Battle of Alberta Timeline pt. 2: 20th Century: 1900-1919
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Phew. (again).
So I spent an inordinate amount of time not doing this and that was terrible. It's like not showering, I was so itchy.
Originally I intended to do the 20th century all in one go like the previous timeline, but my focus shifted, my reasons for continuing uh change with the times i guess, and I wanted to be a little bit more focused and thoughtful as I made this.
While I do still intend this as kind of a cheat sheet for myself to reference past decisions I've made, I also don't really envision this as something that is set in stone. It's more of just a milestone, a marker of where my thoughts are at, and I may end up retconning or reimagining parts of it as my understanding changes. There's still a lot I am missing or have glossed over and that's fine, I'll learn to live with it and fill in the gaps as I go in other ways.
Once again, this is something that I could go into depth explaining and elaborating on but to save myself time and energy I will simply point at the ask box and leave it there.
Redrew/Redesigned Regina, (again, don’t worry she’s still short) Girly’s being confronted by Ed about getting her news from Justbins (a garbage company) that is a real screenshot from their page.
If she didn’t want to be confronted, she probably shouldn’t have posted it onto her story….
You’d think for a city that was once the capital of the NWT; back when the Buffalo freely roamed the Earth, Regina wouldn’t be getting her news from a meme page.
Justbins really was voted as best online news by Prairie Dog Magazine back in 2023. CBS Saskatchewan and CTV Regina were ranked 2nd and 3rd. A lot of these news stories are shared via memes…
The reason for the murder queen nickname is because Regina was once a long-time holder of the murder capital of Canada title for several years.
She doesn’t get upset at the nickname because she knows it’s true, and she figures if she calls him Stabmonton or Deadmonton, he has all the rights to call her Murder Queen in return.
Edmonton belongs to @battle-of-alberta / @acetechne (sorry! I just needed something a little silly, plus I needed to practice drawing facial hair, and I didn’t know who else to choose ;w;)
I just needed to draw something a little silly because I needed too…
I've joked that Ed's best memories are the 80 years before Cal existed but I'll answer more seriously.
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I'd say that both of them have at least one fond memory of an early Christmas from their childhoods, even though they both grew up in periods and cultures (scottish) when Christmas celebrations were pretty subdued and solemn.
We have a record that describes a Fort Edmonton Christmas in 1846, this is from Paul Kane's Wanderings of an Artist, chapter XXII.
"No table-cloth shed its snowy whiteness over the board; no silver candelabra or gaudy china interfered with its simple magnificence. The bright tin plates and dishes reflected jolly faces, and burnished gold can give no truer zest to a feast."
"At the head, before Mr. Hariett, was a large dish of boiled buffalo hump; at the foot smoked a boiled buffalo calf. Start not, gentle reader, the calf is very small, and is taken from the cow by the Caesarean operation long before it attains its full growth. This, boiled whole, is one of the most esteemed dishes amongst the epicures of the interior. My pleasing duty was to help a dish of mouffle, or dried moose nose; the gentleman on my left distributed, with graceful impartiality, the white fish, delicately browned in buffalo marrow. The worthy priest helped the buffalo tongue, while Mr. Rundell cut up the beavers' tails. Nor was the other gentleman left unemployed, as all his spare time was occupied in dissecting a roast wild goose. The centre of the table was graced with piles of potatoes, turnips, and bread conveniently placed, so that each could help himself without interrupting the labours of his companions. Such was our jolly Christmas dinner at Edmonton' and long will it remain in my memory, although no pies, or puddings, or blanc manges, shed their fragrance over the scene."
(of course, dinner was followed by some very colourful, loud and intense dancing!)
And likewise we have a NWMP memory from Cecil E. Denny of a Christmas at Fort Calgary in 1874, I don't know which of his memoirs this is from but it could be The Law Marches West. He recalls dinner including buffalo, roast turkey, potatoes, dried fruit, and "real plum pudding." Here's another description from Denny in The Riders of the Plains, chapter xiv:
"A jolly time was had, and some of those old time dances, held at Macleod and Calgary the first few years the police came in, went far ahead for fun and good hearty exercise, of any of the prim and select affairs held since the country has come to be settled."
✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?
So much to choose from! Since we are talking early history above, let's continue that. One of the things I've touched on is Ed during the 1915 flood. I think he's been through worse since, but that's probably something that stuck with him for a while.
I haven't touched on this before that I know of, but a more human-made problem would have had quite an effect on Calvin at a young age. At some point in the 1870s Fort Calgary was held hostage by the Sarcees, who were starving and demanded food and goods. After three days, the NWMP were able to diffuse the situation, but it must have been very tense for everyone. Here's Denny again from The Riders of the Plains, chapter XXIII:
"We had very hard work for them; for three days they refused to move and even threatened us in the fort. We had to nearly all keep on guard day and night, as it looked very much as if they would attack us, and they no doubt would have done so had we not shown a bold front. We, as they say in this country, “bluffed” them off, and on the third day they promised to go the following morning, and asked help to move their tents and goods, as their horses were all very poor. This I promised them in the shape of carts, and also told them that if they did not move on the following morning, I would pull down their tents and take them off. This was a pretty bold threat, but we had to see it through."
St. Albert is, according to Hapo, Ed's moustachioed evil-yet-better-dressed twin. She's never drawn him, but she does allow other people to do so. As you can see, my idea for a well-dressed man is him wearing a tuxedo, which is pretty basic compared to everything Hapo has drawn so far.
Anyways, that was my idea for St. Albert. I'm glad you passed through my blog and have a lovely rest of your day (or night depending on what time you're reading it)! Bye!
