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 notes through the decades from war homecomings to community events
A compilation of local items from 1919 to 2009 covers soldiers returning from Germany, a 1929 plan to turn Riding Mountain into a national park, 1949 bridge damage from a prairie fire, hotel renovations, farm news, births and weddings, youth awards, sports, 4-H events, and civic notices in Rivers and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wareham
Army of Occupation
Germany
Riding Mountain Forest
Alexander
Berg
Rivers
Rivers Film Council
Bert Dunn
Garnet Murray
Pat Miller
Gary Higginson
Joe Chubak
Murray
Roger Callaway
D. Parker
Rene Ferguson
T. Riddick
Rivers’ Alexandra Hotel
Canada
al Chapman
Daly
Reeve
CKX TV
Chapman
Wes Clubb
Oak River District
Erick Neilson
Earl Bourne
Winnipeg
Leonard Lepp
James Klywak
Brian Robins