A Look At Bowtell In 1904

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Oliver Jackson took up land in the area and described the area as having a very fine tract of land. He had originally come from Lloydminster to find new land in the district.

Throughout the year, graders were working around Bowtell to create roads for people to use. There were about four large outfits working in the Vermilion area during that year.

The Edmonton Bulletin said in October, “Work is going ahead rapidly and it is to be hoped that it will continue to do so for at least the remainder of the present month.”

In the Bowtell area, oats were going for 35 cents per bushel and most lots were selling upwards of 500 bushels. That would net them about $4,000 in present day funds.

Dr. Turner, a graduate of McGill University settled in the area. Even though the area only had 60 people living in it, it now had two doctors.

A Mrs. Whitney suffered a painful accident when she was driving and her team of horses started to bolt. She jumped from the wagon, but unfortunately broke her leg in the process. It was a compound fracture, and it would take some time to hearl.

Mr. Glaspell, a teacher in the area, went to Edmonton to pick up his wife, who had arrived by train to begin their new life together.

Two men were arrested in October for being drunk, noisy and incapable after spending one night in the area. They then spent a few nights in jail.

And lastly, the area was dealing with an absence of coal oil, flour and vinegar. This was causing some problems for new settlers, but it wasn’t going to stop the incredible growth of the area.

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