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One boy, Wallace R., passed away in 1913; the other boy lost his life in World War I. 

Tractors were becoming popular as well as grain binders and threshing machines so in 1916, a local blacksmith George Hope, acquired a John Deere franchise.

As there were no medical Doctors in the late 1800s,  Midwives assisted in many of the births in the district. Margaret (Hatton) Robinson was here in 1898 and delivered many babies.

At one time a carpenter built the whole house, doing the plumbing, electrical and gas fitting but as construction became more complicated, sub trades appeared.

The old house was in excellent shape structurally, but was in need of renovations to make it the retirement home Dolly and Allister wanted. These renovations became the first of Allister’s many retirement projects.

Restaurants and Cafes narrated by Gordon Davies We were recently asked about early businesses in Cochrane. Here is a blog from years ago describing some of our favourite child hood haunts. Elite Café  George A. Bevan built this building and ran a confectionery and fruit store. Jack Beynon took over the building, made it longer … Read more

Our brother Tom was a big lad and very handy at building things. He built a wagon from old brake wheels, thrown away off the boxcars. He bought an old horse and drove around gathering up buffalo bones for the sugar refineries. They used these bones for bleaching the sugar. Tom piled the bones along the railway track and they were loaded into boxcars when there were enough to ship. We kids had lots of fun playing on the big piles of bones. 

Clara Jeanette and John Johann Mjolsness had raised eleven children in Minnesota when talk began of some of their boys coming to Alberta to take advantage of the homesteads being made available to encourage settlement.

The Cochrane Chautauqua

The second appearance of the Dominion Chautauqua held at Cochrane for three days, Friday, Saturday and Monday, May 21st, 22nd and 24h., with the aid, perseverance and capability of the local committee proved a success from start to finish and entertained with great success the public attending, the Chester Hall being filled with audiences to full capacity at each of the six sessions…..

Although this letter is very long, my intention is to explain just how much I value and appreciate CHAPS and all of the volunteers that contribute to keeping the history of Cochrane alive!