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Cardston
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- Settlement.leader_name
- Maggie Kronen
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- Cardston
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- Town of Cardston
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- Town
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- Cardston Alberta Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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- 0052 Town Cardston, Alberta Locator.svg
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- Location in Cardston County
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- Canada Alberta
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- Location of Cardston in Alberta
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- Country
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- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Alberta
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- Region
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- Southern Alberta
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- Planning region
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- South Saskatchewan
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Cardston is a town in Alberta, Canada. It was first settled in 1887 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who travelled from Utah, via the Macleod-Benton Trail, to present-day Alberta in one of the century's last wagon migrations. The founder of the town was Charles Ora Card. The combined church and school was completed by January 29 the year following their arrival.
==History== Cardston was "dry" (alcohol free) for more than a century after the 1915 Alberta liquor plebiscite. In 2023, following a municipal plebiscite in which residents voted narrowly in favour of the measure, the town council voted 5-2 to allow alcohol to be served in restaurants and recreation facilities such as the local golf course. Liquor stores, lounges, nightclubs and other alcohol-primary businesses remain prohibited, and there are no licensed premises in which to use video lottery terminals.