Fall Winter forecast

[TOM4CWB]

You must’ve floated up the north Sask on a barge to be that early. My family settled here in 1906 but there was free range ranching going on since the late 1880’s. Before that the fur traders had forts on an island on the river and outposts inland since the 1700’s. I don’t like giving out my exact location cause I like my anonymity but there’s some neat history that goes way back that many born and raised here has no clue. Heck the Indians from as far south as Montana would come up here to hunt and trap and raise hell with the Blackfoot. Now all around is Cree. Fluid tribal borders.

My folks came by wagon from Ontario via Winnipeg. 1881 grew oats to supply to the RCMP at Fort Edmonton... who had been getting their oats from Billings... quite a basis gain on that contract...went 75bu/ac... the next year they brought in wheat seed from Winnipeg... [no trains yet so got it with wagons]... the wheat went 45bu/ac the next year... Clover Bar area east Edm... wnere refinery row is now, we still farm much of the the undeveloped land there now [along Anthony Hendy/16E]... [all rented BTW]...

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[GALAXIE500]

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I live down in that " Red Zone " area east of Medicine Hat. Hate to say it , but I am hoping for some -20 temps with no snow for a few weeks late this fall , hopefully it will wipe out some of our grasshopper eggs!@#$%^&*

I enjoy fall the most , because most of the big jobs are done.

[WiltonRanch]

My folks came by wagon from Ontario via Winnipeg. 1881 grew oats to supply to the RCMP at Fort Edmonton... who had been getting their oats from Billings... quite a basis gain on that contract...went 75bu/ac... the next year they brought in wheat seed from Winnipeg... [no trains yet so got it with wagons]... the wheat went 45bu/ac the next year... Clover Bar area east Edm... wnere refinery row is now, we still farm much of the the undeveloped land there now [along Anthony Hendy/16E]... [all rented BTW]...

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Neat! Ours come out of Ontario but camped over outside of Winnipeg for 20 some years before heading west by train as far as Battleford before embarking by wagon to where we are now.

[shtferbrains]

One of my grandmother's paternal side came with the Hudson Bay Co.
HBC hired mostly Orkneymen as they were used to working hard in harsh weather in order to get enough to eat.
They were mostly kind of indentured servitude where they worked for 7 to 9 years getting paid at the end with the choice of stay or go home.
I see the same family name out on the rez near an old HBC trading post.
Maybe blood relatives?