Vantage Points Flashbacks
Short Audio Presentations of Local History Stories created by David Neufeld and Betty Sawatzky for the Turtle Mountain Souris Plains Heritage Association.
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Stories from... Boissevain - Morton Minicipality  #2: Bridge At Bunclody / Railway Construction / Almost all trains, he said, went east and west, but this one was going north and south, making new connections and hopefully opening markets for us and our neighbours. Themes Trails & Rivers Railways Settler Pre-Railroad Innovation, Tools & Entrepreneurs Commerce & Work #4: Whitewater Lake Change is the only constant when it come to this large shallow body of water. Themes Trails & Rivers Fur Trade Dakota, Nakota & First Nations Settler - Pre-Railroad Children #11: Sam Long - Laundry Man Many Chinese men came to Canada for railway building work, and many stayed on to do other things. Themes Railways Innovation, Tools & Entrepreneurs Commerce & Work Cross Cultural Learning Biographies &Characters Government Influence #13: Overlooking Fire The complicated history of the prairie fire, and the changes brought by Euro-settlers Themes Dakota, Nakota & First Nations Settler - Pre-Railroad Innovation, Tools & Entrepreneurs Homesteading / Agriculture Land Knowledge & Archaeology #15: The Legend of Wakopa Bernard LaRiviere's Stopping Place became southwestern Manitoba's first "settler" village - and an important one at that. Themes Metis & Mixed Blood Dakota, Nakota & First Nations Settler - Pre-Railroad Schools & Teachers Land Knowledge & Archaeology Biographies &Characters #36: Ninety - Acre Island (On Max Lake) Max Lske was a recreational site, sawmill site... and for some a home. Themes Children Land Knowledge & Archaeology Biographies &Characters Celebration #37: George Morton / The Cheese King The name of the Municipality of Boissevain pays tribute to George Morton. He came to Turtle Mountain area in 1878 - and immediately saw the potential for large-scale cheese production - and other things. Themes Railways Settler - Pre-Railroad Innovation, Tools & Entrepreneurs Land Knowledge & Archaeology Commerce & Work Biographies &Characters Animals #38: Mennonites In 1924 a Mennonite family arrived in Whitewater to join others who had decided to start a new life in Canada. Themes Railways Churches & Religion Women Leaders Cross Cultural Learning Biographies &Characters War & Conflict Government Influence #45: Mountainside Mountainside is one of several stops on the Lyleton branch. That railway is fondly remembered as the lifeline of small communities. Themes Railways Schools & Teachers Children Commerce & Work Celebration Animals #49: Objecting To War The Mennonite religion teaches that we must not do violence to others; that it's wrong to fight in wars; which makes it easy to think they we're soft on Hitler. But in reality they reject any authority that uses violence. Themes Women Leaders Churches & Religion Cross Cultural Learning Biographies & Characters War & Conflict Government Influence I#52: Mountain Mill Those sod houses prairie settlers built seem quaint from a distance. They served their purpose but settlers near Turtle Mountain had a suuply of wood close at hand and it wasn't long before The Max Lake sawmill was servoing the commimity. Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Themes Settler - Pre-Railroad Innovation, Tools & Entrepreneurs Commerce & Work Biographies &Characters Government Influence #61: Concrete Block Construction / Home Blocks What made this grand home affordable back in 1904, was that the Palmer block maker allowed the owner-builder to make blocks on-site with local gravel! Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Themes Innovation, Tools & Entrepreneurs Children Land Knowledge & Archaeology Commerce & Work Celebration |
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