Fonds PR2886 - Wheatland County fonds

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Wheatland County fonds

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    PR2886

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    • 1906 - 1960, Copied [1970] (Creation)

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    15.00 m of textual records and other material

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    Wheatland County

    Administrative history

    Located within the boundaries of Township 25, Range 22, West of the Fourth Meridian (25-22-W4) Wheatland County includes the following urban municipalities: the Town of Starthmore, the Village of Hussar, the Village of Rockyford, and the Village of Standard. Wheatland County includes the following hamlets/urban service areas: Carseland, Chancellor, Cheadle, Cluny, Gleichen, Lyalta, Namaka, Nightingale, and Rosebud.

    In 1883, the Northwest Territorial Council passed the Municipal Ordinance, allowing for the establishment of local government areas. In response to this ordinance, many townships -- typically comprised of 36 sections of land --, organized to form herd districts (1883), fire districts (1886), statute labor districts (1887). In 1897, all three ordinances amalgamated with the passing of the Local Improvement Ordinance. Local improvement districts maintained public works such as road building, management of fires, noxious fumes, and animals. A 1903 amendment of the Local Improvement Ordinance allowed local improvement districts to include between 3 and 6 townships.

    In 1912 with the passing of the Rural Municipality Act, the Province of Alberta created the Department of Municipal Affairs. The Act allowed 9 townships to apply for incorporation as a rural municipality as long as the land contained 1 person/square mile. Under this provision some local improvement districts organized as municipalities while others chose to continue as local improvement districts. In 1918, the Government of Alberta required the organization of all local improvement districts into municipalities with the Municipal Districts Act.

    The municipal history of Wheatland County began in 1909 when Road District 12-T-14 formed. In 1911, Road District 12-T-14 became Rural Municipality 12-T-14. In 1913, Rural Municipality 12-T-14 became the Municipal District of Bow Valley #219. In 1922, the Municipal District of Blackfoot formed. In 1943, the Municipal District of Blackfoot #218 merged with the Municipal District of Bow Valley No. 219 to become the Municipal District of Strathmore No. 218. The Municipal District of Strathmore #218 was named the Municipal District of Bow Valley No. 218 in 1944. In 1914, the Municipal District of Grasswold #248 formed. In 1913, the Municipal District of Keoma #249 formed. In 1943, the Municipal District of Grasswold and the Municipal District of Keoma #249 merged to form the Municipal District of Serviceberry #43. In 1955, the Municipal District of Bow Valley #218, the Municipal District of Serviceberry #43, Improvement District No. 41, part of Improvement District No. 42, and Kneehill No. 48 merged to become the Municipal District of Wheatland No. 40. In 1961, the Municipal District of Wheatland No. 40, and Wheatland School Division No. 40 merged to form the County of Wheatland No. 16. In 1995, the Village of Cluny dissolved to become part of County of Wheatland No. 16. In 1996, the County of Wheatland No. 16 became Wheatland County. In 1998, the Town of Gleichen dissolved to become part of Wheatland County.

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    The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, receipts, cashbooks, tax roll and assessments for the following former local authorities of Wheatland County:

    • Municipal District of Blackfoot No. 218
    • Municipal District of Bow Valley No. 219
    • Municipal District of Bow Valley No. 40
    • Municipal District of Grasswold No. 248
    • Municipal District of Keoma No. 249
    • Municipal District of Serviceberry No. 43
    • Municipal District of Wheatland No. 40
    • Village of Rosebud
    • Local Improvement District 12- T -14
    • Municipal District of Strathmore #218, and
    • Municipal District of Rockyford #248.

    In addition, the fonds contains 2 maps illustrating land boundaries of Wheatland County.

    The fonds also includes cash books and disbursements, library lists, correspondence, vouchers, policies, registers, of the Wheatland School Division No. 40, and following school districts:

    • Acme Village #2296: 19-29-25-W4, 1910 - ?
    • Advent #3775: S 13-28-24-W4, 1919 - 1942
    • Akenstand #1995: 33-24-24-4, 1909 - 1948
    • Antler #3927: 25-30-26-W4, 1900 - 1953
    • Ardlebank #4455: NW 24-29-24-W4, 1929 - 1942
    • Athol #4263: 3-27-21-W4, 1926 - 1951
    • Baintree #3804: SE 35-25-24-W4, 1919 - 1948
    • Beeman #2462: SW 26-28-25-W4, 1911 - 1951
    • Beiseker Consolidated No. 55: ?
    • Berkeley #3124: SW-4-29-24-W4, 1914 - 1953
    • Berta Vale #2331: 2-25-25-W4, 1910 - 1946
    • Bruce Lakes #3889: 10-26-26-W4, 1919 - 1947
    • Brushy Lake #4213: SE 33-26-25-W4, 1925 - ?
    • Bryn Mawr#2326: NW 20-25-26-W4, 1910 - 1952
    • Cairnhill #2978: 2-23-25-W4, 1913 - 1946
    • Carn Mor #4300: SW 25-24-23-W4, 1927 - ?
    • Carsland Consolidated No. 14 (Horsetrack, Strangmuir, and Ferndale): 1916 - 1961
    • Cheadle #947: 3-24-26-W4, 1904 - 1940
    • Cheadle Buttes #2516: SE 26-25-26-W4, 1911 - 1939
    • Columbia #1731: 2-27-28-W4, 1907 - ?
    • Craigdu #4250: NE 3-27-26-W4, 1926 - ?
    • Crowfoot #2393: 30-24-23-W4, 1911 - 1945
    • CX #4025: SW 15-26-21-W4, 1921- 1951
    • Dalroy #2690: SE 29-25-27-W4, 1912 - ?
    • Dana #2505: 2-24-22-W4, 1911 - ?
    • Delft #1266: SW 4-30-25-W4, 1905 - 1947
    • Elba #2537: 26-28-28-W4, 1911 - ?
    • Fairplay #2682: 16-23-26-W4, 1912 - 1944
    • Gardner (Kathryn) #2215: 16-26-27-W4, 1910 - ?
    • Glamis #4854: _ - 26-25-W4, 1919 - ?
    • Glen Leven #2124: SE 26-27-28-W4, 1910 - ?
    • Glen Rock #3436: 26-27-28-W4, 1916- ?
    • Glencairn #3879: NW 8-23-25-W4, 1919- ?
    • Glenrose #3164: 33-25-33-W4, 1914 - ?
    • Gobert #1951: SW 21-30-26-W4, 1909 - 1942
    • Grasswold #3429: SW 24-26-22-W4, 1916 - 1944
    • Greenfield #2683: SW 11-28-25-W4, 1912 - 1950
    • Greyhurst #4253: NE 31-27-22-W4, 1926 - 1947
    • Harwood #2248: 9-24-24-W4, 1910 - ?
    • Hawthorn # 3097: NE 32-26-27-W4, 1922 - 1958
    • Herbert Spencer #2522: SE 22-27-27-W4, 1911 - ?
    • Hervey #2185: NE 31-24-25-W4, 1910 - 1947
    • Hines #3789: 14-27-24-W4, 1919 - ?
    • Irricana #2163: SE 21-27-26-W4, 1910 - 1964
    • Jarvis #3827: NE 4-27-24-W4, 1919 - ?
    • Kathryn Rural High No. 7: ?
    • Keoma #2327: 13-26-27-w4, 1910 - ?
    • Kia Ora #1421: SW 16-19-25-W4, 1905 - 1944
    • Landseer #3960: 16-25-23-W5, 1920 - ?
    • Level Land #3777: 35-27-24-W4, 1919 - 1971
    • Lilydale #3563: SW 2-30-26-W4, 1917 - 1938
    • Linden #1120: 28-30-25-W4, 1904 - ?
    • Long Beach #3391: 8-25-21-W4, 1916 - ?
    • Lorne #2169: SE 15-29-26-W4, 1910 - 1948
    • Loyne #3768: ?
    • Namaka #1919: 16-23-24-W4, 1909 - ?
    • Namaka Farm #4249, 16-23-24-W4, 1909 - 1958
    • New Springvale (New Springvale Colony School) #3335: 30-27-24-W4, 1936 - ?
    • Nightingale #2484: SE 30-25-24-W4, 1911 - 1973
    • O'Neil (Crossfield) #1176: SE 12-28-29-W4, 1904 - ?
    • Orange Valley #1952: 22-23-25-w4, 1909 - ?
    • Paddy Spring #3776: 33-27-24-w4, 1919 - 1940
    • Parkway #4317: NW 10-26-28-W4, 1927 - ?
    • Poplar Row (Wirt Hill) #3284: 28-25-21-W4, 1927 - ?
    • Redland #3795: 10-27-22-W4, 1919 - 1951
    • Rockyford (Glennan) #3317: 22-26-23-W4, 1915 - ?
    • Rosebud Creek #2420: 22-27-21-W4, 1911 - 1940
    • Rosebud Heights #3778: 33-27-23-W4, 1919 - ?
    • Rosebud River #3769: 27-27-3-W4, 1919 - ?
    • Rosebud Valley #3702: SW 16-27-23-W4, 1918 - 1942
    • Selkirk #3353: 31-29-26-W4, 1917 - 1942
    • Serviceberry Creek #2258: SE 28-25-25-W4, 1910 - 1944
    • Severn Creek # 852: NW 7-27-21-W4, 1903 - 1971
    • Silbernagel #2218: 27-18-26-W4, 1910 - 1948
    • Simcoe #1555: SW 29-29-24-W4, 1906 - ?
    • South Beiseker # 4766: 27-27-25-W4, 1937 - ?
    • Strathmore #1587: 14-24-24-W4, 1906 - ?
    • Three Hills (Three Hills Village) #1730: 36-31-24-w4, 1913 - ?
    • Turner #3797: SE 32-24-26-W4, 1919 - 1950
    • Valley Gardens #3658: SE 18-26-24-W4, 1918 - ?, and
    • Wheatacres #4054: 18-26-22-W4, 1921- 1939.

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    In 1970, Wheatland County donated the material to the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

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        The material is in English.

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        Access Conditions: None

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        Use Conditions: Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.

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        The Provincial Archives of Alberta holds many more school district records and local government records.

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        Information for the administrative history/biographical sketch sourced from: William Peter Baergen, Pioneering with a Piece of Chalk: The One-Room Country Schools of Alberta 1885-1982, 2005 Eric J. Hanson, Local Government in Alberta, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1956. Bert Wolfe, Understanding Western Canada's Land Survey System, Saskatchewan UP, 1978. Municipal Profiles: http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/index.cfm (Accessed Sept. 26, 2007)

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        Includes accessions PR1970.0112 and PR1970.0200.

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        The fonds also includes 5 reels of 16mm mircrofilm, 10 reels of 35 mm mircrofilm, 2 maps and two sets of negative film.

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