This was the first event of its kind ever held in what was then known as the North-West Territories.
He would serve two terms in total before retiring prior to the 1898 North-West Territories general election.
He also served on the Council of the North-West Territories from 1872 to 1876.
Don told me about that - he said you want to get back to the North-West Territories for the summer.
But it took me quite a long time in the North-West Territories to get that know-how.
I talked about that for quite a while and then drifted into reminiscences of the North-West Territories.
He wrote an official handbook regarding the North-West Territories.
After moving to the North-West Territories, he became a successful merchant.
Battleford served as capital of the North-West Territories between 1876 and 1883.
Spent most of his life in the North-West Territories.