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 and milestones spanning a century
A 1909 Rivers Board of Trade formed a cemetery site committee. Fire destroyed Herb White's threshing separator. 1949 Gilchrist's Drug Store to open a New Sarum branch with lunch counter. Stolen truck found in Rivers area. Local births and marriages noted. 1959 Dart competition wins. 1969 curling, seed cleaning, council land sale revoked. 1979 town council buys Quonset. Zion Church bus. 1989 Sneakers County fundraiser. ambulance radio stolen. 1999 Health funding for satellite cancer program. Rams Invitational volleyball. 2009 junior golf champ from Rivers. Terry Fox runs total. 20-year Craft Fair expansion and Show bookings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers Board of Trade
Herb White
Gilchrist’s
Rivers
New Sarum
Silver, Man
Winnipeg
Brandon
H. Tyreman
Ruggles Brown
Rivers Legion
Dian Fowle
Annette Dumont
Gordon Caplette
Tom Coulter
Walter Warman
John Searle
Ralph Lowrie
Rivers Curling Club
Herbie Olson
Edmonton
Farmer’s Co-op
Rivers Town Council
S. Sipos
Vancouver
Victoria Sea Shell
Bob Cuddington
W. Armstrong
Council
Zion Pentecostal Church
Don Lippett
Darryl Paddock
Elwin Kettner
Sneakers County
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Rivers Ambulance Service
McTavish
Cardale
Ches
Isabel McTavish
Terry Fox
Judy McCracken
Jana Wiltsey
Ryan Pitzel
Chimo Resort
Riverdale
Manitoba
Rapid City
Rivers and District Chamber of Commerce