Famous and Infamous Albertans - A
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| AKERS, Dave | Akers and his partner, Liver-eating Johnston, built the Spitzee Post, an
early whiskey trading fort. The fort was destroyed by the Blackfoot soon
after it was built. Akers was a whiskey trader until the NWMP arrived at
Fort Whoop-Up in 1874 where Akers was in charge. He then went into ranching
with a partner nearby. He shot his partner a few years later and ended
up serving 3 years in the Fort Macleod jail.
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