An early post office served the district out of the home of the Ruttan family.
This 140 page history of Southern Manitoba by Ed Ledohowski contains many photographs never before seen in publications and features many memoirs from Manitoba's past.
It is for sale from the PMA by contacting pembinamanitouarchive@gmail.com.
Price $60
Shipping and Handling $25.
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INitially, before Canada Post existed, mail was carried by rail to many communities which later faded away.
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The collection of photographs taken by H. L. Hime during the summer of 1858 while in service of the Hind Expedition to Red River, Manitoba and Assiniboia.
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Table of Contents and Preface
by John Warkentin and Richard I. Ruggles
Over the next few months we will be uploading high definitions of the atlas page by page to preserve the depth of detail of the maps contained in the atlas. For the moment, the atlas is available in a chapter by chapter format.
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A historical sketch of the people and families who homesteaded in the McKenzie district of southern Manitoba.
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This short article outlines the two best known trails used by the buffalo hunters as they wended their way from the Red River Settlement to the Missouri for the annual buffalo hunt.
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INitially, before Canada Post existed, mail was carried by rail to many communities which later faded away.
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Map published in conjunction with 'The North-West Mounted Police 1873-1893. Vol.1 by John Peter Turner.
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The primary purpose of this research project, undertaken by Gerald Panting in 1953 for the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, was to discover what historical materials were still extant in the South Central district of Manitoba at that time. The secondary purpose was to obtain information about the pioneer days from people who knew about that period from first hand.
Files have been named based on the community - from Morden to Killarney - in which the pioneer lived in 1953, not according to where they originally settled.
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INitially, before Canada Post existed, mail was carried by rail to many communities which later faded away.
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An excellent resource for anyone interested in period costumes.
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