Tents weren’t uncommon in Calgary’s early days, as settlers arrived and sought housing on a temporary — and sometimes not so temporary — basis. Tents were used as business premises, too, back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and many of the city’s earliest businesses, including the Calgary Herald, started their operations in a tent. But as the following story from the Herald archives indicates, the sanitation problems resulting from people living in tents were causing serious concerns by 1905. Calgary’s city council adopted a resolution that would address these problems, which also included a mandate that people stop dumping “dead animals and offensive refuse” on the Exhibition grounds. The resolution is one of many news items former Herald researcher Norma Marr highlighted as part of her H Files series that took a look back at historical events in the city. Read More