River town memories span decades of events
The notes summarize local history from 1907 to 2007 in Rivers and surrounding areas, detailing property changes like the poolroom sale to Roswell Moxley, break-ins at Peter Livingstone Store and J Scott home, freight car derailments near Rivers yard, the Rapid City Legion hall decision, pipeline explosion near Rivers, municipal elections results, and anniversaries and local incidents across decades with named residents, workers, and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Moxley
A. Lamond
Peter Livingstone
Bradwardine
CPR
J. Scott
Wheatland
Rivers Yard
Rapid City Legion
Rapid City and District Memorial Hall
First Avenue
Alex McKinnon
Rivers
Kiwanis Club
Centennial capsule recalls Rivers rail era and town growth
The first passenger train arrived in Rivers on September 24, 1908, from Winnipeg via the Grand Trunk Pacific, forming a tri weekly service with an all night stopover. A joint Daly and Rivers council meeting occurred November 8, 1908, and a December 1 telephone link connected Rivers to the wider world. The J A Grumett store housed the public station and Wheatland elevators handled about 150000 bush l of grain in 1907 08.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Kell
Rivers
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winnipeg
RM of
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Zmetana
MacKenzie Shannon
Earl Dawson
Matt Wareham
Ken Hutton
Ab Chapman
Thomas Sons
RM of Daly
William Veitch
Les Dyer
Frank Martens
Stan Nielsen
Rivers Air Base
Nielsen and Leech
Ron Ramsey
Oak River
Molson
Rivers Ukrainian Society
Bill Citulsky
Doug Longstaff
Larry Ratz
Chicken Jack’s
Rhonda Fehr
Jack Greasley
Bert Bollman
Mike Fedak
Rapid City
Blanshard
Rivers Rams
Manitoba
Rams
Alex Veitch
Warren Smallwood
Nathan Klassen
Riverslink Ca
Ministe
Stathclair Drama Club
Bend Theatre
Strathclair
Lori Voth
B&g Electric
Alvin Lepp Ltd
Daly Repairpese Bros. Construction
Hair Dynamics
Rivers Banner
Rivers Bigway Foods
Rivers Home Hardware
Super Thrifty Pharmac
Tempo Place Emporium
Way-Mar
Sheila
WSO
Brandon
Selkirk
Inday
Sid Rabinovitch
Red River
Ethoven
Idelssohn
Joshua Weilerstein
Beatrice Rana, Piano
Onducto
Elssohn
Wsim
Scotland
British Isles
Poser
Beatrice 1A
Lutred
Beethoven
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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!