This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Rivers notices and civic notes span 1920 to 2010 with local shifts
Provincial constable J H Foreman arrives in Rivers in 1920. By 1930 W E Stewart and S Baker convert Manitoba Hardware into a garage. 1950 Wheatland Home and School forms with W Spellisey president. Manitoba Telephone System to install automatic phones at the air base government housing and Wheatland by September. Celia Dunn marries Alan Ross on April 6. Fire devastates a Fifth Avenue Rivers house from the Pad dock estate. Clarice Gilchrist named among five Manitobans to attend a UN session in New York in July. Multiple anniversary births and marriages noted across decades with local business closures and grants to renovate venues.
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J. H. Foreman
Rivers
W.E. Stewart
S. Baker
Manitoba Hardware
Second Avenue
Main Street
Wheatland Home and School Association
W. Spellisey
Manitoba Telephone System
Air Base
Wheatland
Celia Dunn
Alan Ross
Howell Williams
Fifth Avenue
F. Paddock
Rivers Collegiate
Clarice Gilchrist
United Nations
New York
Marlene Koscieleny
Frank Hayhurst
Iona Hancock
Jim Borrowman
McPhail
George Roberts
Rivers Auto Body Shop
Doris Hutchings
Oak River
CKX TV
London
England
Albert Mason