Dauphin Settlement Beginnings and Early Industry
Historic Dauphin chronicles tracing settlement starting in 1883 with the Nagle, Whitmore, and McDonald parties. First homesteaders include John Edwards and Edward Creek names. early roads, mills, and schools emerge. Rival towns Gartmore and Old Town fade after the 1896 Lake Manitoba Railway advances, and Dauphin grows as rail and bus services connect to Winnipeg.
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Dauphin
Nagie Brothers
Lake
Winnipeg
Whitmore
Gladstone
Nagle
McDonalds
Tom Whitmore
Oehre
Turtle River
John Edwards
Edwards
Dauphin District
David
William McIntosh
Robert Ferguson
Joan Daniel
Thomas Pollen
Archie Esplen
Sam Perry
Tom Parsons
Barkers
Lees
Bighams
Dr. Beauchamp
John Boyd
William Mackenzie
Donald D. Mann
Dauphin Parade Photo From Old Times Evokes Early 1900s
A captioned image shows Dauphin’s 4 July 1903 celebration hosted by the Odd Fellows on Main Street. It notes now replaced buildings, the Canadian Bank of Commerce corner, early churches, and the Salvation Army citadel, with nostalgic references to horsepower and old-time residents.
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Dauphin
Oddfellows’ Lodge
Kings
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Royal Bank of Canada
Rith
Main Street
Cameron’s Drug Store
Malcolm
Bresaw
Presbyterians
Methodists
Salvation Army
Fourth Avenue
Prairie
Dauphin's First Steam Threshing Machine
A faded photograph from Dauphin district in the 1890s shows a steam threshing outfit identified as Jake Cathers on the Wishart farm near the roundhouse. The image lists Bob Wishart Alex Nels Mac Winters Dan Wishart and Bill Buchannon among those present, noting early threshing tools were horse powered before 1890 brought by outsiders and later bought by the Robinson brothers.
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Jake Cathers
Cor
George Barker
Dauphin District
Bob Wishart
Alex Nels
Mac Winters
Dan Wishart
Bill Buchannon
Minnedoss
Robinson Brothers
Jubilant Dauphin Herald Jubilee Edition Reproduced
Reproduction of The Dauphin Herald and Press Jubilee edition from July 8 1948. It highlights three months of research into Dauphins first 50 years detailing municipal and business development. The piece notes historic page typography before modernization in 1957.
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Dauphin Herald and Press
Herald
Dauphin
Modern tillage in 1899 spring described by Dauphin Weekly News
An 1899 Dauphin Weekly News item contrasts modern tillage with 50 years ago. It notes snowstorms delaying work, harrows and seeders drawn by four horses, and double seeders allowing large farms to operate with little hired help, reflecting broader advances in farming power and soil cultivation.
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Dauphin Weekly News
Ontario
First Dauphin Fair of 1892 Recalled by Gilberts Plains Native
Charlie Dow of Gilbert Plains recalls the 1892 fair held on Tom Whitmore’s Gartmore farm. It centered on livestock and produce with no midway attractions, relying on rough bush trails for entries. The fair helped drive settlement, ranching, and later rail and crop expansion shaping Dauphin’s farms.
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Dauphin
Charlie Dow
Gilbert Plains
Dow
Charlie
Tom Whitmore
Gartmore
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Pluneer
la Verendrye
Francois de la Verendrye
Lake Dauphin
Huron Bay Trading Company
Valley River
Thomas Whitmore
John Fawards
Frank Blackmore
George McRae
John McLaren
S. T Wilson
John Tickie
McLaren
le Sixat
Mackay
Crowder
Neil McDonald
Woodside
Duncan
Charli
McDonald
Louis Riel
Bucketty
Gillies
Bascards
McLeans
Valles and Wilson Rivers
Turty
Harry
Wiliam Whitmore
A. J. McPherson
Riding Mountain
Buchanan
Robinsons
St M. Chute
Neepawa
T. A. Burrows
Department of Public Works
James
Thomas Shaw
Shaw Brothers
David McIntosh
J. H. Bicham
Old Dauphin No 531
J.B Fawcett
Fawcett
Boing
Minnedosa
Department of the Interior
Robert Gunne
Gunne
David MclIntosh
Hudson's Bay Trading Company
D. A. McDonald
Tor Whitmore
Ross Brothers
Wilfred Adam
Old Town
Thomas Clark
The
Clark Motor Co
Manitoba
Dauphin’s
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