From Prairie Sod To Golden Acres : Chronicles Of The Hoosier District

Goldsmith, E.M. and Grace D. McGibbon [Compiled by]

Hoosier, 1956


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Construction paper covers, 98 pages, 6.5x10 in - 17x25 cm, B&W photographs.

Condition

Covers marked with ink, rubbed, and stained. Spine sunned, worn and chipped at the heel. Cover starting to detach from text block. Light staining and the occasional tidelines throughout the age-tanned text, numerous corners bent and creased, corners bumped, edges stained, many passages underlined with ink, all text readable.

Notes

Hoosier, Saskatchewan - a hamlet northwest of Kindersly. This volume lists "all the homesteaders - some later pioneers", early settlers offer many humorous anecdotes. Brief essays shine a light on the Magna Bonum, Pizarro, and Hoosier schools, the Homemakers Club, the first grain companies, the post office, sports teams, and the Co-operative Association. Includes an Honour Roll of the First and Second World War soldiers.