Prairie History #13
Winter 2024
“Model Farms” or “Sloven Squatter Agriculture”?: Red River Agriculture and the Environment, 1817–1870
BY W. F. Rannie | Department of Geography, University of Winnipeg
Pure, White, British, and Canadian: The Moose Jaw Origins and Rise of Robin Hood Flour, 1909–1930s
BY Sarah Carter | Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta
The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman
BY Gerald Friesen | Winnipeg, Manitoba
Switchboard Operator: Emily Lander and Regina’s Early Telephone System
BY Keith Foster | Regina, Saskatchewan
Researching the History of a Winnipeg House
BY Linda Dietrick | Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald’s Winnipeg Neighbourhood
BY Michael Parke-Taylor | Toronto, Ontario
The Taylor Tombstone: A Cautionary Tale of Death on the Prairie
BY Greg Petzold | Winnipeg, Manitoba
Review Essay: In Hindsight: Half a Century of Research Discoveries in Canadian History. A series of 21 podcasts featuring Donald Smith and produced by the Ontario Historical Society
BY Michael Payne | Ottawa, Ontario
Sandra Rollings-Magnusson, Tales from the Homestead: A History of Prairie Farmers 1867–1914, Heritage House, Victoria, 2022, 271 pages. ISBN 978-1-77203-389-2, $29.95 (paperback)
BY Terry Dann | Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mark Vitaris, Borderlands, Frontenac House, Calgary, 2020, 191 pages. ISBN 978-1 989466-0-7-0, $60.00 (cloth)
BY Graham A. MacDonald | Parksville, BC
Shauna MacKinnon and Kathy Mallett (eds.), Indigenous Resistance and Development in Winnipeg 1960–2000, ARP Books, Winnipeg, 2023, 221 pages. ISBN: 9781927886724-13, $24.00 (paperback)
BY Jim Silver | Professor Emeritus, University of Winnipeg
Timothy Cochrane, Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2022, 310 pages. ISBN 978-1-5179-1388-5, $24.95, (paperback)
BY Jim Mochoruk | History Department, University of North Dakota
David Laurence Jones, New World Dreams: Canadian Pacific Railway and the Golden Northwest, Heritage House, Victoria, 2023, 439 pages. ISBN 9-781772-034554, $49.95 (paperback)
BY Mark P. Forbes | Department of History, McMaster University
Angus Scully, In Our Youth: The Lives, Adventures, and Sacrifices of Early Canadian Flyers, Heritage House, Victoria, 2022, 320 pages. ISBN 978-1172034219, $29.95 (paperback)
BY Bill Zuk | Winnipeg, Manitoba
Conferences Return to the Prairies
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A Fun Night Out in Longview, Alberta
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“Graffiti” on Rock near Prince of Wales Fort, Churchill, Manitoba
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Major Announcement on Manitoba’s Seal River Watershed
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New Norman Kwong Heritage Minute
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Brick Flour Mill at Yorkton, Saskatchewan
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What Happened to Fort Battleford National Historic Site?
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Potential National Urban Parks on the Prairies
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