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Didsbury, Alberta, a town of some 14,000 (2007 pop.), is located in Mountain View municipality, 48 miles (80 km) north of Calgary. It was founded in 1894 by [[Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)|Jacob Y. Shantz]] and members of the [[Ontario Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Ontario Conference of the United Missionary Church]]. The Didsbury church, built in 1896, was the beginning of the [[Canadian Northwest Conference (United Missionary Church)|Canadian Northwest Conference]] of the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], which was organized in 1907. The conference met annually at Didsbury, as did the annual camp meeting. [[Mountain View Bible College (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Mountain View Bible College]] was founded here in 1926. The local United Missionary Church was the largest denomination in the town in the 1950s. The [[West Zion Mennonite Church (Carstairs, Alberta, Canada)|West Zion]] (MC) Mennonite Church at Carstairs and the [[Bergthal Mennonite Church (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Bergthal Mennonite Church]] (GCM) with a Didsbury address are nearby.

= Bibliography =
Weber, M. "The Part Played by Immigrants from Waterloo County to the Didsbury, Alberta, Settlement in 1894." Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society. (Kitchener, 1950).

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-Didsbury, Alberta, a town of some 14,000 (2007 pop.), is located in Mountain View municipality, 48 miles (80 km) north of Calgary. It was founded in 1894 by [[Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)|Jacob Y. Shantz]]<em> </em>and members of the [[Ontario Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Ontario Conference of the United Missionary Church]]. The Didsbury church, built in 1896, was the beginning of the [[Canadian Northwest Conference (United Missionary Church)|Canadian Northwest Conference]] of the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], which was organized in 1907. The conference met annually at Didsbury, as did the annual camp meeting. [[Mountain View Bible College (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Mountain View Bible College]] was founded here in 1926. The local United Missionary Church was the largest denomination in the town in the 1950s. The [[West Zion Mennonite Church (Carstairs, Alberta, Canada)|West Zion]] (MC) Mennonite Church at Carstairs and the [[Bergthal Mennonite Church (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Bergthal Mennonite Church]] (GCM) with a Didsbury address are nearby.
+Didsbury, Alberta, a town of some 14,000 (2007 pop.), is located in Mountain View municipality, 48 miles (80 km) north of Calgary. It was founded in 1894 by [[Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)|Jacob Y. Shantz]] and members of the [[Ontario Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Ontario Conference of the United Missionary Church]]. The Didsbury church, built in 1896, was the beginning of the [[Canadian Northwest Conference (United Missionary Church)|Canadian Northwest Conference]] of the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], which was organized in 1907. The conference met annually at Didsbury, as did the annual camp meeting. [[Mountain View Bible College (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Mountain View Bible College]] was founded here in 1926. The local United Missionary Church was the largest denomination in the town in the 1950s. The [[West Zion Mennonite Church (Carstairs, Alberta, Canada)|West Zion]] (MC) Mennonite Church at Carstairs and the [[Bergthal Mennonite Church (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Bergthal Mennonite Church]] (GCM) with a Didsbury address are nearby.
 = Bibliography =
 Weber, M. "The Part Played by Immigrants from Waterloo County to the Didsbury, Alberta, Settlement in 1894." <em>Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society. </em>(Kitchener, 1950).