West of Yesterday a pioneer saga by George Shepherd
A review praises West of Yesterday by George Shepherd for its raw history of a English family’s Saskatchewan and Alberta settlement during the Dust Bowl era. It highlights hardship, schoolteachers’ grit, and community life from the 1930s to postwar settlement, with enduring human spirit and national significance.
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George Shepherd
Western Development Museum
Saskatoon
McClelland & Stewart
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Kent County
Cyp
Ress Hills
Manitoba
Ford
Shepherd
Can ‘Ada’s
Canada
Winnipeg
Rose Hinze
Obituaries and notices from Dauphin and Roblin areas
Obituaries report Elizabeth Oliphant of Dauphin aged 68 and Joseph Beck age 81 with details of their births, marriages, families and funeral arrangements. The notices cover Makaroff, Roblin, and Edinburgh connections, graves at Riverside Cemetery, and pallbearers names. A humorous anecdote about a bachelor caregiver closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
Manitoba
Elizabeth Oliphant
Henry'm
Harry) Oliphant
4Th ‘Avenue
Elizabeth Wightman
Cranberry
Scotland
Ayershire
W. Weir
Sam Solomon
Harry
David H
Roblin
Elizabeth
Betty
Thompson
Man
Alex
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Shannon
Gestetner
Roblin Review
P.O
Roblin Co-Op Ltd
ORR Motors
Grandview
Ars, Harry Oliphant
Aqseph
W. Beck
St. U Michael’s ‘Ukrainian Catholic Church
Joseph W. Beck
Roblins Hospital
Olynk
Roblin Memorial Chapel
Messrs
Jack Davis
K. J. Boyce
Jim Kerswell
John
Bill
Norman Kosinski
Joseph W. Becke
Austria
Calder District
Makaroff
Dora
Tom
Peter
Steve
the Pas
Jack
Annie) Pound of
Feft
the Roblin Review
P.O. Box
Roblin, Manitoba
API
American Petroleum Institute Service
Api-Service
Ione
Royal
Royal Bank
Roblin Branch
L.H. ‘Cook