In 1912, Martin Nordegg, the German-born entrepreneur and early Alberta pioneer who had discovered and developed coal deposits on the eastern slopes of the Alberta Rocky Mountains, took his fourteen-year-old daughter Marcelle on a journey on horseback to Nordegg, "To the Town that Bears Your Name," and beyond, across the Pipestone Pass to Lake Louise and Banff.

As a souvenir of this journey that actually started in Toronto and ended at the Pacific Coast, Martin Nordegg wrote a story for his daughter which describes in loving detail their adventures on this journey, creating a vivid picture of the country they crossed, and a way of life that has already faded into history. Photographs taken by Martin Nordegg enrich the story a loving father wrote for "my beloved daughter Marcelle."

Translated by Maria Koch. Commentary by W. John Koch.