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!
Harvest notes and local history from Rossburn area
Warm dry week aided harvest progress in 1981 while August lingered warm and humid. first September frost noted by locals. School enrollments steady at Collegiate. reminiscences recount early Rossburn schools from 1882 and Islay and Bryan schools. Community updates cover new health centre progress, railway area storage facility, Rossburn Credit Union head office site, and Manitoba Pool Elevators history in Erickson with a 1923 plan to replace pooling through farmer shares or loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collegiate
Mile Corner
Rose
Gerrand
Ross
Broadfoot
Thomas Young
Mr. Sellers
M. McLeod
William Young
Miss Starrett
Alex Cram
S.O. Carpenter
S.M. Bertram
Perth
Lone Tree
Maude Sharman
Islay
Bryan
Valley School
Rossburn
Laird Duncanson
Hugh Ross
R.M
Railway Avenue
Monarch Building Supplies
Rossburn Credit Union
Manitoba Pool
Erickson
P.K. Peterson
Lofus Kristianson
Denmark
Kristianson
Manitoba
Harvey Mutch
Winnipeg
C.H. Burnell
Oscar Strand
L.B. Gusdal