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Old Posted Oct 3, 2012, 11:18 AM
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History of Calgary

A couple months ago I learned that Calgary got itself an official Historian Laureate, Harry Sanders. More recently I learned of the new Historian Laureate's blog. I've always enjoyed the prior CBC Radio segment where Mr. Sanders, known to many as Harry the Historian, shared tid-bits of Calgary's history, often making connections that were obscure but ended up being important to how things have since panned out.

Historian Laureate's official blog:
calgaryhistorian.blogspot.ca/
Harry the Historian's personal (and most educational) twitter feed:
twitter.com/harry_historian

His most recent post on the blog is about the lot currently occupied by Holt Renfrew. I had no idea about the William Aberhart, Ernest Manning and Preston Manning connection!

Also interesting was his inaugural post, which teases with a mention of the original UCalgary having opened 100 years ago this month, in October of 1912. I had no idea, but am eagerly waiting to hear more in a forthcoming post.

Anyway - if others have tid-bits about the history of Calgary, please do share. Don't think the thread should be limited to the Historian Laureate, but Harry is certainly a great place to start!
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Old Posted Oct 3, 2012, 11:21 AM
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New Calgary history book

Harry just tweeted about a new history book focused on the cardiovascular sciences in Calgary / University of Calgary / Health services. Could be interesting:

http://libininstitute.wordpress.com/...te-of-alberta/

http://medicine.ucalgary.ca/Libin-hi...scular-Calgary

http://www.amazon.ca/Hearts-Minds-Vi...dp/1926832159/
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Thanks for the link! I'm a sucker for the History of Calgary.
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I didn't know he was on twitter, I've started following him. Always great to learn more history about the place you are from.
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With all the discussion in the main thread about how Fish Creek Park came into being and how all the decisions were made transportation wise for the Midnapore area, I think this is a great idea for a thread.
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Nice to have someone online that has such knowledge of our history.
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A great article from 2009 about unrealised plans for Calgary, by Jason Markusoff. Well worth the read.

http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald...9dba5b9bad&p=1
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A great article from 2009 about unrealised plans for Calgary, by Jason Markusoff. Well worth the read.

http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald...9dba5b9bad&p=1
I remember that article, someone posted it here back in '09, great read. It seems this time the city is actually starting to learn from the mistakes of the past.
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Answers to the first UCalgary questions. Turns out yesterday was the 100th anniversary, and it preceded the UAlberta at Calgary.

http://calgaryhistorian.blogspot.ca/...ould-have.html

Interesting. I think this has convinced me I should attend the UCalgary cardiovascular sciences history book launch today afternoon. Could learn more interesting tid-bits

http://medicine.ucalgary.ca/Libin-hi...scular-Calgary
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Interesting. I think this has convinced me I should attend the UCalgary cardiovascular sciences history book launch today afternoon. Could learn more interesting tid-bits

http://medicine.ucalgary.ca/Libin-hi...scular-Calgary
Was a good show. Met the first cardiologist in Calgary and the first pediatric cardiologist in the city also. They had a very cool slide presentation. A 1930 picture showing the first heart specialist, EP Scarlett, had one doc holding a beadie and another with a cigar. Lots of Calgary trail-blazers. Met Harry Sanders also.
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Harry is doing a talk tonight, 7pm, at the Memorial Library in the beltline if anyone's interested

http://calgaryisawesome.com/2012/11/...harry-sanders/
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Wonder who named "Sunnyside"?
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Wonder who named "Sunnyside"?
Easy:
a Real Estate speculator with a wicked sense of irony.
He no doubt took the next train out of town when the last lot was sold.
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a lot of the old communities have goofy names. For example "Mount Pleasant".
I suspect though that most of the older community names weren't made up by imaginative developers, but by unimaginative developers who copied names from trendy communities in other cities.
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Sunnyside is the sunny side of the river-why is that goofy?
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Sunnyside is the sunny side of the river-why is that goofy?
Doesn't the name pre-date skyscrapers though?
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Any south facing area would be the sunny side of something - by definition. The north bank of the river (ie the part that faces south) fits the bill regardless of the presence or absence of buildings on the south side of the river. I'm not sure if Rusty's answer is correct but it certainly is logical.
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Any south facing area would be the sunny side of something - by definition. The north bank of the river (ie the part that faces south) fits the bill regardless of the presence or absence of buildings on the south side of the river. I'm not sure if Rusty's answer is correct but it certainly is logical.
Makes sense, it's just amusing is all. I'm pretty sure the south bank of the river was pretty sunny back in the day, what with the area being virtually flat and all.
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I really like these brief Calgary history videos

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Makes sense, it's just amusing is all. I'm pretty sure the south bank of the river was pretty sunny back in the day, what with the area being virtually flat and all.
years ago I found a photo of great-great-granddad & family in front of his new house at 5th St & 4th Ave. 'first house - in the boonies' was written on the back. Nothing but flat bald prairie in the background.

I heard a family story about them taking the wagon in to town & my granddad was told to keep an eye out because they had to drive past an 'injun camp' at 4 St & 7 Ave - the site later became the Eatons store.

No such thing as 'political correctness' in granddad's stories when I was growing up.
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