The Stryker Family
George and May Stryker acquired the 891-acre Chestermere Farm from the Alberta Government in January, 1955 as part payment for their Spy Hill Ranch, which then became the Provincial Gaol.
George and May had 4 children: Dorothy, Floyd, Peter and Linda. Linda attended the Rockland School, Conrich School and the Chestermere Lake High School. Dorothy had finished her schooling by this time. Floyd and Peter drove to Calgary and attended Mount Royal College for their High School years.
George and May subdivided part of the farm into 20-acre parcels. in 1964, they sold the rest of the farm (740 acres) to Bob Weedon of Cabri, Saskatchewan and they moved to a farm north of Strathmore.
2004 – Stryker farm
Stryker farm building site was located where Lakepointe district is now. Unfortunately in the photo above shows the buildings in a very dilapidated state but it is the only photo available.
There was a long hog barn running east and west (tiny rows of windows). A small elevator was attached on the west end and an older barn was attached on the south side and shows up behind the hog barn in the photo.
The photo shows the workshop between the house and barn. The house had a peaked roof that is showing in the photo. A newer building shown on the far right was added after the Strykers sold the farm.
