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First Settler of Stony Plain
John Allan McPherson was one of the first homesteaders of Parkland County, in Alberta, having travelled there with a group of settlers who explored the unknown west. Originally travelling up to Winnipeg to work, he was eventually contracted to bring supplies to Fort Edmonton with a partner named Madill, a project expected to take ten weeks. After the travels, which took five weeks longer than planned, McPherson decided to get some land for himself, and with the help of a new partner, Alex McNabb, established a small homestead near what would later be Stony Plain and Spruce Grove.
An image of the page of "Along The Fifth" with the story can be found here and here.
CIN Usefulness Ratings per grade:
- Gr. 1 - [2] LA [5] Social
- Gr. 2 - [3] LA [6] Social
- Gr. 3 - [3] LA
- Gr. 4 - [5] LA [4] Social
- Gr. 5 - [7] LA
- Gr. 6 - [7] LA
- Gr. 7 - [7] LA [6] Social
- Gr. 8 - [7] LA [2] Social
- Gr. 9 - [8] LA
- Gr. 10 - [6] LA [1] Social
- Gr. 11 - [6] LA
- Gr. 12 - [5] LA
Naming The Town
The name of Stony Plain has its roots in geography and history. It was called a plain because of its flat aspect, with little in the way of trees, and it took the Stoney name from the Stoney Indians that lived in it at the time. Eventually, the 'e' was dropped, thus ending up as Stony Plain.
An image of the page of the book "Along The Fifth" with the above story can be found here.
CIN Usefulness Ratings per grade:
- Gr. 1 - [] LA [2] Social
- Gr. 2 - [] LA [2] Social
- Gr. 3 - [] LA
- Gr. 4 - [] LA [7] Social
- Gr. 5 - [] LA
- Gr. 6 - [] LA
- Gr. 7 - [] LA [4] Social
- Gr. 8 - [] LA [3] Social
- Gr. 9 - [] LA
- Gr. 10 - [] LA [1] Social
- Gr. 11 - [] LA
- Gr. 12 - [] LA
Development of Stony Plain
The pages 22 to 26 of the book "Along the Fifth: A History of Stony Plain and District" tell the story of how Stony Plain went from a small settlement up to its inception into a town.
Pages:
22 23 24 25 26
CIN Usefulness Ratings per grade:
- Gr. 1 - [1] LA [5] Social
- Gr. 2 - [1] LA [7] Social
- Gr. 3 - [3] LA
- Gr. 4 - [5] LA [3] Social
- Gr. 5 - [6] LA
- Gr. 6 - [6] LA
- Gr. 7 - [8] LA [4] Social
- Gr. 8 - [8] LA [3] Social
- Gr. 9 - [9] LA
- Gr. 10 - [9] LA [1] Social
- Gr. 11 - [8] LA
- Gr. 12 - [6] LA