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!
Marchwell's Founding and Early Growth Across Settler Years
The article traces Marchwell's early settlement from 1901 onward including the March Brothers and Wells land syndicate, arrival of Swedish and Ontario families, CPR siding named Marchwell, establishments like Schneider Miller partnership, schools from 1905 to 1913, a Swedish Lutheran church, concert band, and rapid modernization up to 1916 with stores, elevators, mines, and transport advancing while the community retains its hospitable pioneer spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengston
Swedbergs
Backmans
Brinks
Lundgrens
Mortons
Hande
Okeson
Rice
Danville
Tinos
John Edikkson
Peter Nelsons
Mickelsons
Andersons
Louis J Nelson
Ontario
Manitoba
Collins
Tctriet
Cme
Sweden
Daniel Hoglund
John Hogberg
Erik Steiner
Elias I Nitlsson
CPR
March Brothers and Wells
Marchwells
Marchwell
Jacob Schneider
Robert Miller
Henry Miller
Rocky Mountains
K. J. Lundgren
J. P. Swedberg
J. W. Rice
Maple Hill
Benson
Zira Johnson
C. A. Paul
J. H. Cameron
Elinor
Oscar ‘Bengtson
Halvor Hande
Langenburg
Otto Nelson
Oscar Swedberg
A. W. Galvin
B. Reichmuth
Monarch Company
Ole Hauge
W. B. Purser
Assiniboine
Martin Kavanagh
Assiniboine Basin
Pelly