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Robert Barnes, ?-1977, was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA and came to Banff, Alberta with his family in 1905. In 1911 the family homesteaded at Jumping Pound, in 1917 they moved to a dairy farm at Springbank, then to a wheat farm at Milo. In 1926 the family moved to Calgary and in 1930 Robert married Minnie, 1908-1999. In 1931 Robert and his brother Elliott opened an electrical store but two years later Robert and Minnie purchased a dairy farm at Springbank. From 1948 until 1967 the Barnes were houseparents of the Wildwood Youth Hostel.
For further information see Joe Clitheroe's article "Canadian Youth Hostel at Wildwood" in Chaps and Chinooks : A History West of Calgary. -- Calgary : Foothills Historical Society, 1976, p. 603-605.