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The law marches west

Denny, Cecil Edward: 1850-1928. Member of NWMP, 1874-1881; Indian agent; in later years archivist of the province of Alberta (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Cameron, William Bleasdell: 1862-1951. Arrived in West, 1881; survivor of the Frog Lake massacre, 1885; in service of the HBC and of the Dominion government; for a time lived in USA where he edited Forest and Stream ; "discovered" Charles M. Russell, the cowboy artist, when he purchased 12 paintings as covers for the magazine; founded The signal of Vermilion, Alberta; contributed stories to many magazines based on Native life and fur-trade experiences ( Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , March 5, 1951; Morgan, Canadian men and women of the time , 1912; Who's who in Western Canada ). // Rutherford, Alexander Cameron: 1858-1941. From Ontario to Alberta, 1895; member of Alberta Legislative Assembly, 1905-1913; first Premier of the province and Minister of Education in the Alberta government, 1905-1910; chancellor of University of Alberta for many years; university library named after him; his collection of Canadiana in the library (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Includes illustrated map on end-papers. Recou

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