The Saga of Souris Valley

Hardcover, 769 pages, 8.50x11.25 - 21.5x28.5 cm, B&W illustrations and photographs.

Boards bowed, corners and back cover lightly worn. Newspaper clipping taped to ffep. verso. Pages toned but clean.

This volume contains a community history of 26 school districts and villages in southern Saskatchewan’s Rural Municipality of Souris Valley #7. Each district’s section includes a brief historical overview followed by family histories contributed by area residents. Districts include Big Timber, Bromhead, Dravland, Flaata, Greendale, Green Mount, Hamar, Hoffer, Knoxville, Little Butte, Murray Smith, Norge, Oungre, Lyndale, Range View, Ratcliffe and Ratcliffe Rural, Ramford, Round Grove, Salisbury, Schneller, Shakespeare, Slager, Summit, Tribune, and Velhaven. Includes index and a list of registered livestock brands. Laid in are two 1979 newspaper clippings regarding the Hamar Evangelical Church of Bromhead’s 70th anniversary and the Souris Valley History Book Club’s Wind-Up meeting. No publication date indicated, but the book’s “Acknowledgment” section states that it covers 1906-1976 and laid-in content shows the volume's 1979 availability, making a 1976-1979 publication date likely.