Pioneers and Prominent People of Saskatchewan

This volume contains brief biographies of more than 450 influential Saskatchewan residents active in the early decades of the province’s settlement and development. The women and men highlighted include academics, bankers, lawyers, mayors, merchants, newspaper editors, police and military officers, physicians, politicians, and priests, amongst others. Each entry includes a biographical statement highlighting the individual’s arrival/birth in Saskatchewan and role in shaping the province’s history, laws, or infrastructure. The book opens with a historical overview of Saskatchewan’s political and judicial development. Includes index (essential, since entries are not organized alphabetically). Peel(3) 4900.