Edmonton History

 Mr. E. Taylor of the Hudson’s Bay Company imported the first bicycle into Edmonton on May 21, 1890. This was the first vehicle that was not horse-drawn. The first recorded traffic accident took place in Edmonton on April 27, 1893, when 2 horse-drawn wagons collided. This mishap was the beginning of traffic congestion.

In spite of Milton Wright’s prediction that humans would never fly, an Edmonton carpenter and inventor took to the air on September 7, 1909. The headline on the front page of the September 8th edition of Edmonton’s newspaper, The Evening Bulletin, reads "Edmonton Carpenter Flies Airship of his Own Invention." The subheadings read; "Keeps Aloft for Half Hour, Flying at Will Over Roofs of Houses," Manufactured Own Monoplane," and "Had Been at Work on Problem Three Years, Engine Made from Own Model."