List of Figures and Tables

Figure 0-1 “A Square Deal in Oil,” Calgary Morning Albertan, February 2, 1914, 11, CU1709303. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 0-2 “Prosperity and Oil.” Natural Gas and Oil Record, June 13, 1914, 1.

Figure 0-3 “Today’s the Day.” Edmonton Journal, May 25, 1914, 1.

Figure 1-1 “William Stewart Herron, petroleum pioneer in Turner Valley, Alberta,” Hess, c. 1930, CU1125948. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 1-2 “Gas and petroleum claim being staked by the City of Calgary,” June 12, 1911, CU189401. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 1-3 “Archibald Wayne Dingman,” E.B. Curlette, c. 1930–1933, CU181710. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 1-4 Canadian Western Natural Gas Company ad. Calgary Herald, June 14, 1956, 38.

Figure 1-5 “Calgary Petroleum Products #1 well [Dingman #1], Turner Valley, Alberta,” I.H. Sinclair, c. 1914, CU1217652. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 1-6 “Drillers at Dingman #1 well (Calgary Petroleum Products #1), Turner Valley, Alberta,” c. 1914–1917 CU1134522, Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 1-7 “Group of men standing at well-head of Dingman #1 (Calgary Petroleum Products #1), Turner Valley, Alberta,” c. 1914–1917, CU1134205. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 2-1 “New ‘Arms’ of Alberta,” Calgary Morning Albertan, December 11, 1913, 1, CU1701012. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 3-1 “Which is it to be?” R.C. Edwards, Calgary Eye Opener, July 3, 1915, 1. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 3-2 “The Greatest Gift,” Natural Gas and Oil Record, November 8, 1913, 1.

Figure 3-3 “The Men Behind the Gun,” Natural Gas and Oil Record, May 23, 1914, 13.

Figure 3-4 “Pessimists and Otherwise,” Calgary Morning Albertan, October 23, 1913, 8, CU1699923. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 3-5 Excerpt from “A Great Future,” Natural Gas and Oil Record, December 12, 1913, 6.

Figure 3-6 Piedmont Petroleum Products Company ad. Calgary Morning Albertan, May 12, 1914, 7, CU1300898. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 3-7 “The Difference Between Poverty and Riches is Action!” Calgary Morning Albertan, May 16, 1914, 9, CU1301220. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 4-1 “9th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta. Palliser Hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway Station are visible on left side,” c. 1920, Calgary Photo Supply Co. PC005483. Peel’s Prairie Provinces—Prairie Postcard Collection. Available at https://library.ualberta.ca/peel.

Figure 4-2 “Important Announcement,” Calgary Morning Albertan, February 3, 1914, 9CU1701489. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 4-3 “Heart-to-Heart,” Calgary Morning Albertan, March 23, 1914, 7, CU1701176. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 4-4 “Giant Gusher,” Calgary Eye Opener, May 23, 1914, 3, CU11428707. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 5-1 “Dingman #1 blowing in, Turner Valley, Alberta,” May 14, 1914, CU1554074. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 5-2 “The Scarecrow,” Natural Gas and Oil Record, May 18, 1914, 1.

Figure 5-3 “The Greatest Magnet in the World—Oil!” Natural Gas and Oil Record, May 30, 1914, 1.

Figure 5-4 “Investors waiting to buy oil stocks in Calgary, Alberta,” Progress Photo Company, May 15, 1914, CU1149999. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 5-5 “Investors waiting to buy oil stocks, Calgary, Alberta,” c. 1914, CU1554077. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 5-6 “Investors waiting to buy oil and gas stocks outside Huron and Bruce Oil and Gas Company, Calgary, Alberta,” c. 1914, CU1145708. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 5-7 “Calgary Restaurant,” Calgary Morning Albertan, June 1, 1914, 1, CU1302322. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 5-8 “The Small Investor gets best chance,” Natural Gas and Oil Record, July 11, 1914, 18.

Figure 5-9 “The Flame and the Moth,” The Toronto Daily Star, May 30, 1914, 30.

Figure 5-10 “Men in cars and on sidewalk waiting to invest in oil stocks, Calgary, Alberta,” Harry Pollard, c. June 1914, CU1137947. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 6-1 “Birds of Prey,” The Toronto Daily Star, June 15, 1914, 14.

Figure 6-2 “Picnic group at site of Dingman #1 well (Calgary Petroleum Products #1), Turner Valley, Alberta,” c. 1914, CU1136172. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 7-1 “J’Ever See Such Luck?” Calgary Morning Albertan, May 23, 1914, 1, CU1301447. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary

Figure 7-2 “Caravan of automobiles en route to Turner Valley, Alberta,” c. 1914, CU192892. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 7-3 “Duke and Duchess of Connaught at Dingman number 1 well (Calgary Petroleum Products #1), Turner Valley, Alberta,” Progress Photo Company, July 28, 1914, CU192442. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 8-1 “Calgary Oil Proclamation,” Calgary Morning Albertan, October 14, 1914, 9. CU1702268. Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 10-1 “George E. Buck Wanted Circular,” c. 1916, GR1972.0026, box 1, file 1C. Provincial Archives of Alberta.

Figure 11-1 “Charles Stalnaker pouring nitroglycerine down torpedo tube inside oil rig, possibly Montana, United States,” c. 1935, CU1217942. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Figure 14-1 “Flare at Turner Valley oil field, Alberta,” Lane’s Studio, c. 1930s, CU1153082. Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Table 1-1 Geologic Time, Turner Valley.

Table 2-1 Value of Building Permits in Calgary, 1910–1915.

Table 5-1 Calgary Bank Clearings, Selected Months and Weeks, 1913 & 1914.

Table 5-2 Calgary Stock Exchange and Calgary Oil and Stock Exchange Values Compared, June 8, 1914.

Table 5-3 Average Professional & Tradeswomen’s Salaries in Calgary, 1913.

Table 6-1 Selected Alberta Stock Prices, May 15–June 6, 1914, Published by the Natural Gas and Oil Record.

Table 7-1 Distribution of Corporate Headquarters of 1914 Turner Valley Companies by Province.