prairie towns historical photos

[tmyrfield]

http://www.prairie-towns.com/ http://www.prairie-towns.com/

A very interesting website. I like looking at the background. So few trees or really anything anywhere. Really hard to imagine what and just how hard life was back then. A cold winter like this winter must have killed thousands.

[blackjack]

Thanks for the look back to the past tymrfield. I think of when I helped my dad feed the cattle with the team of horses to how we do things now.Good memories.

[burnt]

Thanks for the link! Our history is fascinating to me. You spoke of so few trees - here, our ancestors carved these farms from the bush.

There was, as you said, no infrastructure - if they needed something, they made it or walked miles to get it, IF it was available.

My great-great grandfather took up 6 "farms" from the Crown where I was born and cleared it with the help of his sons. The nearest town was 24 miles from home and he walked that path to get supplies.

The history journal we have tells that he carried 2 sacks of flour back from town. He would carry one for a distance and then "rest" as he walked back to get the second which he would carry past the first. Then once again, he would "rest" as he walked back to the first and carry it past the other one...

No trail good enough for a team or horse? And compared to the Western Canada, 24 miles might have been like "next door"!

Southern Ontario is now embarking on a plan to return a significant part of its farmland to trees and wetlands. In our county, the Plan is to return 20% of our farmland to "natural cover". Our county government suffers from too much food, too much money, and too much time on their hands.

For one year straight, they should all be forced to look at pictures like those in the link you posted and get a glimpse of just how good we have it today. They don't know what they are asking for.

[SASKFARMER3]

Good site give a look at how your home town looked when it was settled.

[beaverdam]

A website I stumbled on to a year or so back, that lists the name for every single siding on the prairies or North America as far as that goes,,,

http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Saskatchewan/_6103711_Pheasant+Forks.html http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Saskatchewan/_6103711_Pheasant+Forks.html

Anyone ever hear of Pheasant Forks, Saskatchewan?

After clicking a location, scroll down a little to the category "AREA a tract of land without homogeneous character or boundaries." to find obscure villages or rail sidings locations near the one your on.

Click on "populated place" to find small towns, scroll to find GPS and estimated population and other info.

I found it interesting to find sidings I didn't even know existed, or had driven pass for years, only to find that they are there on the map, and have a name.

Cool site for a cold day !

[farmaholic]

Ghetto-Ville isn't even listed but still exists.

[SASKFARMER3]

Can still find the elevator and track sight. Buildings all gone

[oldguy48]

http://www.prairie-towns.com/

Great site. Found my old house I grew up in. Brings back memories, some good and some not so good.
Interesting to see.