Cayley Alberta 100th Anniversary
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The Cayley 100th Anniversary plaque is mounted on a large rock in front of the Village of Cayley office. It is located on Hammond Street near Railway Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMPM04
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/16/2015
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The community of Cayley was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories legislature from 1886 to 1894. There is a Hutterite colony in the area that was founded about 1936.
This area became ranching country during the 1880s, and several large livestock operations were located in the foothills. It took many days to trail livestock to Calgary, the closest market and rail loading point, but the construction of the Calgary and Edmonton Railway through the region in 1892 made shipping livestock much easier.
Cayley became an important livestock shipping location because it was central for many large ranches in southern Alberta. As well, it was the highest point of land between Calgary and Fort Macleod, and trains with heavy loads of cattle could be started downhill from here.
Cayley had about seven grain elevators, all of which have been demolished.
Subject: Town
Commemoration: 100th Anniversary
Date of Founding: 1904
Date of Commemoration: 2004
Address:
Cayley Village Office
Hammond Street near Railway Avenue.
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Web site if available: Not listed
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