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Alberta celebrated its 75th anniversary as a province in 1980. Many special events were held throughout Alberta. The materials donated contain details about and promotional materials for those events organized in the southern sector of the province.

Bob Ridley is the sports director for CHAT TV & Radio in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He has gained a reputation as CHAT Radio's enthusiastic play-by-play commentator. He has covered and promoted amateur sports in Medicine Hat and surrounding area over his entire lifetime. Mr. Ridley has been an integral part of the Medicine Hat Tigers Hockey Club since 1970. He has also served as president of the Medicine Hat Men's Fastball League and was a competitive rower and racquetball player. He also was governor of the high school football league in Medicine Hat and a member of the Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds Association. Since 1972, Mr. Ridley has been the commentator for the Tigers, only missing one broadcast while doubling as the team bus driver. He received the Bell Media Memorial Award in 2000, and was also inducted into the Alberta Sport Hall of Fame the same year. In 1995, Bob was publicly honoured by the Tigers Hockey Club for his years of outstanding service and dedication. Bob is married to Debra L. Ridley, who is employed at CIBC Bank.

William Stephenson came to Canada sometime before 1909, selling his bicycle to pay for steerage. In 1909 he took out a homestead at W4th T8 R9 S15, NW and SW quarter sections. He encouraged his brother ... Stephenson to join him, but he joined the Canadian military to fight in WWI, passing away. William returned to England at one point before 1920, where he met and married Emily. They returned to the homestead but returned to England again to stay in 1923. William had also brought his father Henry to Canada, who passed away on May 15, 1915 and is buried somewhere in the area, if not on or near the family homestead.

Chick Taylor was born in Medicine Hat on March 21, 1921. He attended school at Earl Kitchener, Toronto Street, and Medicine Hat High as well as St. Theresa's College. After graduating with one year of business training, he went to work for his father and uncle at Taylor Brothers, a grocery business. Chick joined the RCAF. as Leading Aircraftsman in 1940 and went overseas to Britain. In May, 1945, Chuck was detailed to fly to Cologne to bring back prisoners of war. He returned home shortly after to work at the grocery store. Chick married Mary Ellenore in 1950. They have a son and three grandchildren. In 1951, his father and uncle retired and Chick managed the store until 1967. He served on the Public Health and Advisory Board and was director of the Alberta Motor Association from 1955 to 1991. He was also a director for the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede since 1946 and is now an honorary member. Chick was also a member of the Kinsmen, the Legion, and the Shriners.

Award-winning photojournalist, Frank George Webber, was born in 1941 in Medicine Hat, the son of Frank Webber, Sr. and Hazel Jones of Dunmore. His grandfather, George Webber came to the Feldman Lake district, south of Pashley, Alberta, from Waterton, N.Y. in 1902 to establish a mixed horse/cattle ranch. Frank's maternal great-grandfather, Walter Stanley Jones, enlisted in the Northwest Mounted Police in 1879 and served at Fort Walsh. Upon his discharge, he was granted land in the Maple Creek area, where he established a ranch. Frank, Jr. attended Irvine High School and was the photographer for its first yearbook. After graduation, Frank worked as a heavy machine operator for his father, an owner of Webber & Shannon Construction, but he continued to snap pictures with his Brownie camera. He got a job as a photographer with the Medicine Hat News in 1961 and there he learnt how to process and print his own images. In 1963, he married Eleanor and quit the News for more lucrative employment; he drove taxi, became a ditch digger; and worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as a spare brakeman, always carrying his camera with him. In 1967 he returned to Webber & Shannon as a heavy machinery operator. Whilst he became more financially secure, he really missed taking pictures so he returned to the News in 1968. Because of the advances and changes in technology, Frank decided to enrol in the Photographic Technology Program at the Northern Alberta Technology Institute (NAIT) in Edmonton to upgrade his knowledge. Upon graduation, Frank returned to Medicine Hat and the News for good. In 1975, he became a charter member of the Alberta News Photographers Association, which became the Western Canada News Photographers Association in 1980 and was affiliated with the U.S. based National Press Photographers Association. Frank and Eleanor have two children, Jason and Judy and three grandchildren. Officially retired in 1996, it is estimated that Frank shot over three-quarters of a million frames in his 35 years as a photojournalist documenting people and events in this corner of the Province.

Fred Walker was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1872. He came to Canada when he was 18, and worked for his Uncle, Alex Middleton, at Dunmore on the 76 Ranch. After 20 years of ranch employment, Fred started ranching on his own at the 12 Mile Ranch in 1911. He also married that year to Harriet (nee Harper). The Walker's had 4 children: Fred Jr., Jack, Margaret and Harriet. The boys farmed near Tilley, while Harriet, later Mrs. Joe Wells, lived in the Manyberries district. During World War I, Fred Walker took charge of the livestock for J.J. Boyce near Eagle Butte, making several trips back and forth through the years. Fred stayed at 12 Mile Ranch until his death in 1967. Mrs. Walker also passed away that same year.