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Originally named Fort Brisebois, after the outpost's first commander, the outpost was renamed Fort Calgary in June 1876. The outpost was built in 1875 as a part of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) larger effort to curtail American rum and whisky runners in the region, and to establish relationships with the Indigenous peoples of the territory.
Location of Tulsa County in Oklahoma. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The I. G. Baker Company was a mercantile and grocery company based in Fort Benton, Montana, started by Isaac Gilbert Baker and his brother, George Amos Baker, as I. G. Baker & Brother in 1866. [1] After the Conrad brothers (Charles E. & Wm. G.) were admitted as partners in 1873, the company name was changed to I. G. Baker & Co., which name was ...
Froug's department store was founded in May 1929 by M. E. "Mike" Froug and Ohren Smulian. [1] The Froug family moved to the Oklahoma and Indian Territories in 1898, operating a chain of family necessity stores in Stroud, Sapulpa, Bristow, Prague and Chandler.
Between the time Fort Calgary was established in 1875 and the incorporation of the town of Calgary in 1884, the only formal military presence was the NWMP garrison of Fort Calgary. The Northwest Rebellion prompted the creation of a Citizen's Home Guard consisting of volunteers dressed in cowboy garb who paraded as a show of force for the ...
When Vanessa Hall-Harper, a city councilor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, learned that Family Dollar was closing nearly 1,000 stores Wednesday, she had a surprising reaction. Family Dollar stores are closing ...
A school named for Walker stands at 1921 9 Ave SE Calgary, AB, T2G 0V3. [5] An earlier school named Colonel James Walker was converted into a military museum in 1990. In 1975, as part of the city of Calgary's centennial commemorations, the city declared him the "Citizen of the Century."
Big Lots in August announced plans to close up to 315 stores. There are 1,145 Big Lot locations in the United States, according to the company's website. ... Tulsa 741291200 N Hills Center, Ada ...