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Ed Barnett: from mountie to rancher.(Biography)
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Alberta History
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June 22, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Historical Society of Alberta. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Opening of the Canadian West for settlement and development was started by hardy pioneers who saw a chance for adventure and a new life in a remote and largely unknown wilderness far from the comforts and safety of their homes. My grandfather, Edward Barnett, was one such pioneer who migrated west in 1877 as a young man of nineteen years; he spent the next six decades in south-central Alberta as an adventurer, policeman, rancher, farmer and pioneer who helped to open the El Dorado we know today as Alberta. (1)
Edward Barnett was born in Almonte, Ontario, in 1858. His father was a sash and door manufacturer, so as a young man Ed obtained a good training in basic carpentry. ...
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