The first settlers to the area were: Pete Brodie, William Dunlop, A. Keene, Tom Emelson, Fred VanHolm, J.W. Murphy and Sidney Thurlow.
Travers' first grain elevator was built by Home Elevator Co. in 1914, next to the new railway, followed by an Ogilvie and United Grain Growers elevator.
Settlers of the area at the time had to receive their mail at Sundial, 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Travers. George Shirley opened a post office 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Travers in 1909. Soon after, another was opened at a store in Rosemead, 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Travers.
When the railway came Rosemead post office and store was relocated to Travers. With the arrival of the railway, Travers had: a bank, barber shop, butcher shop, harness shop, two hardware and lumber yards, two blacksmiths, two livery barns, restaurants and boarding houses, garages and machine dealers, three grocery stores, pool room, men's clothing store, hotel and real estate office.[3]
Very little remains from the pioneer era of Travers; the last two grain elevators were demolished on January 29, 1989. Many foundations, including the old bank vault, can still be seen along the quiet main street. As of 2000, only one resident remains in Travers.[4]
Demographicsedit
The population of Travers, according to the 2007 municipal census conducted by Vulcan County, is 0.[1]
travers, alberta, travers, hamlet, southern, alberta, canada, within, vulcan, county, located, approximately, kilometres, southwest, highway, kilometres, southwest, brooks, travershamlettraverscoordinates, 556countrycanadaprovincealbertaregionsouthern, alberta. Travers is a hamlet in southern Alberta Canada within Vulcan County 2 It is located approximately 59 kilometres 37 mi southwest of Highway 1 and 59 kilometres 37 mi southwest of Brooks TraversHamletTraversCoordinates 50 14 35 N 112 33 22 W 50 243 N 112 556 W 50 243 112 556CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionSouthern AlbertaCensus division5Municipal districtCounty of VulcanFounded1914Government Governing bodyVulcan County CouncilPopulation 2007 1 Total0Time zoneUTC 7 MST Summer DST UTC 6 MDT Postal code spanT0L 1G0Area code 1 403 Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editTravers was once a booming community along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Medicine Hat and Aldersyde Travers gets its name from one of the railway s surveyors in 1914 The first settlers to the area were Pete Brodie William Dunlop A Keene Tom Emelson Fred VanHolm J W Murphy and Sidney Thurlow Travers first grain elevator was built by Home Elevator Co in 1914 next to the new railway followed by an Ogilvie and United Grain Growers elevator Settlers of the area at the time had to receive their mail at Sundial 15 miles 24 1 km southwest of Travers George Shirley opened a post office 4 miles 6 4 km north of Travers in 1909 Soon after another was opened at a store in Rosemead 3 miles 4 8 km southwest of Travers When the railway came Rosemead post office and store was relocated to Travers With the arrival of the railway Travers had a bank barber shop butcher shop harness shop two hardware and lumber yards two blacksmiths two livery barns restaurants and boarding houses garages and machine dealers three grocery stores pool room men s clothing store hotel and real estate office 3 Very little remains from the pioneer era of Travers the last two grain elevators were demolished on January 29 1989 Many foundations including the old bank vault can still be seen along the quiet main street As of 2000 only one resident remains in Travers 4 Demographics editThe population of Travers according to the 2007 municipal census conducted by Vulcan County is 0 1 See also editList of communities in Alberta List of hamlets in AlbertaReferences edit a b Alberta Population Summary Alberta s Hamlets Alphabetically 2010 PDF Alberta Population Retrieved September 25 2021 Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities PDF Alberta Municipal Affairs January 12 2022 Retrieved January 21 2022 Drybelt Pioneers Second Edition History of Circle Hill Enchant Retlaw Sundial Travers Page 916 940 Drybelt Pioneers Second Edition History of Circle Hill Enchant Retlaw Sundial Travers Page 918 nbsp This Southern Alberta location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Travers Alberta amp oldid 1209368265, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
