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From 1900 to 1910 was a period of rapid development. PJ Mullen from South Dakota was a land agent in Millet. He was instrumental in successfully advertising Millet land to prospective American settlers in the Dakotas and in Nebraska. By 1905 the Village alone had a population of 75.

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Early Map of Millet
1900
Millet, Alberta, Canada

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Map of Millet in the Early Years

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Leonard Gray and Enola Howard's Wedding Picture
8 September 1902
Millet, Alberta, Canada
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Wedding photograph of Leonard Gray and Enola Howard. Leonard Gray was the son of J.K. Gray. Leonard and Enola came to Millet from Montana as newlyweds in 1902. Leonard Gray was the first owner of the land on which Moonen Heights is located.

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Jim and Sarah Blades
1920
Millet, Alberta, Canada
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Originally from England, James and Sarah Blades came to Millet in 1902 from Minnesota, U.S.A. Jim Blades became Millet's first overseer in 1904. Sarah Blades had the first restaurant in Millet.

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Bear Skinning
1903
East side of CPR Railway tracks, Millet, Alberta, Canada
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Fred and Jim Blades skinning a bear that was shot in Millet on the east side of the railway tracks in the vicinity of where the grain elevators stood from around 1910 until the 1990's.
Left to right: Unknown, Fred Blades, Jim Blades.

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Van Meter Building, ca. 1903
1903
50th (Main) Street, Millet, Alberta, Canada
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In 1902-1903, the second part of the Van Meter Building was built at the northwest corner of the intersection of 50th Street and 50th Avenue by B.A. Van Meter. His son-in-law Fred Blades ran a store there until 1907, when W.A. Robertson took it over.
The first store was built at the back part of the lot. It was then extended to Railway Street (50th) in 1906.

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Bonnie Glen Picnic
4 July 1909
Bonnie Glen, 20 miles west of Millet, Alberta, Canada
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A picnic at Bonnie Glen that was organized by American Settlers from the Bonnie Glen area and from the Millet area. The picnic was held on July 4, 1909.
The Bonnie Glen District is approximately 25 miles west of Millet.

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People Congregated by the Arlington Hotel
1905
50th Avenue (Alberta Street), Millet, Alberta, Canada
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