The land that would one day be Wetaskiwin has long been the home of the Cree and the Blackfoot and it would play a very important role in their history. Habitation in the area by the Indigenous dates back at least 8,000 years and broken tools, bones...
It had taken some time but by 1890, the Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company was incorporated and ready to begin laying down track between the two communities. At the time, it was taking five days by stage coach to travel between the cities but with...