Eleanor Luxton Eleanor Luxton (1908-1995) was a writer, historian, researcher, engineer, teacher and businesswoman. The daughter of Norman and Georgina Luxton, Eleanor grew up as an only child in Banff. After graduating from high school in Banff in 1926, she attended the University of Alberta, receiving degrees in history, a Diploma in Education and completed subsequent education, biology and natural history courses during the summers. Upon returning to Banff in 1936, Eleanor taught school for a number of years and many of her former students have fond memories of her. In the 1940s Eleanor studied civil engineering at McGill University and upon graduation, was employed by the CPR in Montreal, working on locomotive design. She later worked as a field researcher for the Glenbow Foundation and wrote two books of history and began a third. After her father’s death in 1962, she returned to the family home in Banff to live with her mother, who died in 1965. Eleanor resided there until she passed away in 1995. She established the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation and left her home, one of the oldest residential properties in the community, to become a museum. Eleanor Luxton had a great appreciation for history, a pride in her family and the foresight to preserve the Luxton home and adjacent properties through the creation of the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation.     Selection of Eleanor Luxton Artifacts Beaded Baby Moccasins Oval Back Side Chair Beaded Belt