[1] After the Conrad brothers (Charles E. & Wm.
G.) were admitted as partners in 1873, the company name was changed to I. G. Baker & Co., which name was retained after the Conrads purchased George Baker's interest in 1874.
[2] The company was prominent in early Western Canadian history.
It operated the first store established in Calgary, Alberta in 1875.
The I. G. Baker Company brought a herd of cattle from Montana to southern Alberta, the first livestock imported for what is now a significant industry in Alberta.