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Regina's Northwestern Iron Works 1904 - 1958

Regina's Northwestern Iron Works 1904 - 1958

Garry RadisonGarry RadisonSeptember 22, 2021regina, Saskatchewan, Garry Radison, Iron works, John Charles Cook, Northwestern Iron Works, Industry

Book Review: White Coal City: A Memoir of Place and Family by Robert Boschman

Book Review: White Coal City: A Memoir of Place and Family by Robert Boschman

Carl A. KrauseCarl A. KrauseSeptember 15, 2021Carl Krause, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, northern Saskatchewan, Boschman, Margaret Boschman

McCord Homecoming ’71

McCord Homecoming ’71

Audrey J. WilsonSK History & FolkloreAugust 25, 2021McCord, Saskatchewan, southern saskatchewan, Milly, Homecoming, 1971, Tourism, Parade, Picnic, small town, reunion, family, celebration

Break in the Drought: A Found Poem

Break in the Drought: A Found Poem

Marion BeckSK History & FolkloreJuly 28, 2021Saskatchewan History and Folklore Societypoetry, drought, poem, rain, water, trees, Marion Beck, poet, dust, Saskatchewan, kindersley

Prince Albert and the Hudson’s Bay Company

Prince Albert and the Hudson’s Bay Company

Breaking Down the Doors: Headbanging in the 80s

Breaking Down the Doors: Headbanging in the 80s

Rob BaranuikRob BaranuikMay 19, 2021Saskatchewan History and Folklore Societyheadbanging, headbangers, saskatchewan, saskatoon, Saskatoon Arena, Metallica, Master of Puppets, Saskatchewan, Baranuik, 1980s

The PFRA, Dugouts and my Grandfather’s Caterpillars

The PFRA, Dugouts and my Grandfather’s Caterpillars

Joseph G. NagyJoseph G. NagyApril 21, 2021Saskatchewan, Esterhazy, Caterpillar, Tractor, Prairie, prairie history, PFRA, Cletrac, Tumblebug, Cletrac BGH, BE-GE Scraper, Nagy, Dugout, farm, bunkhouse, 1930s, Great Depression, Canada

Learning to Fly in Prince Albert

Learning to Fly in Prince Albert

George & Ron CharityGeorge & Ron CharityMarch 24, 2021aviation history, George Charity, Ron Charity, Avro Anson, Prince Albert, Flight School, WWII, Don Hammond, Flying, Flight, RCAF, night flying, navigation, Saskatchewan, aircraft, airplane

The Final Decade of the Saskatoon Arena and the Birth of SaskPlace

The Final Decade of the Saskatoon Arena and the Birth of SaskPlace

The House On the Lot

The House On the Lot

Julie YuJulie YuFebruary 10, 2021prairie history, chinese, history, restaurant, Zenith, Cafe, Wynyard, Saskatchewan, photos, waiters, Exclusion Act Canada, Canada, Prairie, Western Canada, Chinese Nationalist Party, Julie Yu, Ed Stachyruk, BakeryComment

The Winchester Rifle and Indigenous Peoples in the Paton Photo Collection

The Winchester Rifle and Indigenous Peoples in the Paton Photo Collection

Taytyn Dwernychuk-WelcherTaytyn Dwernychuk-WelcherJanuary 27, 2021Saskatchewan History & Folklore SocietyIndigenous authored, Indigenous history, Indigenous, Rifle, Winchester, Henry, Saskatchewan, arms and ammunition, gun, huntingComment

Autograph Books are Just Like Social Media

Autograph Books are Just Like Social Media

Sheri HathawaySheri HathawayDecember 9, 2020Saskatchewan History and Folklore SocietyAutographs, autograph books, social history, #womenhist, Hathaway, Saskatchewan, History, childhood, school, friends, poetry, verse, signingComment

The Big Move: From California to Saskatchewan, 1969

The Big Move: From California to Saskatchewan, 1969

Joan ChampJoan ChampNovember 25, 2020Champ, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Forestry, 1970s, Moving, family, teenage, childhood, band, adolescenceComment

In the Fall

In the Fall

Garry RadisonGarry RadisonOctober 14, 2020Saskatchewan, Garry Radison, Kamsack, Childhood, Dogs, fire, autumn, fall, bonfire, burning, boyhood, friendshipComment

Purity Meats: A Place You Can Trust

Purity Meats: A Place You Can Trust

Bob FriedrichSK History & FolkloreSeptember 30, 2020Saskatchewan, Regina, Germantown, Heritage Neighborhood, butcher, shop, family-owned, Depression, german, Friedrich, meat, business, history, yqrComment

Crop Circles

Crop Circles

Marilyn FreyMarilyn FreySeptember 16, 2020harvest, Saskatchewan, women, wheat, farm wife, field meal, ford meteor, lost, agriculture, farming, slow cooker, marriageComment

“Today is the Day We Live”: Willa Dallard, one of SK’s Pioneering Settlers of African Descent

“Today is the Day We Live”: Willa Dallard, one of SK’s Pioneering Settlers of African Descent

Ebele MogoEbele MogoSeptember 2, 2020Saskatchewan History and Folklore SocietyAfrican-Canadian History, Black history, Black Pioneers, Saskatchewan, SK, Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum, Willa Dallard, Willa Bowen Dallard, Phyllis Dallard Johnson, Ebele Mogo, Racial Discrimination, Racism in Canada, RacismComment

“A factor to be reckoned with”: The Saskatoon Local Council of Women in its First Ten Years

“A factor to be reckoned with”: The Saskatoon Local Council of Women in its First Ten Years

Tyla BetkeTyla BetkeAugust 19, 2020Saskatchewan History and Folklore SWomen, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Organizing, Clubs, Saskatoon Local Council of Women, Christina Murray, WWIComment

A Brief History of Saskatchewan’s Pioneering Settlers of African Descent

A Brief History of Saskatchewan’s Pioneering Settlers of African Descent

A Métis Jazz Band: The Crescent Lake Rascals

A Métis Jazz Band: The Crescent Lake Rascals

Wilmar ShingooseWilmar ShingooseJuly 22, 2020Saskatchewan History and Folklore SocietyJazz, band, Saskatchewan, allary school, Crescent Lake, Métis, 1950s, music, school, saxophone, Crescent Lake Rascals, songs, Big BandComment