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The Calgary Stampede has lengthy been part of this metropolis’s historical past. In recognition of this yr’s occasion, on 10 weekdays (between July 4 and July 15), we’re sharing archival photograph highlights and and occasions of be aware from the primary 10 many years of the Best Out of doors Present on Earth. This instalment: The Stampede within the Nineteen Forties.
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Nineteen Forties: 1000’s of tourists had been accommodated in peoples’ properties by means of a particular guests’ bureau established within the Nineteen Forties.
1940: Ernie L. Richardson retired from his function as normal supervisor of the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede, after 37 years.
1942: The Stampede is opened by 4 servicemen from the military, navy, air drive, and U.S. military.
1944: Stampede attendance hits 267,420 and Calgary’s inhabitants is 97,241.
1944: The Calgary Stampede purchased out the Calgary Synthetic Ice Rink Firm, bringing in Lloyd Turner to handle the Stampede’s enviornment and hockey pursuits.
1946: Patsy Rodgers is called the Stampede’s first queen.
1946: The Calgary Stampeders Hockey Membership received the Allan Cup (nationwide senior hockey championship.)
1947: Area director Jack Dillon died and was changed by Dick Cosgrave, a 10-time chuckwagon racing champion.
1948: When the Calgary Stampeders soccer workforce received the western championship, a contingent of followers in western put on and cowboy hats went to cheer them on within the Gray Cup closing, in Toronto.
— Compiled by Karen Crosby, Norma Marr & Aimee Benoit.
