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From Tank #77 to Taber Taber started as Tank #77 in the late 1800s, where homesteaders and Mormons settled

reinvigorated itself through extensive irrigation development. While crops grew without fear of drought, the agricultural economy grew to what we see today. From mining to crops, and oil in the 1930s, the economy became less reliant on agriculture as its sole economic driver. Agricultural and oil and gas industries created a stable economy within the community. And today, families of all ages gather at sunny city parks, attend lively festivals, indulge in local cuisine, and create memories in a place that was once identified as a number.

from the United States. A little hamlet located alongside the railway, with the main economy being coal mining. It was when the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) established a post office, the name was changed to Tabor. However, the paperwork returned with the name spelt ‘Taber’. Incorporated on July 1, 1907, the hamlet in Southeast Alberta officially became Taber. Taber thrived on coal mining, but by 1913 the industry dramatically declined. Throughout the 1920s, Taber’s economy

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