My father, James, Logan McWhirter "Logie", was one of the
early settlers in southern Alberta. At the age of seventeen, he left
Redwing Ontario, and traveled to Montana for the harvest. He went back
to Redwing that winter, then left again the next spring and never returned
to Ontario - or his family - again. He never saw his parents again.
He stayed in Montana for one year working for a sheep farmer, then he left
there and riding a packsaddle on his horse, because he couldn't afford a
regular saddle, he took his only possession, his fiddle, and rode into
southern Alberta. Along the way he had to stop and open a total of
two gates. The rest was open prairie.
Logie homesteaded in southern Alberta
See the entire story of the McWhirters HERE
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Dick Stuckey (l) and Logie McWhirter (r) circa 1899 |
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Logie and his horse at the homestead |
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Logie and his friend Harley Dyer. Harley's sister Ina
later came up from Idaho to stay with Harley and cook for the summer.
She met and married Logie McWhirter. |
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These are Ina and Harley's parents, the Dyers at their
boarding house. |
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Here are some other members of the family with the Dyers. |
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Here's a picture of Grandma and Grandpa Dyer's store down in
Atholl, Idaho. This was a postcard sent by Mrs. Dyer to Ina in the early
1900's. |
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Ina Amanda Dyer and James Logan McWhirter on their wedding
day. |
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Here is Logie working on a buildiing in Pincher Creek
Alberta, circa 1902. |
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Here is Logie in a closeup on top of the building. |
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See more Photos HERE |
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