1926: When Drumheller first Roared

In 1911, the Newcastle Mine hauled its first load of coal by wheelbarrow, sparking the Drumheller Valley’s Great Coal Rush. By 1926, more than a dozen mines ran at full capacity, and twelve thousand migrants lived in hastily built camps along the Red Deer River Valley, including Newcastle, Midland, Rosedale, Rosedeer, Excelsior, and Arcadia.