{"id":29657,"date":"2011-06-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=29657"},"modified":"2021-12-29T19:07:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:07:25","slug":"high-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=29657","title":{"rendered":"Murals, High River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Destination 2 on the <em>Cool Little Town Tour<\/em> [link removed] was High River, known for the unique murals painted on buildings to depict this little town&#8217;s history. Each mural has a different artist and story, a sampling of these murals is pictured below with write-up.<\/p>\n<h5>Aviation History in High River, Doug Dreidiger, 1992-94<\/h5>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29657 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=70949'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/med-IMG_3718-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/med-IMG_3718-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/med-IMG_3718-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=70950'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3695-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3695-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3695-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=70951'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3700-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3700-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3700-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=70952'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3701-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3701-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3701-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=70953'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3708-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3708-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3708-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The first mural (facing east) features squadron leader \u2018Ack Ack Leitch\u2019 one of Canada\u2019s outstanding aviators and a long-time resident of High River. He was awarded both the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was stationed in High River at the Air Station and was later promoted to Officer Commanding.<\/p>\n<p>The south-facing mural shows an inspection at the No. 5 E.F.T.S. which operated on the former High River Air Station site from 1941 to 1944. The west-facing mural depicts an aerial fire patrol carried out by members of the Canadian Air Force who manned the High River Air Station, which opened in 1921. Carrier pigeons were used until ground to air communications were established. &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210814013935\/https:\/\/highriver.ca\/high-river-murals\/\">Town of High River<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>The Opening of the High River Club, Zhong Ru Huang, 2007<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70953\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3708.jpg\" alt=\"sm-IMG_3708\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3708.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3708-595x397.jpg 595w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sm-IMG_3708-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1905, the clubrooms of the newly-formed High River Club (so named in its official charter) were opened with a formal ball. Local ladies were dressed \u201cto the nines\u201d in the latest formal fashions. Local Indigenous Peoples wore their own finery for the proceedings. <\/p>\n<p>After one more formal reception, and a later visit by the fundraising Sisters of Lacombe Home, women never again graced the premises of what became known as the High River Men\u2019s Club. &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210814013935\/https:\/\/highriver.ca\/high-river-murals\/\">Town of High River<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Fort Spitzee, Terry Winter, 1992<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70949\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/med-IMG_3718.jpg\" alt=\"med-IMG_3718\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/med-IMG_3718.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/med-IMG_3718-595x396.jpg 595w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/med-IMG_3718-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the late 1800s, many whiskey traders from south of the border came to southern Alberta and set up trading forts where they exchanged liquor, arms, and ammunition for furs and buffalo hides. There were several forts on the Sheep and Highwood Rivers, but the largest was Fort Spitzee. There were at least two other posts also known as \u2018Spitzee\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>These posts proved to be disastrous for the First Nations people. In 1874, the Northwest Mounted Police were sent west by the Canadian government to put an end to the whiskey trade. Traders heard of their arrival and abandoned the forts &#8211; often burning them to the ground as they left. &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210814013935\/https:\/\/highriver.ca\/high-river-murals\/\">Town of High River<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nDestination 2 on the Cool Little Town Tour  was High&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=29657\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Murals, High River&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,16,548],"tags":[501],"class_list":["post-29657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alberta","category-canada","category-high-river","tag-uniquely-alberta","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29657"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94512,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29657\/revisions\/94512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}