Cardston

Leavitt, Alberta

Leavitt, Alberta“Chief Mountain Country” pages 66 – 68 About six or seven miles west of Cardston along the No. 5 highway to Waterton Lakes is the little hamlet of Leavitt. It is nestled in a beautiful valley surrounded by rolling hills and backed by a skyline of rock mountains with...

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Alfred Edward Salway

Alfred Edward Salway By Eva Mary Rowe Salway Alfred Edward Salway was born 4 November 1880 at Plympton Devonshire England. His mother was Sarah Holman of Cornwall, his father Edward Salway of Devonshire. At an early age he traveled in a sailing ship to Jersey Channel Islands with his family,...

Let them eat cake.

This is the story as my mother tells it. This picture was taken when we lived in Cardston in a small old two bedroom rental house. The house was torn down to make way for the new hospital. As your birthdays were the same day a year apart we celebrated...

Pearl Haslam Redford Funeral

PEARL HASLAM REDFORD Funeral January 7, 1994   Brothers and Sisters, family and friends, it’s an honor and a privilege for me today to officiate and assist the Redford family as we pay our respects to this loving pioneer.  I’d like to thank all those that have helped the family,...

Rowe Salway

I was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada just a few minutes after midnight on October 18, 1922.  The town lights were shut off at midnight so mum said I started my life out in the dark.      The house we lived in was partly made out of logs which dad...