Fifty Years Of Progress : Chiefly The Story Of Pioneers Of The Watson District From 1900 - 1910

Putnam, Ben, G. H. Sproule, V. F. Zoboski, T. J. Gormican. Editors

Muenster, SK, 1950


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Card covers, side stitched with staples, 111 pages, 6x8.75 in., [15.5x22 cm.], B&W photographs.

Condition

Preliminary leaves detached from staple binding and resecured with now yellowed cello tape. Text block age-tanned, with occasional staining to fore-edge margins. Fore-edge corners bumped. Covers creased and lightly stained.

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Fifty Years Of Progress: Chiefly The Story Of Pioneers Of The Watson District From 1900–1910 (cover title: Fifty Years Of Progress 1900–1950).

A community history book centered on the early settlement of the Watson district in central Saskatchewan. The volume brings together edited recollections of pioneers who established the community in the first decade of the twentieth century, documenting their experiences of homesteading and rural development. Later sections include short accounts of local institutions and activities, including churches, businesses, agricultural organizations, the hospital, newspaper, and Board of Trade. Also included is a roll of residents who served in the First and Second World Wars.