Calgary’s elected first mayor: He ran the town and made saddles, too — From the archives Monica Zurowski, Calgary Herald — Calgary Herald

When Calgary’s first mayor and council were elected the event was a modest affair. Calgary had become a town in 1884 and the Calgary Herald Mining and Ranche Advocate and General Advertiser (as we were grandly called at the time) — already a one-year-old newspaper — covered that election. As the following 137-year-old graphic shows,When Calgary’s first mayor and council were elected the event was a modest affair. Calgary had become a town in 1884 and the Calgary Herald Mining and Ranche Advocate and General Advertiser (as we were grandly called at the time) — already a one-year-old newspaper — covered that election. Read More …Read More