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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A wooden grain elevator and annex at Myrtle, on the CNR Miami Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Roland, was built in 1928 and operated by United Grain Growers. The complex was closed and demolished in 1984 after a new, larger elevator was opened at nearby Roland.
Agents / Buyers
Period |
Agent / Buyer |
1911-1918 |
Charles Chester Purse (1881-1930) |
1918-1920 |
George H. Martin |
1920-1923 |
Fred Denson |
1923-1928 |
Alex Angus |
1928-1929 |
J. S. Thomas |
1929-1950 |
Alexander “Alex” Angus (1885-1965) |
1950-1957 |
J. E. Thody |
1957-1966 |
G. S. Topley |
1966-1969 |
R. H. Gyoerick |
1969-1971 |
Angus MacAuley |
1971-1972 |
R. Harold Watts |
1972-1975 |
Ed A. Hildebrand |
1975-1979 |
Randy Fox |
1979-1982 |
Larry Klassen |
1982-1984 |
Joe Irwin |
Photos & Coordinates
Sources:
Death registration [Charles Chester Purse], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
United Grain Growers Fonds, MSS76, Box 59, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Digital orthophotographs, Manitoba Land Initiative, Government of Manitoba.
We thank Julie Harris and Ian Angus for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Glenn Dickson.
Page revised: 3 May 2021
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