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!
From Our Files 85 Years Ago
A retrospective look at events from 1919 to 1989 in Rivers and area. Highlights include a child’s injury, lodge elocution contests, theater listings, a chicken season, juveniles’ court outcomes, local farming disease news, births and weddings, hospital construction, a transport bus purchase, and a fire valve incident.
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Lorne Forman
Excelsior Lodge Loba
Oddfellows Hall
Copperfield
Rapid City
Hamiota
Winnipeg
Brandon
Rebekah
Shirley Temple
Rivers Theatre
Poole
Rivers
J. Houben
Inter Ticket Association
Wheatland
Anetre Dumont
Gordon Caplette
Frank Hogue
Tom Coulter
Walter Wareham
Laane
John Seane
C. Stalker
Chamber of Commerce Hospital
Legion
John Rum
Edna Ricketts
Gordon Alexandra
CNR
Rivers Council
Zion Pentecostal Church
Cora Johnstone
Orchard Solarium
McTavish General Store
Cardale