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Collection: A - A Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 1526-00001
Title: Captain Hugh Francis 'Bob' O'Lone
Date: ca. 1865
Summary: Tavern-keeper born in the Hell’s Kitchen district of New York City around 1836, son of James and Margaret O’Lone, he served in Union forces during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of Captain before being discharged in 1865. He began trading whiskey on the American frontier until a dispute in mid-1866 brought him to Upper Fort Garry. He opened a saloon named O’Lone’s (later named the Red Saloon). He became active in community affairs, chairing a meeting to establish a fire department for the nascent community of Winnipeg. He attended the Convention of Twenty-Four on 16 November 1869 and the Convention of Forty from 25 January to 10 February 1870, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia, attending sessions in March through June 1870. In early January 1871, he was severely injured in a barroom brawl at Pembina, Dakota Territory (now North Dakota) and died from a head wound.
Red ID: PH_I_93347 Image ID: 45759 Image Notes: A1526-00001-back

Collection: A Digitized Images from Collection
Title: A Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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Collection Summary
Collection: A - A Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 1526-00001
Title: Captain Hugh Francis 'Bob' O'Lone
Date: ca. 1865
Summary: Tavern-keeper born in the Hell’s Kitchen district of New York City around 1836, son of James and Margaret O’Lone, he served in Union forces during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of Captain before being discharged in 1865. He began trading whiskey on the American frontier until a dispute in mid-1866 brought him to Upper Fort Garry. He opened a saloon named O’Lone’s (later named the Red Saloon). He became active in community affairs, chairing a meeting to establish a fire department for the nascent community of Winnipeg. He attended the Convention of Twenty-Four on 16 November 1869 and the Convention of Forty from 25 January to 10 February 1870, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia, attending sessions in March through June 1870. In early January 1871, he was severely injured in a barroom brawl at Pembina, Dakota Territory (now North Dakota) and died from a head wound.
Red ID: PH_I_93347 Image ID: 45758 Image Notes: A1526-00001

Collection: A Digitized Images from Collection
Title: A Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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