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Book Review: White Coal City: A Memoir of Place and Family by Robert Boschman
Book Review: White Coal City: A Memoir of Place and Family by Robert Boschman
Carl A. KrauseCarl A. KrauseSeptember 15, 2021Carl Krause, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, northern Saskatchewan, Boschman, Margaret Boschman
McCord Homecoming ’71
McCord Homecoming ’71
Audrey J. WilsonSK History & FolkloreAugust 25, 2021McCord, Saskatchewan, southern saskatchewan, Milly, Homecoming, 1971, Tourism, Parade, Picnic, small town, reunion, family, celebration
Break in the Drought: A Found Poem
Break in the Drought: A Found Poem
Marion BeckSK History & FolkloreJuly 28, 2021Saskatchewan History and Folklore Societypoetry, drought, poem, rain, water, trees, Marion Beck, poet, dust, Saskatchewan, kindersley
Prince Albert and the Hudson’s Bay Company
Prince Albert and the Hudson’s Bay Company
Connie GerwingConnie GerwingJune 2, 2021Hudson’s Bay Company, Rupert’s Land, Kistapinanihk, Prince Albert, James Isbister, James Nisbet, Philip Turner, Cumberland House, Métis, Harriet Turner, Goschen, William Traill, Harriet McKay, McKay, Lawrence Clarke, Catherine McKay, Steamboats, Steamers, River, Northcote, Saskatchewan, Marquis, Thomas McKay, northern Saskatchewan, Canada, history
Breaking Down the Doors: Headbanging in the 80s
Breaking Down the Doors: Headbanging in the 80s
Rob BaranuikRob BaranuikMay 19, 2021Saskatchewan History and Folklore Societyheadbanging, headbangers, saskatchewan, saskatoon, Saskatoon Arena, Metallica, Master of Puppets, Saskatchewan, Baranuik, 1980s
Horses I have Known
Horses I have Known
Dan BelbeckDan BelbeckMay 5, 2021
The PFRA, Dugouts and my Grandfather’s Caterpillars
The PFRA, Dugouts and my Grandfather’s Caterpillars
Joseph G. NagyJoseph G. NagyApril 21, 2021Saskatchewan, Esterhazy, Caterpillar, Tractor, Prairie, prairie history, PFRA, Cletrac, Tumblebug, Cletrac BGH, BE-GE Scraper, Nagy, Dugout, farm, bunkhouse, 1930s, Great Depression, Canada
Learning to Fly in Prince Albert
Learning to Fly in Prince Albert
George & Ron CharityGeorge & Ron CharityMarch 24, 2021aviation history, George Charity, Ron Charity, Avro Anson, Prince Albert, Flight School, WWII, Don Hammond, Flying, Flight, RCAF, night flying, navigation, Saskatchewan, aircraft, airplane
The Final Decade of the Saskatoon Arena and the Birth of SaskPlace
The Final Decade of the Saskatoon Arena and the Birth of SaskPlace
Terry HoknesTerry HoknesMarch 10, 2021Saskatchewan History and Folklore SocietyYXE, Saskatchewan, music, concerts, bands, metallica, Iron Maiden, Cheap Trick, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Saskatoon Arena, Saskplace, Cliff Wright, Streetheart, Tom Cochrane, Downtown, Venues, Hokness, History & Folklore Society, SK, Prairie, 1980s, Kenny Shields
A Hiding Place
A Hiding Place
Elsie ToupichElsie ToupichFebruary 24, 2021Women, history, saskatchewan, movies, mental health, Toupich, Garbo, Kayville, Regina
The House On the Lot
The House On the Lot
Julie YuJulie YuFebruary 10, 2021prairie history, chinese, history, restaurant, Zenith, Cafe, Wynyard, Saskatchewan, photos, waiters, Exclusion Act Canada, Canada, Prairie, Western Canada, Chinese Nationalist Party, Julie Yu, Ed Stachyruk, BakeryComment
The Winchester Rifle and Indigenous Peoples in the Paton Photo Collection
The Winchester Rifle and Indigenous Peoples in the Paton Photo Collection
Taytyn Dwernychuk-WelcherTaytyn Dwernychuk-WelcherJanuary 27, 2021Saskatchewan History & Folklore SocietyIndigenous authored, Indigenous history, Indigenous, Rifle, Winchester, Henry, Saskatchewan, arms and ammunition, gun, huntingComment
Autograph Books are Just Like Social Media
Autograph Books are Just Like Social Media
Sheri HathawaySheri HathawayDecember 9, 2020Saskatchewan History and Folklore SocietyAutographs, autograph books, social history, #womenhist, Hathaway, Saskatchewan, History, childhood, school, friends, poetry, verse, signingComment
The Big Move: From California to Saskatchewan, 1969
The Big Move: From California to Saskatchewan, 1969
Joan ChampJoan ChampNovember 25, 2020Champ, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Forestry, 1970s, Moving, family, teenage, childhood, band, adolescenceComment
World War II Telegraphs: An Interview with Grant Falhman
World War II Telegraphs: An Interview with Grant Falhman
Bill ArmstrongSK History & FolkloreNovember 11, 2020Saskatchewan History and Folklore SocietyRemembrance Day, November 11, WWII, Telegram, rural history, history, saskatchewan, war, grief, loss, forgiveness, telegraph, communicationsComment
Revisiting the Northwest Mounted Police Trail
Revisiting the Northwest Mounted Police Trail
Connie SykesConnie SykesOctober 28, 2020Saskatchewan History and Folklore SocietyTrail, walking, pilgrimage, saskatchewan, history, nature, grasslands national park, cypress hills, pinto butte, val marieComment
In the Fall
In the Fall
Garry RadisonGarry RadisonOctober 14, 2020Saskatchewan, Garry Radison, Kamsack, Childhood, Dogs, fire, autumn, fall, bonfire, burning, boyhood, friendshipComment
Purity Meats: A Place You Can Trust
Purity Meats: A Place You Can Trust
Bob FriedrichSK History & FolkloreSeptember 30, 2020Saskatchewan, Regina, Germantown, Heritage Neighborhood, butcher, shop, family-owned, Depression, german, Friedrich, meat, business, history, yqrComment
Crop Circles
Crop Circles
Marilyn FreyMarilyn FreySeptember 16, 2020harvest, Saskatchewan, women, wheat, farm wife, field meal, ford meteor, lost, agriculture, farming, slow cooker, marriageComment
“Today is the Day We Live”: Willa Dallard, one of SK’s Pioneering Settlers of African Descent
“Today is the Day We Live”: Willa Dallard, one of SK’s Pioneering Settlers of African Descent
Ebele MogoEbele MogoSeptember 2, 2020Saskatchewan History and Folklore SocietyAfrican-Canadian History, Black history, Black Pioneers, Saskatchewan, SK, Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum, Willa Dallard, Willa Bowen Dallard, Phyllis Dallard Johnson, Ebele Mogo, Racial Discrimination, Racism in Canada, RacismComment
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