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The RM of Brenda - Waskada


7: The Purple Hill Beef Ring
"My father called a meeting and 20 families agreed to take turns offering the group one steer a year."

Themes
  Community Cooperation & Organization     Innovation, Tools & Entrepreneurs    Women Leaders  Children      Homesteading / Agriculture       

25: Sankey Explores the World
Sankey's  first sea voyage was to China and Australia, at age 16. He later joiuned the crew of the Cutty Sark, aclipper famous for tales of munity and murder!  

Themes

Settler - Pre-Railroad    Community Cooperation & Organization     Cross Cultural Learning  Biographies &Characters    War & Conflict
Events & Adventures

#26: Sankey at Waskada 
After seeing the world as a sailor, Charles Sankey settled down in Waskada - where he made a real impact.

Themes

Community Cooperation & Organization      Schools & Teachers    Land Knowledge & Archaeology     Biographies &Characters

#33: The Rats Of Cranmer 
The collapse of an elevator in Cranmer could have been dangerous, but there was some warning.

Themes

  Railways       Community Cooperation & Organization        Homesteading / Agriculture        Animals   Events & Adventures

#51: War Bride  
As a young English woman during WWII, Vera Booker's parents forbade her to do anything with the Canadian soldiers stationed nearby. She didn't listen. That's how she ended up in Waskada!

Themes

   Railways             Women Leaders      Cross Cultural Learning      Biographies &Characters        War & Conflict

#55: Mining the Mountain
The Salter and Henderson mines , near Goodlands, became the most successful in Manitoba. They were separated by a barbed-wire fence.

Themes

Railways      Innovation, Tools & Entrepreneurs    Children      Land Knowledge & Archaeology    Commerce & Work 
Biographies & Characters     War & Conflict
 
#57:  The Drowsy Cow 
Railway accidents were common and sometimes dangerous. Sometimes livestock was involved.

Themes

Railways         Community Cooperation & Organization    Biographies &Characters       Celebration         Animals
Events & Adventures