Calgary Group Page No. 5

Calgary Year Date Error, '88 for '89.


Canada Post Card dated Calgary/Alta., Au 9/88 (S/B '89) to Fort Steele, Kootenay, B.C. via Golden, B.C.

A Mr. R. L. Galbraith of Fort Steel, B. C. placed an order for supplies from Hutchings and Riley in Calgary. This is H & R's acknowledgment of the order which travelled from Calgary by C.P.R. to Golden, arriving in one day on Au 10/89. The second leg to Fort Steele , probably by horseback or wagon, took another week and the card shows a receiver of Au 17/89.

Hutchings and Riley operated several hardware stores in the west starting in the 1880's. The business went through several ownership changes but still survives to this day. Now specializing in western wear the company at present operates under the name of Riley and McCormick.

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