Wetaskiwin District Heritage Museum Centre & City of Wetaskiwin Archives
an inclusive gathering place for the local community to engage in the history, heritage and culture of Wetaskiwin City, County, and the Maskwacis Cree Four Nations
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Month: December 2020
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Fritz Kirstein’s Legacy: Wetaskiwin’s Iconic Meat Shop
In August 1921, Fritz Kirstein opened the City Meat Market between 49 Street and 49 Avenue in Wetaskiwin. They sold everything from homemade wieners, fish, to cheese cut from wide rounds. Sawdust was used in the back for cleanliness and blocks of ice preserved the freshness of the meat until the sanitary coolers were installed…
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The Legacy of Gus Elgert: Alberta’s Award-Winning Farmer
This week we got a donation in from Deborah Kirstein which included a ton of items from the 1930s to the 1970s. One of the items she included was a picture and magazine article about their grandfather Gus Elgert who was a farmer that owned land one and a half miles east of Wetaskiwin. His…