Drumheller
Drumheller History
Mar 21 7:29 PM - May 20 7:29 PM
In 1911, the Newcastle Mine hauled its first load of coal by wheelbarrow, sparking the Drumheller Valley’s Great Coal Rush. By 1926, more than a dozen mines ran at full capacity, and twelve thousand migrants lived in hastily built camps along the Red Deer River Valley, including Newcastle, Midland, Rosedale, Rosedeer, Excelsior, and Arcadia.
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