The Promised Land : The Story Of The Barr Colonists

Wetton, C.

Lloydminster, No Stated Date Of Issue

By Lloydminster Times
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Details

Card covers, saddle stitched with staples, 73 pages, 6x8.75 in., [15x22.5 cm.], B&W photographs.
Condition

Mild age-tanning to the text block. Covers creased, lightly stained, with a large pinhead sized perforation to the spine
Notes


A brief account of the Barr Colonists, a group of English emigrants organized under the leadership of Reverend Barr to settle on the Canadian prairie in the area of present-day Lloydminster on the Saskatchewan–Alberta border. The booklet outlines the formation of the group and its internal organization, and traces the journey from England to Canada and westward across the country to the settlement district. Attention is given to the circumstances of migration and the early stages of homesteading in the region. Peel (3) - No. 2725.

No stated date of issue - Peel indicates a publication date of 1953.
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