Colonel P. Robertson-Ross/Johnson-Stevenson Stopping House Marker, Airdrie, Canada
N 51° 17.551 W 114° 00.167
11U E 708967 N 5686621
This plaque commemorates 2 pieces of local history.
Waymark Code: WMCJ3X
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/11/2011
Views: 5
There are 2 pieces of historical information on this cairn, and each has its own plaque.
The text on the plaques reads:
(One plaque)
"Colonel P. Robertson-Ross.
In the fall of 1872 colonel P Robertson-Ross, Adjutant-General of the militia of Canada, camped in the McPherson Coulee area while on a trip to study the need for a Mounted Police force in the west. Erected by the Nose Creek Historical Society.
(2nd Plaque)
Johnson Stevenson Stopping House
This cairn, erected by the Nose Creek Historical Society, is to Commemorate the first stopping house in the area (SW 1/4-36-27-1-W/5th), where, four miles north of the present town of Airdrie, and one day's journey from Fort Calgary, food and lodging was available to patrols of the North West Mounted Police in the late 1800's.
Erected by the Nose Creek Historical Society
1874-1974
This project was undertaken with assistance from the Alberta-R.C.M.P.
Century Celebrations Committee
in recognition of a Centuryof peace and progress in Alberta."
Type of Marker: Geographical / Natural History
Sign Age: Historic Site or Building Marker
Parking: There is room for three cars to park nearby.
Placement agency: Nose Creek Historical Society
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