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The name "Medicine Hat" has its origins from Aboriginal legends about a battle long ago between the Blackfoot and the Cree Indian tribes in which a retreating "medicine man" ( shaman) lost his headdress in the South Saskatchewan River. The story is related in detail at the world's tallest teepee known as the "Saamis Teepee"; it stands over 20 stories high and overlooks the Blackfoot buffalo jump into Seven Persons Creek Coulee. Police Point Park was an early North West Mounted Police outpost and the park is now a nature-lovers' dream with shale paths next to the South Saskatchewan River.
When missionaries and fur traders arrived from Europe in the eighteenth century Alberta was inhabited by several Aboriginal nations. Wrangling between the French and British (a continuing theme in Canadian history) kept Alberta from being fully exploited at first, but with the creation of trading posts near Edmonton and up north the squabbling subsided somewhat.
With the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway (completed 1885) and the increasing flow of people into the area, a territorial government was created in 1875Events January 12 Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. February 27 Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resigns, having been elected Senator. Lieutenant Governor of California Romualdo Pacheco becomes acting Governor. He is later replaced by elected go. The vast herds of bisonThe American Bison Bison bison , often called buffalo is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America. The bison is a bovine mammal that formerly roamed the open plains of the United States and Canada in massive herds, ranging from the Great Slave Lake on which the Indians depended were hunted nearly to extinction and the land was distributed to European homesteaders. Several years later the region overseen by the territorial government was split into four portions, one being named after Princess Louise Caroline AlbertaHer Royal Highness The Princess Louise (Louise Caroline Alberta), ( 18 March 1848 3 December 1939) was a member of the British Royal Family, the sixth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria. She later held the title of Duchess of Argyll. Early Life Pr, daughter of Queen Victoria and AlbertPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin ( 26 August 1819 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and.
When Canada was formed in 1867, Alberta was still very much the uncontrolled frontier. It was not until 1874 that the North West Mounted Police (precursors to the modern Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP or Mounties French, Gendarmerie royale du Canada GRC) is the federal police force of Canada. In addition to providing federal (national) level policing, they also provide provincial and municipal police services unde) established their presence in the area. Alberta was established a province of Canada in 1905Events January-April January 22 Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier.