Cowboy Boots

Why was Charlie Young wearing borrowed black cowboy boots when he was bucked from his bronco for a fatal last time in 1924?

ArticleCarolyn BenJanuary 5, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesCowboy, Ranching, Rodeo, Death, Boots, T. Eaton Cowboys, Western, AlbertaComment

Don Brestler: A Man of Many Talents

When you hear the name “Don Brestler,” what does it mean to you?

ArticleHannah YuzwaDecember 29, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesSouthern Alberta, Archives, Donation, Ranching, Cowboy, Poetry, Songwriting, Knight Ranch, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch, Twin Butte, Writing, Illustrating Comment

Christmas at the Fort

What would visitors at both the modern-day replica and the original Fort Whoop-Up have seen and experienced during the holiday season?

Online PresentationNatasha GrayDecember 22, 2020Fort Whoop-UpJohn Healy, Christmas, Celebration, Experience, Fort Whoop-Up, Heritage, History, Mike Mountain Horse, Joe Healy, Candle Dipping, Christmas Cracker, Lethbridge, TradeComment

New Wagon Arrives at Fort Whoop-Up

The Glenbow Museum in Calgary contacted the Galt to see if we would be interested in a replica of a bull wagon. We said “Yes.”

Niitsitapi and Epidemics

The Niitsitapi, or Blackfoot people, have been hit repeatedly by epidemics. Rebecca Many Grey Horses shares her research about the impact of smallpox, measles, scarlet fever and the Spanish flu.

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes

Civic clubs like the Odd Fellows, the Moose, the Eagles, the Shriners, and more have been part of the community landscape over the years.

ArticleBobbie Fox Akaiksims’staki (Many Thoughts Woman)December 8, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesRoyal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, Civic Organizations, Fraternal Organizations, Southern Alberta, Archives, Public Record, Research, Lethbridge HeraldComment

The Galt's Vaults: The Mystery of the Travelling LCI Jacket

After being separated in Lethbridge in the 1960s, how did a jacket and its original owners make their separate ways to the same community in the US decades later? It’s a mystery.

Online Presentation, Galt's VaultsKevin MacLeanDecember 2, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesFootball, Jacket, Collections, Galt's Vaults, Kevin MacLean, Donation, Material Culture, MysteryComment

Growing Up in Southern Alberta "Back in the Day"

People are often impressed with how different the experiences recounted by grandparents and seniors seem when compared to what children experience today.

ArticleAndrew ChernevychDecember 1, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesLethbridge Herald, Archives, Childhood, History, Kids, Children, Growing Up, Champion, Lethbridge, GaltComment

Siksikaitsitapi: Blackfoot People’s Voices

Join a small group of students as they participate in the Siksikaitsitapi: Blackfoot People’s Voices school program with Blanche Bruisedhead.

Online Presentation, Indigenous HistoryBlanche BruisedheadNovember 26, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesBlackfoot, Language, History, Culture, Worldview, Indigenous HistoryComment

100th Anniversary of Southminster United Church’s Organ

Southminster United Church is a favourite venue for many organ and musical concerts. The church has wonderful acoustics that carry the music clearly to all corners of the sanctuary and the balcony.

ArticleTrish PurkisNovember 24, 2020Southminster United Church lethbridgeOrgan, Southminster United Church, Church, Music, Performances, Culture, First World War, Rutter, Symphony Comments

The Galt Presents: Dr. Julie Young on the Refuge Canada Exhibit

Dr. Julie Young explains her research into refugee and immigration issues in Canada and abroad, tying in with the Refuge Canada exhibit on display at the Galt until January, 2021.

Online PresentationDr. Julie YoungNovember 8, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesRefugeCanada, Refuge Canada, Pier 21, Immigration, Refugee, Canada, Lethbridge, Julie Young, Galt Museum & archives, World History, Conflict, Exhibit, Curatorial, Travelling ExhibitComment

Marathon of Memories

The first Terry Fox Fundraising Run was held in Lethbridge on September 14, 1980. After 40 years, Lethbridge residents continue to organize and participate in runs to raise funds.

ArticleBobbie Fox Akaiksims’staki (Many Thoughts Woman)November 3, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesTerry Fox, Exhibit, Archives, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, Canada, History, Identity, CancerComment

Terry Fox and Lethbridge

Archives Assistant Bobbie Fox will interview Terry Fox Sr. about the history of the Terry Fox Run in Lethbridge and about the Fox family’s connection to southern Alberta in this online presentation.

VideosBobbie Fox Akaiksims’staki (Many Thoughts Woman)October 28, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesThe Galt Presents, Lecure, Presentation, Interview, Exhibit, Terry Fox, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, Marathon of HopeComment

100 Years Ago: The Overall Craze

A hundred years ago, The Overall Craze swept North America with waves reaching even the far corners of the Canadian West. People, mostly middle-class men, opted to wear denim overalls instead of their regular business outfits in protest against high clothing prices.

ArticleAndrew ChernevychOctober 21, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesOverall, Fashion, Statement, Protest, Labour, History, Newspaper, Archives, Denim, Pockets, UniformsComment

100 Years Ago: Social Column Reveals Upper Class Culture

Hosting upper-middle-class home receptions was a competitive affair. Without Instagram fuelling the competition between these social events, what was the best way to keep tabs on who was doing what?

ArticleAndrew ChernevychOctober 6, 2020Riverview HouseLethbridge, Archives, Southern Alberta, Entertainment, Lethbridge Herald, Conybeare, Dancing, Riverview House, SocialComment

Piikanikoan with Ira Provost

Guest curator Ira Provost will explain the significance of his winter count and discuss his songs that are featured in the exhibit in this online presentation.

Online Presentation, Indigenous HistoryIra ProvostOctober 5, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesThe Galt Presents, Exhibit, Ira Provost, Guest Curator, Presentation, lecture, PiikanikoanComment

100 Years Ago: Apostle of Free Love Arrested in Lethbridge

ArticleAndrew ChernevychSeptember 22, 2020Comment

Constructing the Fort

William Gladstone (“Old Glad”) was the head carpenter and blacksmith at Fort Whoop-Up. He was a former carpenter and boat builder for the Hudson’s Bay Company, and he was hired in Fort Benton in the early summer of 1870 for the two-year project of building the bigger, more permanent Fort Whoop-Up.

Article, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesSeptember 15, 2020Fort Whoop-UpFort 150, Gladstone, Cottonwood, Trading, Blackfoot, Fort Benton, Whoop-Up, Fort Whoop-Up, Flag, Northwest Mounted Police, Cannon Comment

Ákáí’nissko (Many Deaths Place)

Niitsitapi used the area at the junction of the St. Mary and Belly, or Oldman, Rivers as a winter camp. The site was located along part of a traditional migration route known as the Old North Trail. It was known as Ákáí’nissko (Many Deaths Place).

Article, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesSeptember 8, 2020Fort Whoop-UpSmalpox, Epidemic, Tepee, Stone Circles, Fort Whoop-Up, Whoop-Up TrailComment

Crossing the Border

Who built Fort Whoop-Up and why? #FortWhoopUp150

Article, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesSeptember 2, 2020Fort Whoop-UpCivil War, Gold, Montana, Hamilton, Healy, Fort 150, FortComment