1880 - 1913
Documents the origins of the community through to the beginning of the first world war.
Paul Beygrau, artist, engineer, left an impressive legacy in the three years he was in Manitou. His art works on the walls of the Cassin House Hotel impressed guests until its fiery destruction in 1959.
Details of his work on the Robson House have been photographed by the Sharpe family during renovations on the house. His only remaining work is the drawing he did of the Manitou Curling Club members, drawn in 1894.
PMA_2018_045655
This tour through the house Beygrau designed, built and decorated in Berkeley, Californis gives a sense of the style of his art works.
PMA_2018_045657
A copy of an early memori written by Ferris Bolton regarding his life and times in the Darlingford District.
PMA_2022_062486
A collection of photos of the Buchanan and Windsor clan from their first decades in the McKenzie District.
PMA_2012_007317
An anonymous series of recollections about early days in the district.
PMA_2012_007319
A collection of documents concerning the Buchanan farming operation from the 1890s to the 1920s.
PMA_2012_007315
Recollections of Frank J Buchannan who arrived in the McKenzie District of Southern Manitoba as a child in the 1880s.
PMA_2017_042497
A collection of documents associated with Captain Andrew H. Bulger, first Governor of the Red River Colony, and his descendants.
Watson Fond
PMA_2024_074531
A collection of documents associated with Captain Andrew H. Bulger, first Governor of the Red River Colony, and his descendants.
Watson Fond
PMA_2024_074532
A collection of documents associated with Captain Andrew H. Bulger, first Governor of the Red River Colony, and his descendants.
Watson Fond
PMA_2024_074122