Odds and Ends

It's funny what you find when you research. And today's blog is bits and pieces from various research areas.

The first is from the 1913 City Council Records. When we look at "Haunted History" some of the same themes keep coming up from the earliest times of Lethbridge history.

"That Mrs. J.F. Jackson be advised that the license for the practice of palmistry and clairvoyance is $250.00 per year without rebates for any shorter period. The last permit dates back some years."

In 1909, both the Fire Chief and Police Chief were earning $125.00 per month so that was a rather expensive business licence. There is no information as to whether or not Mrs. Jackson agreed to the cost and paid it.

Secondly, back in October 2009 one of my early blogs was about a ghost story told about Highway 36 between Vauxhall and Brooks. I have searched all year to try and find someone who can add something to that story. But no matter who I talked to, I could never find someone who could provide details. I have come to the conclusion that this story is likely an Urban Legend that has been identified with this lonely stretch of road. What do you think? Is it truly a ghost story? Or not?

And, last, another location that I'm starting to get some good stories about but which I would love to get a great deal more. The Lethbridge Health Unit (which used to, of course, be the train station) has had many strange things occur there. One staff said that when she starts there she was told by co-workes that strange things happen there and she has experienced the footsteps and noises from the attic. And, she's quick to add, she knows no one was up in the attic as the door going to the attic is in her office!

While most people only experience noises at the train station, I was also given a story of someone who went for a vaccine and reported seeing a woman in Victorian dress standing outside waiting for a train that never arrived...