in Camrose every day . Four on the C.P.R. (one of which was the `Bluenose Special' from Hardisty to Edmonton) and the other a through train to Saskatoon. Two trains operated on each of the C.N.R. lines to Calgary and the tri-weekly to ._._._. ." Size: 4to.…