The NWMP Con't...

The Police, also in 1875, entered into an agreement with Healy renting one of the three buildings of Fort Whoop-Up.  A relationship that lasted until 1888. Manned by two men during the winter, it was a barracks with a detachment of six to eight that lasted from spring thaw through to winter freeze up.

From here, mounted patrols were sent out to police the region while the traders carried on their legitimate trading activities. Within a very short time and with little blood shed, the NWMP brought the illicit whiskey trade under control in Southern Alberta.  By 1876, the bottom fell out of the robe trade. Hides glutted the market. John Healy became a sheriff, reporter and later a gold rusher and merchant prince in the Klondike. Continue to Part IV.