James Hamilton Ross
James Hamilton Ross was a Canadian politician, the Yukon Territorys third Commissioner, and an ardent defender of territorial rights. He is also considered to be the first resident of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Ross was born in 1856 to John Edgar Ross and Christina Graeme Ross. On January 2, 1882, Ross, a western Canadian rancher born in London, Canada West, and four other men were scouting the location for the Canadian Pacific Railway divisional point when they became the first residents of the modernday town of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
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