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Long Shadows : a history of shortgrass country
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Short Grass Historical Society
Cover
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i
Heritage
iii
A Tribute
v
Our Historical Background
2
Outline of the Countryside
4
The Effect of Prairie Flora and Fauna on the Homes
6
7
Weather
9
Free Land
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Homes
Home on the Range
20
Blue Monday
22
Food Preservation
24
25
Farming
27
28
Breaking the land
Got to Make a Dollar
Threshing
Headers Save the Day
33
34
35
The Thirties
37
The Farmer Worked From Sun to Sun…
39
40
41
42
43
United Grain Growers Limited
Alberta Wheat Pool
The Growth of A Community
47
Royal North West Mounted Police
49
Bootlegging
Pound Laws and Grazing Leases
52
There Were Tragedies Too…
Brands
Mines
56
57
58
The Dreamfield Oil Well
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
Rural Schools
Schools
69
70
71
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74
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76
77
78
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100
101
Churches
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
Cemeteries
111
112
113
Water
115
116
Telephone
118
Power
120
121
Recreation
123
Picnics
125
Dances
Music
128
129
Charivaris
Ball Teams
132
133
Coyote Hunting with Hounds
Rabbit Hunts
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
Rodeos
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
The Heninger Resevoir
155
156
157
158
Health Services
What Did You Drive?
161
162
163
What Did You Wear?
165
Pioneers - A Poem
Family Histories
168
John, Matt, Emil and August Kangas
Samuel Porkka
Anton Suni
William S. Abel
173
Dr. Aiken
Mr. And Mrs. Robert Bailie
Mr. And Mrs. Warren Baker
The Beans
Theogene Belisle
William and Florence [Mullyneux] Black
Irwin Boldrick
Herman Brolsma
182
George Brough
Al Burke's House
185
Tom Cargill
John Carrels, Senior
George Carrels
Fred Ralph Clark
Wallie B. Clarke
The Coolidge Family
The J.A. Collin Family
The Joseph Croteau Family
Charles Culler Family
195
Otto Dalgren and Andrew Moline
The E.T. Davies Family
John W. Dearinger
The Determan Family
200
Harris Dixson
Andrew Doenz
A.J.H. Donahue
The Douglas Family
John Evans
Tom Ewing Family
The George Fullerton Family
J. Gallagher
Pat Goodie
B.F. Greenup
211
C.L. Halmrast
Arthur Hammond
John Hammond
Mr. H.A. [Helmut] Hanseman
The Harty Families
William Harvey and John Swallow
Edward Osborne Hickling
The Hollihans
The Holmberg Family
221
E.F, Horn
S.J. Hughson Family
Charles and Betty Hulit
Bill and Laura Hulit
The Iredale Families
Ritchie Irwin
Mr and Mrs Ole Johnson
Jack Jones
Sebb Jorgenson
231
Patrick A. Kimmitt
The Kingsbury Family
Louis Klatt
Rudolph Klatt
William Kurtzweg sr
Sebastian Kultgen
Henry Kultgen
239
240
Frank Latendresse
R B Lemon Family
The Look Family
Gabriel A.Lundene
245
Jack and Willie MacDonald
Reminiscing with Friends -a Poem
John and Anna Meer
The Merriams
250
Leroy Morris
George and Minnie Mursa
Martin Ness
Gumvald Ness
Carl Norlin
Gustav Norlin
The Walter Nugis Family
Edward P Oveson Family
259
Dave Owens
Nick Paulley
Chris Pohlman Family
Dwight Powell
264
John S. Powell
The Qually Families
267
268
Mr E B Rimmer and Glen
W.R. Rockenbach
Norton and Effie Burns Roe
H Vernon Rudisil
Reinhold Schultz
William Scott
CC Sheets
Luther Sheets
277
Joseph Sires
Early Recollections
John Smith
[Fokko] Frank Spandeau
Mike Storruste and Charles Greene
The Lee Sturtevants
Charles Swanson
Arthur Tetzlaff
Frank Townsend
Thomas D Thompson
W A Thompson
Oscar Thompson
Ove Trapness
William R Turritin
292
Peter Magnus Ungstad
Charles Walker
Mr and Mrs Fred Walters
Ray Walters
297
Rudy Wenk
The Williams Family
"Bill" William Williams
Percy Manning Wiltse
302
303
George J J Wilson
The James and Mary Wilson Family
William Wooley
Oscar Wright
P H Yancey
Andy Yerx
Short Stories on Homesteaders
311
Honor Roll
313
314
Tale They Tell -
316
Did You Know That…?
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
Conclusion
Table of Contents
Index
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Cover
image 0002
image 0003
i
Heritage
iii
A Tribute
v
Our Historical Background
2
Outline of the Countryside
4
The Effect of Prairie Flora and Fauna on the Homes
6
7
Weather
9
Free Land
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Homes
Home on the Range
20
Blue Monday
22
Food Preservation
24
25
Farming
27
28
Breaking the land
Got to Make a Dollar
Threshing
Headers Save the Day
33
34
35
The Thirties
37
The Farmer Worked From Sun to Sun…
39
40
41
42
43
United Grain Growers Limited
Alberta Wheat Pool
The Growth of A Community
47
Royal North West Mounted Police
49
Bootlegging
Pound Laws and Grazing Leases
52
There Were Tragedies Too…
Brands
Mines
56
57
58
The Dreamfield Oil Well
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
Rural Schools
Schools
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
Churches
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
Cemeteries
111
112
113
Water
115
116
Telephone
118
Power
120
121
Recreation
123
Picnics
125
Dances
Music
128
129
Charivaris
Ball Teams
132
133
Coyote Hunting with Hounds
Rabbit Hunts
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
Rodeos
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
The Heninger Resevoir
155
156
157
158
Health Services
What Did You Drive?
161
162
163
What Did You Wear?
165
Pioneers - A Poem
Family Histories
168
John, Matt, Emil and August Kangas
Samuel Porkka
Anton Suni
William S. Abel
173
Dr. Aiken
Mr. And Mrs. Robert Bailie
Mr. And Mrs. Warren Baker
The Beans
Theogene Belisle
William and Florence [Mullyneux] Black
Irwin Boldrick
Herman Brolsma
182
George Brough
Al Burke's House
185
Tom Cargill
John Carrels, Senior
George Carrels
Fred Ralph Clark
Wallie B. Clarke
The Coolidge Family
The J.A. Collin Family
The Joseph Croteau Family
Charles Culler Family
195
Otto Dalgren and Andrew Moline
The E.T. Davies Family
John W. Dearinger
The Determan Family
200
Harris Dixson
Andrew Doenz
A.J.H. Donahue
The Douglas Family
John Evans
Tom Ewing Family
The George Fullerton Family
J. Gallagher
Pat Goodie
B.F. Greenup
211
C.L. Halmrast
Arthur Hammond
John Hammond
Mr. H.A. [Helmut] Hanseman
The Harty Families
William Harvey and John Swallow
Edward Osborne Hickling
The Hollihans
The Holmberg Family
221
E.F, Horn
S.J. Hughson Family
Charles and Betty Hulit
Bill and Laura Hulit
The Iredale Families
Ritchie Irwin
Mr and Mrs Ole Johnson
Jack Jones
Sebb Jorgenson
231
Patrick A. Kimmitt
The Kingsbury Family
Louis Klatt
Rudolph Klatt
William Kurtzweg sr
Sebastian Kultgen
Henry Kultgen
239
240
Frank Latendresse
R B Lemon Family
The Look Family
Gabriel A.Lundene
245
Jack and Willie MacDonald
Reminiscing with Friends -a Poem
John and Anna Meer
The Merriams
250
Leroy Morris
George and Minnie Mursa
Martin Ness
Gumvald Ness
Carl Norlin
Gustav Norlin
The Walter Nugis Family
Edward P Oveson Family
259
Dave Owens
Nick Paulley
Chris Pohlman Family
Dwight Powell
264
John S. Powell
The Qually Families
267
268
Mr E B Rimmer and Glen
W.R. Rockenbach
Norton and Effie Burns Roe
H Vernon Rudisil
Reinhold Schultz
William Scott
CC Sheets
Luther Sheets
277
Joseph Sires
Early Recollections
John Smith
[Fokko] Frank Spandeau
Mike Storruste and Charles Greene
The Lee Sturtevants
Charles Swanson
Arthur Tetzlaff
Frank Townsend
Thomas D Thompson
W A Thompson
Oscar Thompson
Ove Trapness
William R Turritin
292
Peter Magnus Ungstad
Charles Walker
Mr and Mrs Fred Walters
Ray Walters
297
Rudy Wenk
The Williams Family
"Bill" William Williams
Percy Manning Wiltse
302
303
George J J Wilson
The James and Mary Wilson Family
William Wooley
Oscar Wright
P H Yancey
Andy Yerx
Short Stories on Homesteaders
311
Honor Roll
313
314
Tale They Tell -
316
Did You Know That…?
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
Conclusion
Table of Contents
Index
333
334
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