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Aerial View of the  Westend of Estevan ECI on the right Old St Joseph's Hospital beyond the School	Mr Henry Yardley First Mayor of the Town of Estevan clipping probably out of  the Estevan Mercury It was in my Mother's scrapbook The Yardley's were neighbours of the Gesell family, overlooking the valley on 1st St
Mar 1, 1957 Estevan Mercury Headline Estevan becomes a City	EMPIRE HOTEL  - 1906 With Estevan Band In Front Originally called the Empress Hotel
Looking West on 4th St Perry's Hardware half way down  on the right	Overview of Estevan Old City Hall and Old Water tower In the Middle of the Picture Also Visible is the tower of the  Salvation Army Stone church on the right.
Corner of 5th St and 12th Ave  Looking south Empire Hotel on the left And International Hotel on the right The tower of the old Salvation Army  Stone Church is visible  in the rear of the picture	THE DELIGHT THEATRE Corner of 4th and 12th Ave  Looking NE (The First Theatre In Estevan) Clarendon Hotel Next Door Owned by the Kinna Family. Sold and used as Estevan's first Hospital until it partially burnt down
Corner 4th St and 12th Ave  Looking SE Bank of Hamilton  now the CIBC	4th Street at Night Taken mid 1200 block looking east
CPR Dam on the Souris River Mr. Billy Bevan was the first  CPR pump man.	3rd St Houses
Buffalo trail just north of a bridge taken by my aunt Rose Gesell	Picture taken of the 1967 parade with the Uptown Motel  in the background
SECTION MAP SHOWING AREA  EAST TO BIENFAIT	Vaughn Farm South of the Souris River Today my friend Nathan Lamb and his family farm this area. The Little wooden bridge that crosses the Souris to get to this area, and the ball diamond there, is called Vaughn's Crossing (Continue on past the old pool and new theatre) This is the area where most of my Mom's family, the Gesell's, learned to swim They lived on the Prairie Nursery farm 1 mile south of the bridge, on the left. My grandfather Gus Gesell was the manager of the farm This was the location of the log house built by the Co-founder of Estevan Mr John McLeod, for his family.
West side of 12th Ave between 4th and 5th st. Fenced lot on corner is now the Bank of Montreal.(2008) Right side shows the corner  of the old Kelly Hotel, built in 1893. Estevan's First Hotel. later the site of the International Hotel which also burnt down. Kelly Hotel was built by Mr John Ellis. who came from Brandon in 1893. Next a Drug and General Store, replaced after the fire by the Smith block, then the Perry block.  Next came the back lane. On the south side of the lane a land/law office of P.C. Duncan. The building was owned by Dr. E. H. Scott Estevan's first physician who had his office in this building. This was the location of the Post office, and Dr. Scott's drugstore. I also believe this building was used as the First Library in town in Feb 1908. W. R. Whitby's hardware  is the building on the left. It was originally owned by P.C. Duncan. Today the site of the Royal Bank. all these buildings burnt down Feb 23, 1909 except Whitby's hardware. The fire must have been after Feb 1908.

Some of these pictures were sent to me by Larry Preddy
who received them from Alice Pawson.
They were taken by J. Hool and sons,
but I am unable to find this firm
to get permission to print the pics here
Others I have found in my travels
or were in my Mom's scrapbooks.
If any have a legitimate copyright
please let me know, and I will remove them.