Local Places of Interest & Tourist Information
From the Beginning Fawcett
Acknowledgements; Trail of '42' Stan Cohen
Trail of '42" by Stan Cohen -excerpt page 15 "The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was to produce one of the great engineering feats of the century". The attack had prompted President Roosevelt to form the Special Cabinet Committee to study the problems of building a road to Alaska through Canada. The Canadians agreed to furnish the right of way, to waive import duties, sales taxes, income taxes and immigration regulations and to permit the taking of timber, gravel and rocks from crown lands along the route.
Hardships & Happiness - Editor - Elwood Boyd & Marianne Cochrane who wrote the following;
The History was conceived, to pay tribute to the pioneers, who came on foot, by ox team, and later by train, from many distant lands, to this tiny dot on the map of Northern Alberta, later to be known as Fawcett.
Especially, we pay tribute to the wives and mothers who managed with so little, to feed and clothe their men and children. One outstanding thing in their favor, they came young in years, strong of mind and body, with distant vision, and high hopes for the future.
Our pictures, of the past were most cheerfully loaned, that we, the reader, might look back into the past as well as read about it. Our thanks go to all concerned.
We hope to perpetuate the memory of people who had the courage, strength and dedication, for generations to come.
Fawcett Our Community
