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A New Trail is Blazed in the Rockies!!
By Freeda Fleming
Courtesy of the Ad-Viser Shop-O-Scope
July 30, 1975
(continued)
After sponsoring the Alberta (contingent) at the Canadian Cavalcade for its initial years, the Central Alberta Chamber turned the task over to the Rocky Mountain House Chamber of Commerce. For 15 years Art Bott has chaired this event, to the vast entertainment and delight of 3000 to 5000 visitors annually. He, with his body of resourceful helpers, has laid on the most versatile programs ever staged at any such mammoth outdoor event. Art disclaims any credit, he says they have tried to keep it simple, more like a family picnic. Many will join me in saying, "Some Family! Some Picnic!" In leafing through the souvenir programs of recent years I see such items as horseshoe tournaments, canoe and raft races, children's field events, fishing contests, Stoney Indian's chicken dance, Interdenominational open air vesper services, baseball games, monster bonfires and sing-songs. The crowds have been serenaded by Salvation Army Bands, Gospel Singers, Cap-de-la Madeleine Boy's Choir, Melody Ramblers, Whirl- a-Way Square Dancers, and a multitude of talented professional and amateur entertainers. The program for one of the giant bonfire sing-songs reminded me of the night several thousand voices serenaded the stars with "There's A Long Long Trail A'Winding", (115 miles of it), "Springtime in the Rockies", (it was August but the flowers were still blooming); "Don't Fence Me In", (on a 200 acre instant campsite); "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain", (she did); "Tumbling Tumbleweed"; "The David Thompson Song" (new words to the tune of "Davy Crocket" supplied by some talented citizens from Red Deer); "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain"; and finally "Show Me the Way to go Home" (you just follow the cloud of dust ahead of you.)

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Waiting for the first cup of coffee
20th Century, Circa 1970
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Brierley, Neva
Rocky Museum

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Sing song at night at the Cavalcade, July 31, 1971
31 July 1971
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
von Hollen, Alfred
Rocky Museum

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Arnold Spoor brings more wood for the fire
20th Century, Circa 1970
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Brierley, Neva
Rocky Museum

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Tipis (teepees) at the 1971 Cavalcade
1 August 1971
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
von Hollen, Alfred

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A New Trail is Blazed in the Rockies!!
By Freeda Fleming
Courtesy of the Ad-Viser Shop-O-Scope
July 30, 1975
(continued)

Some Cavalcaders have never missed a year. Others will be coming this year for the first time. They will be awed by the beauty and grandeur all around them-the tumbling streams of clear mountain water, the carpet of Alpine Blooms in every nook and cranny, the guardian peaks of Mts. Ernie Ross, General Booth, Wilson, Siffleur, and Elliot rising on every side. This is the most beautiful area in the entire Rocky Mountains.
In 1966 Mt. Booth across the river was dedicated to the memory of General William Booth of the Salvation Army. In 1969 the triple peaked mountain to the north of the campground was dedicated to the memory of Rocky's Master Trail Blazer, Mr. Ernest Ross.

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Breakfast time for Sharon Cole (nee Bott), Tracy Troutmann, Randy Glover
20th Century, Circa 1975
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Bott, Myrtle
Rocky Museum

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Friends come over. Art Fisher holding Georgia Howard, and Vince Vansco on the right.
1960-1970
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Unknown
Rocky Museum

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Cavalcade of 1971
1 August 1971
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
von Hollen, Alfred

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The gang at Art and Myrtle Bott's campsite
20th Century, Circa 1975
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Unknown
Rocky Museum

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Dedication of Mount Ernest Ross
3 August 1969
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Moos, Mr.
Rocky Museum

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Bob Ross, Lilla (Mrs. Ernie) Ross, Mary Ross, Josie Fitzgerald (nee Ross)
3 August 1969
The Kootenay Plains, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Rocky Museum

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Magnus Oppel speaks at the official dedication of the David Thompson Highway
6 August 1975
The West Country, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
The Mountaineer

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The Mountaineer's headline story for August 6, 1975
6 August 1975

Credits:
The Mountaineer