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The Canadian province of Alberta was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert.

The town of Standoff was named after an historical event. "Liver-Eating" Johnson in the company of two other men was heading north with a pack train of supplies including whiskey to trade with the Canadian Indians. Whiskey was illegal to trade with the Indians and when a U.S. Marshal got wind of the endeavor he set out in pursuit with a troop of cavalry to stop the "Liver-Eater." Johnson and his party held them off and when the Marshal demanded his arrest they refused. They stood-off the soldiers and proceeded on over the Belly River, and named their fort "Stand-Off". "Avenging Fury of the Plains" Dennis John McLelland Ed.D

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