Everyday encounter with Samantha Kolesar
Samantha Kolesar a teacher and new mom born June 27 1990 shares her path from Elkhorn to Brandon University and Rivers area since August 2015 She names hobbies curling reading baking and moving plans to raise a family in the welcoming community while valuing trips to Scotland Yukon and poutine as favorites.
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Samantha Kolesar
Rivers
Rapid City
Oak River
Elkhorn
Elkhorn School
Brandon University
Scotland
Yukon
Thanksgiving
Garth Brooks
Recollections of 1950s and 1960s Youth in Winnipeg
A farm girl athlete recalls midcentury youth in Manitoba society. Summer camp, family trips rare, sock hops and drive-ins shaping culture. Fads include Letterman jackets, saddle shoes, conical bras, cateye glasses, coonskin caps, Elvis era sideburns, bomber jackets, fuzzy dice, Jell-O molds, and a growing car culture.
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Pony Corral
Manitoba University
Winnipeg
Marilyn Monroe
Jayne Mansfield
Jane
Davy Crockett
Daniel Boone
Elvis Presley
James Dean
Founding Newfoundland name and key Canadian milestones
On September 20 1503 the name Newfoundland appears in King’s Payments Daybooks as an early European place name in Canada. By 1504 English fishermen establish St. John’s as a shore base. In 1816 Samuel D. Purdy opens Upper Canada’s first regular stagecoach line Niagara to York costing five dollars and seventeen hours. In 1870 Adams Archibald appoints Manitoba’s first government. In 1917 the Wartime Elections Act extends votes to soldiers and sailors under 21 and certain family members of servicemen. In 1943 HMCS St Croix sinks, 65 die. Itchen rescues crew then is torpedoed two days later. only Stoker W Fisher survives both sinkings.
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Newfoundland
Canada
St. John’s
North America
Samuel D. Purdy
Upper Canada
Niagara
York
Adams Archibald
Confederation
Manitoba
Borden
Hmcs
St. Croix
Iceland
HMS Itchen
Itchen
Stoker W. Fisher
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Rita Friesen
Eoin Devereux
Dauphin-Swan River
Neepawa
Dan Mazier
Mountain Ave
Russell
Dauphin
Mazier
5Th Avenue
Trevor Jaworski
Rivers Community Church
Edward Street
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!