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Constable Stephen Lawson, Alberta Provincial Police, 1922.

Constable Stephen Lawson, Alberta Provincial Police, 1922.

Lawson was the former Fernie Police Chief and was hired in spring 1922 by the APP for his knowledge of bootleggers in the region. He targeted Emilio Picariello […]
Advertisement, Phillip Carosella general supplies and liquor merchant.

Advertisement, Phillip Carosella general supplies and liquor merchant.

Phillip Carosella, liquor merchant, owned and operated his liquor warehouse next to his general store. He also was one of the hotel owners that were fined for liquor […]
Raffaelo (Raphael) Migale Certificate of Naturalization, 1912

Raffaelo (Raphael) Migale Certificate of Naturalization, 1912

Migale left Italy with brother Giuseppe in 1898 for North America. He arrived by train in Macleod, Alberta and walked to Fernie where he worked for the CPR […]