Lauder Sandhills       Web      Vol. I, Page 3
The creation, habitiation and settlement of a unique area.

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.
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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.
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Mullett Site     Web       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     Vol. III  Page 16
The purpose behind these mysterious and unique features may never be determined

The American Fort          Web       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     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   Vol.  III, Page 46
The area around Chain Lakes was settled by Quakers—also commonly known as “Friends.”

A. E. Hill Store: The Hart-Cam Museum       Web    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!

Melgund - Almost a Village      Web       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 a community.

Tena's Boarding House     Web      Vol.  IV, Page 24
In today.

The Edwards Sisters - Business Partners     Web   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?


Mrs. Weightman Comes to Canada       Web  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. 

Mr. Logan Comes To Lauder     Web   Vol.  V, Page 8
The journey of one of Lauder's founding fathers.

A Railway Builder’s Challenge— Crossing the River     Web       Vol.  V, Page 9
The wooden trestles were used to cross steep ravines, and later filled with earth


The Three Bridges at Riverside    Web    Vol.  V, Page 10
This well-used crossing of the Souris River has seen a few changes.

Jimmy Jock – Minto Cemetery’s First Resident      Web   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


The Hartney Air Training Field     Web    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.

Crime and Punishment in Hartney      Web     Vol. V, Page 35
Hartney’s first (and only?) murder mystery.

Walpole Murdoch – Pioneer Newsman     Web     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        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?

The Riverside Canucks of Baseball Fame       Web      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.
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“Connie” Riddell             Web        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.