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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 309. Not illustrated. Chapters: Taipei, Akron, Pennsylvania, Aberdeen, Washington, Lakeland, Florida, Gresham, Oregon, Clermont, Florida, Exeter, Pennsylvania, Cordova, Alaska, Alachua, Florida, Dunseith, North Dakota, Broussard, Louisiana, Cloquet, Minnesota, Iona, Idaho, Northwood, North Dakota, Fairmount, North Dakota, Hatton, North Dakota, Kelso, Washington, Beresford, South Dakota, Minnewaukan, North Dakota, Crary, North Dakota, Langdon, North Dakota, Mountain, North Dakota, Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, Oakland, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Petersburg, North Dakota, Abercrombie, North Dakota, East Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, West Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cleveland, Utah, Cando, North Dakota, Park River, North Dakota, Mooreton, North Dakota, Crabtree, Pennsylvania, Christine, North Dakota, Calgary, Laveen, Arizona, Ushuaia, Pigue, Christmas Hills, Victoria, Anaconda, Montana, Renaico, Puerto Deseado, Cambridge Park, New South Wales, Lillian, Alabama, Karridale, Western Australia, Tres Arroyos, Madang, Kings Mills, Ohio, Bebedouro, Camooweal, Queensland, Finschhafen, Newburg, California, Innan Glyvur. Excerpt: Calgary - Before the Calgary area was settled by Europeans, it was inhabited by Pre-Clovis people whose presence has been traced back at least 11,000 years. In 1787, cartographer David Thompson spent the winter with a band of Peigan encamped along the Bow River. He was the first recorded European to visit the area, and John Glenn was the first documented European settler in the Calgary area, in 1873. The native way of life remained relatively unchanged until the late 1870s, when Europeans hunted the buffalo to near-extinction. With the buffalo gone, the natives began trapping beaver and other fur-bearing mammals for the Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company, who set up ...
