The white frame where this M.D. of Foothills No. 31 flag is mounted are the dates 1904 to 2004 in commemoration of their 100th anniversary. There is also attached is a small bell.
A large rock with two plaques is also at this location.
Area Overview Municipal District of Foothills No. 31:
The Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 is a rural municipality located adjacent to and immediately south of the City of Calgary. The M.D. covers an area of approximately 1,400 square miles (3,552 square kilometres) in the foothills of sunny southern Alberta. It surrounds the Towns of Okotoks, High River, Turner Valley, and Black Diamond, the Village of Longview, and the Eden Valley Indian Reserve. The M.D. celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2004.
The results of the 2006 Census indicated that 19,736 people live in the M.D. of Foothills.
The M.D. of Foothills provides a number of services directly or jointly with other municipalities to the residents of the rural area and the Hamlets of Aldersyde, Blackie, Cayley, De Winton, Hartell, Heritage Pointe, Millarville, Naptha, Priddis and Priddis Greens.
These services include general administration, road construction and maintenance, fire protection, ambulance service, garbage disposal, planning and development administration, agricultural services, recreation and parks, family and community support services, and bylaw enforcement.
Water services are provided in the hamlets of Aldersyde, Blackie and Cayley, and waste water services are provided in the hamlets of Blackie and Cayley.
M.D. of Foothills staff are responsible for the administration of the Foothills Regional Commission, which operates the Foothills Regional Waste Management Facility and the Frank Lake Effluent Pumping System.
The M.D. maintains approximately 2,000 miles of road. Two Provincially maintained primary highways; Highway No. 2 and Highway No. 22 run north/south through the municipality, giving easy access to Canadian and US markets.
Its proximity to the Rocky Mountains and the City of Calgary makes the M.D. of Foothills an ideal location for small or large businesses. The M.D. of Foothills No. 31 is one of the fastest growing districts in Alberta.
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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