Outside of Stony Plain there is a sign that says “Welcome to Stony Plain, the town with the Painted Past”, and this is very true; we have a lot of murals all over the place dedicated to various individuals who shaped history here.

Israel Umbauch was a farmer who was nominated to be the first Sherriff of Stony Plain, and during his time he built a home near where Main Street is now, dedicated two one-room schoolhouses, built a jail, and chained CN rail to the railroad ties for nonpayment of taxes to the town after the town agreed to move the settlement in order for CN to pass through and allow the town to become a depot.