In the spring of 1928, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson and their two sons, aged two and four years, came to Canada on a Settlement Scheme drawn up by the British and Canadian Governments whereby 3,000 families were allowed to immigrate to Canada with all fares paid.

In 1950 an agreement was made with Mr. W. H. Webb to lease his land upon which the school was located (2.02 acres) for ten years with the rent being $1.00 per year. This carried on until 1960, leased again until 1964, when it was decided to sell the Weedon School and the outbuildings to Heritage Park, Calgary.

Anne heard that the brick house on First Street, known to locals as the ‘Chapman house’, was in jeopardy of being tom down for a small high rise. She approached several people including Lydia and a group of about twelve people met at the CPED (Cochrane Partnership for Economic Development) Boardroom in January of 1999.

In the late 1990’s we felt that the Perrenoud Ranche House program and other “outside events” were our main projects and we suggested that another historical society should be formed in Cochrane itself to preserve and interpret the history of the rapidly growing town; and therefore the then heritage-minded mayor, Lydia Graham and forward looking individuals formed CHAPS (Cochrane Historical & Archival Preservation Society) in 1999.

The dating of the Hutchinson Jump was somewhere between 300 AD to 1500 AD.

In the first place the village was too small; you could run around the whole village in about 10 minutes. The rig was pulled by manpower and so was the ladder wagon. In later years a hitch was put on the rig so it could be pulled behind a car or truck.