Hello: My father, age one, immigrated from Kansas to the Lucky Strike district in 1910 with his parents, Dwight and Dorothy Powell. They joined Dwight's parents, Jacob and Mary Powell, and his brothers John and Frank and their families homesteading land. At one time Dorothy was the postmistress of Goddard until they left the area in 1924 and returned to the US. I am looking for any reference material (books, pamphlets, Internet websites, etc.) that can tell me anything about the land, the climate, the schools and the people living there from 1900 to 1925. My father received his only education there, so what was the name of his school and what was it like? How would Dwight and Dorothy have traveled to Canada? Was there a rail system in place into Lethbridge or the Milk River settlements at that time? I have found a wonderful site, The Alberta Heritage Digitalization Project, a publication of the University of Calgary Press that has scanned copies of two books about the Milk River Country. These books have a wealth of information, but of course, I want more. Years ago I recall my father's sister Leona showing me a book that was published on the history of Alberta and it's pioneers. It was quite a beautifully done book, large, like the book for a living room coffee table. She had contributed information and photos of our family and was quite pleased when she received a copy. This would have been about 1975. She died in 1976 and the book is lost. So far, I have been unsuccessful in finding the name and author/publisher of this book, let alone a copy of the book itself. Any information, suggestions or directions would be most welcome! Thank you, Judi Powell Mutal Bellevue, WA Researching: Powell, Louderback, Sanders, Rigg, Nix, Buchanan (Kentucky and Maryland), Gambrel, Caskey, Galliher, McKee, Bolinger, Lovett, Kern, Montgomery, Cory, Wiggins, Davis, Crockett / Crocketagne and Mutal lines.

Hi Judy, Would the book have been called Oxen tails to Jet trails? It is a large brown vinyl ( like leather) covered book. I believe my father has a copy of that book. We are in north central Alberta and it has information for that area. If that rings a bell let me know. If anyone else thinks they may have family in this book I can try and obtain it to do some lookups as well. Lottie, Vermilion Alberta ----- Original Message ----- From: <JudiEmm@aol.com> To: <ALBERTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 1:48 PM Subject: [ALBERTA] Lucky Strike - Goddard > Hello: > My father, age one, immigrated from Kansas to the Lucky Strike district in > 1910 with his parents, Dwight and Dorothy Powell. They joined Dwight's > parents, Jacob and Mary Powell, and his brothers John and Frank and their > families homesteading land. At one time Dorothy was the postmistress of > Goddard until they left the area in 1924 and returned to the US. > I am looking for any reference material (books, pamphlets, Internet websites, > etc.) that can tell me anything about the land, the climate, the schools and > the people living there from 1900 to 1925. > My father received his only education there, so what was the name of his > school and what was it like? > How would Dwight and Dorothy have traveled to Canada? Was there a rail > system in place into Lethbridge or the Milk River settlements at that time? > I have found a wonderful site, The Alberta Heritage Digitalization Project, a > publication of the University of Calgary Press that has scanned copies of two > books about the Milk River Country. These books have a wealth of information, > but of course, I want more. > Years ago I recall my father's sister Leona showing me a book that was > published on the history of Alberta and it's pioneers. It was quite a > beautifully done book, large, like the book for a living room coffee table. > She had contributed information and photos of our family and was quite > pleased when she received a copy. This would have been about 1975. She died > in 1976 and the book is lost. So far, I have been unsuccessful in finding > the name and author/publisher of this book, let alone a copy of the book > itself. > Any information, suggestions or directions would be most welcome! > Thank you, > > > Judi Powell Mutal > Bellevue, WA > > Researching: Powell, Louderback, Sanders, Rigg, Nix, Buchanan (Kentucky > and Maryland), Gambrel, Caskey, Galliher, McKee, Bolinger, Lovett, > Kern, Montgomery, Cory, Wiggins, Davis, Crockett / Crocketagne and Mutal > lines. >