Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Tables xii
4. List of Illustrations xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xxii
7. Introduction xxv
8. The Meeting Place 1
9. L.G. Baker & Co. 9
10. Hudson's Bay Company 39
11. Rails and Marketing 65
12. The Emergence of the Town of Calgary 93
13. Creating Banking Services 119
14. Building the Ranching Community 149
15. Maintaining the Family Farm 185
16. From Town to City 225
17. Department Stores and Mass Distribution 263
18. Women in Business 293
19. Financing the Canadian Dream 329
20. Themes of an Era, 1870-1900 369
21. Chronology 374
22. Notes 377
23. Bibliography 421
24. Index 435