By Tim Lambert The Foundation of Calgary For 10,000 years native people lived on the site of Calgary. Then in 1875, the Mounties built a fort there. In 1876 it was named Fort Calgary after Calgary Bay in Scotland. The Scottish name is derived from the Gaelic words Cala-ghearridh meaning pasture by the bay. When… Continue reading A History of Calgary
A History of Charleston, South Carolina
By Tim Lambert Early Charleston The city of Charleston, South Carolina was founded in 1670 by English colonists. It was named Charles Town in honor of King Charles II (1660-1685). Soon Charleston was a thriving town and port. The Powder Magazine was built about 1713. However, Charleston was vulnerable to attack because of its position… Continue reading A History of Charleston, South Carolina
A History of Chicago
By Tim Lambert The Foundation of Chicago The history of Chicago begins in the year 1673. In that year two Frenchmen, Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet arrived in the area. (The name Chicago is derived from a Native American word of uncertain meaning, checagou). However, the French did not settle the area. The first non-indigenous… Continue reading A History of Chicago
A History of Detroit
By Tim Lambert The Foundation of Detroit The great city of Detroit began as a French fort. The French built it on the Detroit River in 1701. Led by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658-1730) 100 soldiers and workers built a wooden palisade. Soon a little settlement grew up by the fort but in 1760… Continue reading A History of Detroit
A History of Edmonton, Alberta
By Tim Lambert The Foundation of Edmonton The great Canadian city of Edmonton began as a trading post called Fort Edmonton, built in 1795. It was named after Edmonton, England, which was then a town north of London. However, in the late 19th century the settlement began to spread outside the fort. Then in 1892,… Continue reading A History of Edmonton, Alberta
A History of Fairbanks, Alaska
By Tim Lambert Early Fairbanks The story of Fairbanks, Alaska, began in 1901 with a trader from Ohio called E T (Elbridge Truman) Barnette (1863-1933). In 1901, Barnette sailed to St Michael, Alaska. He planned to open a trading post at Tanacross. He planned to travel there in a river steamer called the Lavelle Young.… Continue reading A History of Fairbanks, Alaska
A History of Halifax
By Tim Lambert Early Halifax Halifax was founded in Canada in 1749. Colonel Edward Cornwallis led a group of British settlers. They built houses and a stockade. St Paul’s Church was built in 1750. The same year, in 1750, other settlers founded Dartmouth. However, the native people of the area, the Mi’Kmaq objected and they… Continue reading A History of Halifax
A History of Las Vegas
By Tim Lambert The Foundation of Las Vegas For hundreds of years, Native Americans lived in the area where Las Vegas now stands. They grew corn and squash. Then in 1829, a Spanish trader named Antonio Armijo led a group of men through the area. They called it Las Vegas (Spanish for ‘The Meadows’). Then… Continue reading A History of Las Vegas
A History of Los Angeles
By Tim Lambert Early Los Angeles The great city of Los Angeles was founded in 1781. It was called El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula. (Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porcincula). At first, there was only a handful of families but by 1800 it had a… Continue reading A History of Los Angeles
A History of Montreal
By Tim Lambert Early Montreal In 1635 the French explorer Jacques Cartier reached the island of Montreal. Then in 1642, a group of French settlers led by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve went to Montreal. The new settlement flourished on the fur trade. However, the early settlers met with hostility from the Iroquois until 1701… Continue reading A History of Montreal