Famous and Infamous Albertans - B
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| BARTELLE, Eleanor | Eleanor Bartelle nee Jones born in Magic
District, Alberta to Mr. and Mrs. John O. Jones. She married Jack Fowler. She joined the Mart Kenny Band (Mart Kenny and the Western Gentlemen) at the Royal York Hotel in 1936. She was with the Band for 1936, 1937 and 1938. She resigned her spot with the Band when she became pregnant. She was replaced by Georgia Dey from Edmonton, Alberta. She got her stage name "Bartelle" from Jack Radford, Manager of the CBC, Vancouver, BC. Jack Radford and the Mart Kenny Band were at the Banff Springs Hotel for a CBC Broadcast when Mr. Radford suggested that "Bartelle" would be a more colourful name than Jones. Eleanor Bartelle is pictured with Mart Kenny and the Western Gentlemen on page 51 of Mart Kenny's book "Mart Kenny and the Western Gentlemen" written many years ago. Eleanor Bartelle died many years ago.
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| BROWN, John George | John George Brown known as "Kootenai Brown" was born and educated in Britian.
He served with the British Army in India in the 1850's but was attracted
to British Columbia by rumours of gold and arrived there in 1861 where
he worked as a miner and constable. Later he was a buffalo hunter in Manitoba,
then a pony express rider for the US Army. He was captured by Indians and
after his escape moved to Montana where he married a Metis woman, Olive
Lyonais. In 1877 he was arrested for killing a fur trader at Fort Benton
and was acquitted. Later that same year he moved his family to Waterton
Lakes, then known as Kootenai Lakes. Here he ran a trading post and acted
as a guide for many years. During the Riel Rebellion he served as a scout
for the Rocky Mountain Rangers. He was instrumental in the Waterton Park
area becoming a National Park and served as the first park warden until
he died in 1916.
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