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Mr. and Mrs. George Sinclair celebrated their 50th anniversary. They’d wed in Shawville, Que., homesteaded in the Idaleen district and moved to town in 1950.
We had a very mild November in our part of the province, all things considered. But vigilance is key! True winter can strike at any moment. Take this picture, for instance.
About 175 people gathered at Sovereign for a banquet for settlers who came to that district before the railway in 1911.
This photo was originally published in the Rosetown Eagle on February 26, 1996, accompanying one of the top stories of that week: the toonie replacing the two-dollar bill.
The iconic “red hat” ornament that sat atop the Voyageur Restaurant, attached to the Esso Service Station and Convenience Store at 407-411 Railway Avenue.
Robert “R.B.” Fenson won the Rosetown elementary school senior division oratory contest with his speech on stock car racing.
Twenty years ago, bare-chested male models from Eston gained national attention when their photos appeared in the Real Men of Eston calendar.
Fire destroyed the Brooks elevator containing 15,000 bushels of wheat on the evening of Nov. 11. Fire brigade members acquainted with starting of the engine were out of town.
The Rosetown cenotaph decorated with poppy wreaths and crosses on Remembrance Day in the 1950s.
The invention of the Morris rod weeder, the RCMP Musical Ride and Saskatchewan photographer Everett Baker are among 11 people, places or events…
Four men returned from overseas. Sgt. Eldon Somerville had been in the army but, before he served in northwest Europe, had married Ethel Monk of Welling, Kent, England in March.
Ken Hare drives a team of horses pulling a cutter through the snow, circa 1924. Note the string of bells on the horses’ harness.
A 108-year-old barn near Zealandia, Sask., stands tall and proud. An interested citizen took a photo of the barn and submitted it to the Historic Saskatchewan Facebook page.
Twenty years before, the Rosetown Co-op grocery store, when being renovated, burned to the ground. The $2-million mortgage on the replacement store had been paid off…
The Anglican Church Women’s Auxiliary work on sewing the church carpet, circa 1913. Among the women are Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Fiske, and Mrs. Staples, with the minister standing in the centre.
This photo depicts the construction of the Gunworth to Rosetown rail line built in 1919 using a horse-drawn grader. This is Young’s grader outfit powered by twelve horses…
Flt. Lt. Lorne Coulter, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Coulter, recently returned from the West Coast, had been promoted to squadron leader and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
As soon as workers could install new air pressure tanks for starting at the power plant, Rosetown was to have 24-hour electrical service.
An early version of a Greyhound bus during the maiden voyage of the Greyhound Bus Lines’ Saskatoon to Calgary route, circa 1937.
Peter Thrush and Fred Staples, driving a team of horses pulling a scope, excavate the Anglican Church basement circa 1919.
100 years ago – Oct. 8, 1923. Burglars broke in to Gledhill’s Drug Store on Sunday night, Oct. 4. They got in through a window on the north side by removing a storm window and breaking the catch.
