Where The River Brought Them

Great Coffee Table Gift -(see reviews below)

Where the River Brought Them -by Pat McDonaldIs a mixture of truth, legend, and tales where sometimes the truth far outstrips the legends. It is the story of Rocky Mountain House, of its great fur trade history, of explorer and geographer David Thompson, of competing Cree and Blackfoot Indian alliances, new discoveries, life at the forts, and Thompson's treks through the mountain passes. It is also the story of the hardy pioneers who came after to the area. There is much history here. It is the sweeping story of the great North Saskatchewan River and the men and women who passed our way. *** This is the official Bi-Centennial book of Rocky Mountain House.

Visit secret burial sites, mysterious caves, boats long hidden and sundance lodges .Read about the world record bear of George Bugbee and the mysterious Russian house in the woods near Caroline. Did you know that during the Second World, two Japanese internment camps and one German POW camp were located nearby? And then there was Anna Chevallier of the world famous diving girls who with her horse jumped into water tanks fifty feet below! This is but a small portion of our exciting history- 556 pages with over 600 photos including two spectacular color inserts of 32 pages!

"Where The River Brought Them" is the official Rocky Mountain House Bi-Centennial History Book.

REVIEWS

" DANGEROUS" !! David Bly of the Calgary Herald Friday-

" This isn't your ordinary local history- this is about Alberta's beginnings.
                 Its about the Northwest Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, the natives, the
        traders, the settlers and others who are part of the colourful parade of the
region's history. With lots of anecdotes and a generous sprinkling of
              photographs, this hefty book is dangerous-start flipping its pages and you
could easily be sucked into a time vortex for several hours."

Greg Nieman of the Red Deer Advocate

" Author Pat McDonald rightly said that if the history of Rocky Mountain House had occurred in the U.S., it would be the stuff of American legend. Brad Pitt would have played David Thompson in a movie a long time ago...Maybe Canadians don't make movies about their historical figures. But we do write some pretty good books."

WHERE THE RIVER BROUGHT THEM

is a hardbound, coffee-table edition with a full- colour jacket. It contains 576 pages of text, photos, original art, maps and other images, and includes 32 pages of colour. Can be purchased for $ 20.40 at The Town of Rocky Mountain House 403-845-2866 or email town@rockymtnhouse.com

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