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!
Notable Life Events From Rivers Over Nine Decades
A compact record of local milestones from 1913 to 2003 includes marriages, births, anniversaries, sports fundraisers, municipal acts, agricultural shipments, and community awards. Highlights feature Alice Franklin’s 1913 marriage to George Wills, 1943 Red Cross fundraising goals, 1963 seed shipments to Saudi Arabia, 1973 Kiwanis skate-a-thon results, and 1993 Manitoba youth awards. Others note Wallie and George Grant anniversaries, Curling Club debt retirement, and local honors such as Wrangler Tip of the Hat winner Kristy Bridgemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Franklin
George Wills
Howard Higginson
Harrow Community Club
Rivers Red Cross Branch
Rivers Town Council
Canadian Wheat Board
Red Cross
William Birkinshaw
Rapid City
Ottawa
D. Elliott
Farmer’s Co-op
Finland
Selkirk
Saudi Arabia
Daly Crop Club
Rivers Curling Club
George Watt
Dave Oakey
Jim Greasley
Tony McNeil
Kiwanis
Walter Scott
George Grant
Prairie Crocus Regional Library
Total Community Involvement Inc
Dren’s
Bobbi Wright
Rapid City Figure Skating Club
Joan Buckingham
Laura Kemp
Ted Smith
Glenn Maguire
Morley McConnell
Jim Ashton
Western Canada
Saskatoon
Farmer’s Coop
Manitoba
Scott Madder
Darryl Greer
Derek Kristalovich
Manitoba Council
Madder
Greer
Rivers Collegiate
Kristalovich
Rivers Elementary
Carrie Dyer
Debbie Smith
Michael Barwick
Lynn Wittman
Mark Fortune
Rivers Legion Branch
Janey Brown
G. Kirk
Susan Citulsky
Irwin Walker
Doug Marriott
Irving Wood
S. Holowchuk
Esther Elmhirst
Barry Twigge
Ruth Shuttleworth
Kathy Wiebe
Mike Malinoski
Ern Hogg
Thomas