Cochrane Historical Museum

10/13/2026

Wednesday, November 18th at 7:00 pm at the Cochrane Historical Museum
The speaker will be Gordon Davies who will give his presentation from Historic Calgary Week on the topic of Community Icons.

10/10/2026

🤠 Stories from the River – Rancher Erik Butters

Step back into the past and enjoy this video featuring Rancher Erik Butters and his stories from the river.

Our local history is full of fascinating people, memorable experiences, and stories that deserve to be preserved and shared with future generations. Videos like this help keep those memories alive!

🎥 Watch the video here:
https://youtu.be/dYcWmj7lHto

👏 Video credit: Erik Butters / the original video creator. Please see the original YouTube video for creator and production credits.

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10/10/2026

Later, when he could no longer curl, his favourite winter past-time was to walk to the ' new" rink (beside St. Andrews) and watch the games being played. Aileen and I often felt his presence behind the glass when we were on the ice. In the early days, he talked of going to Banff to play for the Simpson Cup. The curlers would go by train, taking their rocks with them.

Edgar and Ruth Davies Family - CHAPS

I remember that we often had a prospective new minister and his wife stay at our home when the minister would be invited to give a sermon before the congregation to see if he was acceptable.

10/07/2026

OCTOBER MEMBERS MEETING

📜 Join Us for an Evening of Local History! 🏛️

Wednesday, October 21st at 7:00 PM
📍 Cochrane Historic Museum

We’re pleased to welcome Beverley Guthrie of the Bottrel General Store for a special evening exploring the history of the Bottrel General Store and the Bottrel area.

Come hear stories, learn about our local heritage, and discover the people and places that helped shape our community. It’s sure to be an interesting and memorable evening!

❤️ We’d love to see you there!
If you’re not already a member, this is a great time to become a member and support the Cochrane Historic Museum. Your membership helps us preserve and share our local history for generations to come.

10/03/2026

When she retired from this employment she went to work at the Nan Boothby Memorial Library. She had been on the committee of founding board members for the Cochrane Library in the 1950's and enjoyed her time as a librarian.

Floyd and Dorothy Steeves family - CHAPS

In 1980 there was a bylaw in place in Cochrane which disallowed dancing on the south side of the tracks. This affected the business of a nightclub situated on the old Steeves homesite. During a Steeves family gathering at the 75th celebration in Cochrane, Shirley noted that the Steeves children…

09/30/2026

See our history of the store in comments.

https://fb.watch/v/4Xb0a2yvy/?fs=e

09/26/2026

The stone policeman was a sandstone structure about six or seven feet high. This ensured the separation of traffic crossing east to the telephone exchange or the Canadian Pacific Railway station and traffic continuing west on lA Hwy. This monument consisted of a large sandstone base with a tapered top. Chiseled into each side was the direction and mileage east to Calgary and west to Banff. It was showing a number of scars from vehicles cutting the corner too close.

Stone Policeman - CHAPS

As the 1 A Hwy had been changed to no longer cut through the downtown sector, through traffic no longer had to travel this intersection, thus no need for the policeman.

09/25/2026

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09/19/2026

The 1923 Calgary Stampede was the birthplace of Alberta's first chuckwagon racing competition where racers were urged to imitate the cowboy's breaking of camp, with all the speed and skill that is required.

Chuckwagon Racing - CHAPS

pg 193 More Big Hill Country 2009 Chuckwagon racing most definitely has its roots in the history of the Old West, but how did it come to be one of the most popular events at the world-renowned Calgary Stampede, not to mention other famous rodeos and racing events across the…

09/14/2026

We have a request from a reader, can anyone help identify people?

In the summer of 1930, my father, Rob Raymont, took a photo of visitors to his Aunt Maud's home on the Lewis-King ranch, west of Cochrane at Spencer Creek. It's a delightful, unposed photo of folks enjoying a Calgary Export on what may have been a warm day.