) Peter Knight, Famous Cowboy

104) Peter Knight, Famous Cowboy

He is a member of Oklahoma City’s National Cowboy Hall of Fame, the Pro rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs in 1979, the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1981, and Calgary’s Horsemens' Hall of Fame. He also has an arena named after him in Crossfield, Alberta. He died during a rodeo competition in 1937 when he was 34 years old. The man who started the Calgary Stampede, Guy Weadick, said that he was “the greatest bronc rider of them all”. Wilf Carter also wrote a song about him.

By Laura Peace

105) Peter Anthony Prince / Pierre Antoine Price

1866: He migrated to northern Wisconsin with Northwestern Lumber Company and became an American citizen. Moved to Calgary as manager of the Eau Claire and Bow River Lumber Company, a position he held until 1916. Also involved in other business ventures and built a flour mill and elevator which later became the Robin Hood Mill. Prince also operated Prince - Kerr ranch at Brooks, became president of the Calgary Iron Works, the Louis Petrie Company, and the Calgary Milling Company and held an interest in the John Irwin Company grocery business.

1889: Prince signed a contract to supply Calgary with electricity and formed the Calgary Water Power Company which he ran until his death. His wife Emily survived him by nineteen years and his stepdaughter Nora remained living in the 4th Avenue house until her death 1965. Calgary's Prince's Island is named for the "lumber baron", Peter Prince.”

Peter Prince married four times, and the first three wives predeceased him in Prince House, donated to Heritage Park in 1967. His first wife, Margaret Corrigan, died on Feb. 4, 1898, at 58 years of age, from a long illness. His second wife, Emma Wallin, died in Oct. 17, 1900, from tuberculosis, at 46 years of age. His third wife, Rosa Douglas, died on Oct. 21, 1907, from cancer. He married his fourth wife, Emily (Douglas) Whitlock, in 1909.

Peter Prince was also founder of the Alberta Natural Gas and Electric Company.

Glenbow archives; Calgary Herald “French belongs in Calgary” 1996 article by UofC History Professor Donald Smith; EMERAUDE AUX PIEDS DES ROCHEUSES – Oblates Archives Province Grandin, p6

By Suzanne de Courville Nicol

106) Premier A.C. Rutherford- Alberta's First Premier-1905-1910

Rutherford was the only premier of Alberta till 1910 when his government became divided because of his agreements with railways companies. Rutherford ran again in the election but was unsuccessful therefore he went back to working as a lawyer. Again in 1916, Rutherford was appointed Alberta Director of the National Service Commission. During World War I Rutherford was a member of the Loan Committee of the Soldier Settlement Board. After this, he came and gone from 1927-1941, he was the Chancellor of the University of Alberta. Then on June 11th, 1941 Alexander C. Rutherford passed away in Edmonton Alberta and then was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

By Jasmyn McCulloch

107) Premier Don Getty- Played on 2 Grey Cup winning teams/Created Family Day Holiday

Donald Ross Getty was the 11^th Premier of Alberta. He was born in Westmount, Quebec, in 1933. He finished his university business administration degree in 1955 from the University of Western Ontario. He played on the basketball and football teams at his university. He played for the Edmonton Eskimos as the quarterback (leader) and was named an "Outstanding Canadian" in 1959. After playing football, he worked for Imperial Oil and became “Canada’s youngest independent oil company president” when he created his own oil company. He became a Member of the Legislature (MLA) in 1967 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1971, he became Alberta’s first Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs. In 1975, Don Getty became Minister of Energy and Natural Resources for Alberta.

In 1985, he was elected the leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party and became Premier of Alberta. The major accomplishments Don Getty had while he was Premier was signing the “first agreement in Canada to establish self-government for Métis people” and creating Alberta’s Family Day holiday in February. He also held the first Senate election, which led to Canada’s first and only elected Senator. Premier Don Getty also was involved in creating the Free Trade Agreement, Meech Lake Accord, Charlottetown Accord and the Triple E Senate. He finished his career as Premier in 1992. He was made an Honorary Chief of the Whitefish Lake First Nation’s Band in 1990 and was given the Order of the Sash in 1991 by the Métis Nation of Alberta. In 1998 he became a member of the Order of Canada and in 1999; he became a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence. He died in February 2016. He was 82 years old.

By Laura Peace