Watching the destruction of a grain elevator tends to stir something in prairie folk. Some kind of emotion, whether it be sadness, nostalgia, or frustration, always rises to the surface.

Aerial view of Fiske in the 1950s, showing the village along the Canadian National Railway line west of Rosetown. The rail line reached the district in 1909…

A two-day tractor school put on by the Ford Motor Co. attracted about 150 people to the Unique Theatre on Monday and around 75 to the Rosetown Machine & Auto Co. showrooms…

Spring has (hopefully) sprung in the Rosetown area, bringing with it plenty of puddles around town. In this photo, spring runoff pools in the drainage ditch at the north end of Young Street…

A jar of molasses was a common ingredient in the household of every pioneer, primarily because it was an affordable sweetener compared to refined sugar.

The Kingsland school, as it stood in 1999. The Kingsland School was located at NE 16-32-16 W3rd and classes began in April 1909. The first teacher was Mr. W.H. Goodger…

George Shaw of Rosetown took a film of the 1955 Brier on a recent holiday to Iowa and Oklahoma, he said after returning. Shaw ended up showing the film 17 times.

The Fortune Bachelors Club planned to put on a dance on March 10 at Hillside School. Admission was free and the ladies attending would supply refreshments.

On March 4, 1912, one of Saskatoon’s railway bridges collapsed while a train was crossing it. The Canadian Northern Railway bridge gave way beneath the CNR sleeper “Kipling,”…

Gary Blanke (right) tracks the time for this skier and others during a timed race at the 25th anniversary celebrations of Twin Towers Ski Area in January 1999.

There were plans to build in the spring a convent costing about $40,000, said editor C. W. Holmes.

This photo of the Rosetown skating and curling rink was taken in the Spring of 1916, hence the flooding. Stewart School and Colwell House are visible in the background.

Newly arrived Mennonite settlers in the Herschel area are believed to be shown attending an English class in 1926, possibly at the Herschel school…

Two unknown men and a hunting dog (a very good one, by the looks of it) sit on the ground on a grassy hillside in front of an antique car covered in ducks they successfully hunted, circa 1920.

70 years ago - Elks crowned ice carnival queens Donna Smith and Pat Franklin representing Rosetown Composite High and St. Joseph’s schools, respectively.

The market report stated that No. 1 northern wheat was selling for $1.04 per bushel, oats for 31 1/2¢ per bu., barley for 45¢ per bu., flax for $1.86 per bu. and potatoes for $1 per bu…

A small local tailor and shoe repair shop, Williams Hardware (originally the Torry Livery Barn) was located at 111 First Avenue West, the current site of the Rosetown & District Primary Care Centre.

Four women perched on a John Deere sulky plow in the 1910s. This photo is believed to have been taken behind C.E. Conlin’s shop on the 100 block of Main Street in Rosetown.

100 years ago - Feb. 11, 1926. Louis Forchner lost a horse when it got smothered in a straw stack, said the Marriott correspondent.

In the fall of 1953, local boys Jimmy Gardner, Sterling McLeod and Donald Sanderson started a club to help the Red Cross.