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 Volume 1
Lauder Sandhills
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I, Page 3
The creation, habitiation and settlement of a unique area. Places Link Ther Souris Basin Fur Trade Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 8 The Souris Basin was very important in the fur trade of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Ash House Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 9 Ash House was built on the north shore of the Souris as a canoe fort. Fort Mr. Grant Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 12 Fort Mr. Grant was built sometime between 1824 and 1826 on the Souris River near Hartney. Fort Desjarlais Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 13 Fort Desjarlais is remembered today as the most prominent and successful of the Souris River trading posts. Places Link Hartney Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 25 James Hartney's interest in the area began later in 1881. He bought two sections of land and hired labourers to work it before he moved to the area in 1882 with his family. Grande Clairière Convent Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 29 The beginning of the Grande Clairière Convent was marked in 1898 when Father J. Gaire, the parish priest from Grande Clairière, was visiting the family of one of his parishioners in France. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Places Link Volume 2 Volume 3 Mullett
Site Web
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Vol.
III, Page 12
The period of the site’s occupation likely stretches from the Besant Period (BCE 500 to AD 750) right up to the pre-contact era. Dand Stone Features / Web / PDF Vol. III Page 16 The purpose behind these mysterious and unique features may never be determined The American Fort Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 17 The American Fur Company’s attempt to lay claim to the furs along the Souris River - about 1810 - 1828 Grande Clairiere Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 31 In the spring of that year new settlers began arriving from France and by July there were 43 homes and almost 150 people in Grande Clairière. Chain Lakes Quaker Church Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 46 The area around Chain Lakes was settled by Quakers—also commonly known as “Friends.” Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources A. E. Hill Store: The Hart-Cam Museum Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 47 The 120 year old building that today houses the Hart-Cam Museum spent most of its life serving as a general store. It later became a restaurant, museum . . . and Hollywood film set? Yes indeed – not only once, but twice! Volume 4 Melgund -
Almost a Village
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Vol. IV , Page 9
Before Hartney and Lauder beame villages, Melgund was on the map. Although it never became a centre of commerce, it did endure as acommunity. Tena's Boarding House Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 24 In today. The Edwards Sisters - Business Partners Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 31 What did Mr. and Mrs. Edwards think when Alice and Ida, at quite a young age, took the unusual step of moving to a nearby community and going into business? Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Mrs. Weightman Comes to Canada Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 32 Mrs. Weightman, a widow from Berwickshire, in northern England, and her children, arrived at their homestead in the spring of 1882 after a fifty-six day journey from Edinburgh, Scotland. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Volume 5
Mr.
Logan Comes To
Lauder Web
/ PDF Vol. V,
Page 8
The journey of one of Lauder's founding fathers. Places Link A Railway Builder’s Challenge— Crossing the River Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 9 The wooden trestles were used to cross steep ravines, and later filled with earth Places Link The Three Bridges at Riverside Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 10 This well-used crossing of the Souris River has seen a few changes. Places Link Jimmy Jock – Minto Cemetery’s First Resident Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 15 Jimmy Jock died in 1901 at the age of 74 and was buried in the then-empty Minto Cemetery. Even today the ravine he settled bears his name, celebrating a man of uncommon character and stamina Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Places Link The Hartney Air Training Field Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 34 The Relief Field 1 for No. 17 Service Flying Training Schoolbased at RCAF Station Souris had a large hangar and personnel of eighty men and twenty-five officers. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast Intro Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Crime and Punishment in Hartney Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 35 Hartney’s first (and only?) murder mystery. Walpole Murdoch – Pioneer Newsman Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 36 For ten years Murdoch was a familiar figure on Hartney's streets and at community affairs. "Unconventional" might be one way of descibing him. Who Was Walter Farwell? Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 41 Perhaps a small town in a new land is the perfect place to start over? Why does Hartney have a street named after a gambler and bigamist? Places Link The Riverside Canucks of Baseball Fame Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 46 The Riverside Canucks played for over 40 years at Riverside Park, on the banks of the Souris River north of Minto. They are in the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame. Places Link “Connie” Riddell Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 52 Because he worked for the CPR, and was subject to job trans- fers, he was instrumental in the sporting lives of three communities.  Vantage Point Flashbacks (Radio Broadcasts)
Additional Resources The Great Northern Line Jim Hill's Canadian Railway (pdf) A Canadian Rail article The Souris Valley Plains A book by Hartney historian, Larry Clarke Vantage Points Copyright © Turtle Mountain–Souris Plains Heritage Association. |
