Besides being our Guild's inaugural year, 2005 was an auspicious year for all Albertans. It was the 100th birthday of its province-hood. The first set of photos comprises the blocks of an Alberta Centennial Quilt.
This is the central block of the quilt. It contains the year of Alberta's birth, the provincial coat of arms and two samples of the Wild Rose, Alberta's provincial flower.
This block represents parts of Alberta's history.
Some of the opening up of the country was founded on coal.
Franks slide is represented at the top right hand corner.
Burning coal was how most of the power was brought to Alberta.
The dinosaur in the bottom right of the block indicates our world renown museum. Some of the best preserved skeletons were found in the Crowsnest Pass area where the coal was mined.
The Drumheller area became another great hotbed of finds.
There is a dinosaur named for Alberta, it is called the Albertasaures.
This block shows the RCMP, grain elevators, windmills, cattle, and rodeos.
The most well known of the rodeos is the Calgary Stampede.
Alberta has many First Nations peoples.
Archeologists work with First Nations peoples to preserve the buffalo kill sites and stone circles. This relationship has not always been so collegial.
As in most places in the "new world" the indigenous peoples were not always well treated. Governments have left a legacy of ill treatment and will be dealing with the results of the abuse for a long time to come.
One of the best known First Nations sites is Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump. This was a section of land First Nations could drive a buffalo herd off a cliff in order to collect meat & furs in order to survive.
There is an oil well in the middle ground, oil is still Alberta's main economic engine, on the right side and an irrigation pivit in the foreground. Agriculture, including cattle, pigs, sheep and horses is huge in Alberta particularly since the irrigation systems have been developed.
Here is Alberta's Provincial Flower,
the Wild Rose.
This block shows Chief Mountain in the background, the Cardston Temple (Mormen) and the carriage and horses represent our famous
Remington Carriage Museum, also in Cardston.
According to our Quilt Guild photo albums, Barb Sheen showed a quilt at the first meeting. Participation has grown ever since.
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