Section Map showing Area
 East to Bienfait

Mar 17, 1894
W. F. Irwin selling Massey Harris Co equipment

July 4-5, (Monday-Tuesday) 1949
Estevan Exhibition
almost broke record attendance of 1948.
8,152 Gate Attendance.
6,051 Grandstand admissions.
8,279 was the record gate attendance in 1948.
Improvements they made:
regrouping livestock barns
spectators stand at livestock ring
improved grandstand entrance
blacktop surfacing in front of grandstand
permanent eating booths
lighting in the parking areas
and machinery exhibits

Buck Steele's "Cavalcade of Stars"
who usually did the afternoon shows,
and Gus Sun's "Stars of Canada"
who usually did the evening shows,
were the grandstand attractions.
Gus Sun b- Oct 7, 1868- d- Oct 1, 1959
was a vaudeville performer,
Juggler, and Minstrel,
and became owner of the Gus Sun Circuit.
"Wallace Bros. Shows of Canada"
managed by J. P. Sullivan,
James Patrick (Jimmy) Sullivan
b- 1889 in Fargo ND
furnished the midway
In 1955 Sullivan changed the name
of Wallace Bros. Shows of Canada
to "World's Finest Shows".
It still travelled by rail, using 50 large boxcars,
seven Pullman cars and more than 30 flatcars.
The majority of the cars were owned by the show,
making it the largest privately owned
railway in the country.
In 1963 they sold out to "Conklin Shows"

Aug 20, 1904
Bankers and Grain Dealers
spend a night in Estevan.
Now here is a Train load of Rich People
looking for places to spend their money.

June 26, 1893, Qu'Appelle Progress
printed these articles

Good Templar Lodge #78
lately organized is in a flourishing condition
It's members number over thirty,
and the new ones are constantly being initiated.
Mr. F. T. Morton is the worthy Chief.

Inspector Perry was here last Friday,
and subjected the Police outfit
to a thorough Inspection

A Mr. George McKimney
just finished the quarantine corrals
for s shipment of 300 cattle
from the Gretna Quarantine station.

They found a skeleton of a man, frozen to death
25 miles SE of Estevan
near the Dirt Hills,
it was found by a Norwegian.
There was a little money,
some papers, and a small Bible
found in his pockets.
Body was identified as Jack Lee

Pictures above from Lynn (nee Cooley) Kindopp
From her Grandfather, Henry Wilson's collection
One on left was a glass plate photo.
Lynn tells me he was a carpenter in Estevan,
and built many houses in the town.
Thanks for these Lynn.

Picture from Marie Beaulieu's collection with thanks
Ole Langen, Marie's grandfather,
is third from left,  in the front, in this picture
and fellow in top row, middle, with arrow,
she believes to be Jens Langen, Ole's father.

Threshing Crew, tractor and wagon
Another picture from Marie Beaulieu,
this one is unidentified though,
except for Ole Langen,
standing to the right of the wheel of the tractor.

This might very well be Bert Ward's threshing machine.
Bert Ward, his wife, and daughter Alice Mae, lived in Shand.
Bert and his wife are buried in Bienfait Cemetery
He was born Sept 18, 1875, and died June 16,1964
His wife Blanche Elnora Ward, b 1881, died Dec 16, 1954.
Married Apr 28, 1912
Daughter Alice married a Lynch,
and was a teacher in the area and Principal at Nygren.
She attended ECI in 1929, and lived in Duncan BC
I believe Bert came from the States in 1902
The machine took a crew of about 20 men.
Mr. Ward carried a cook car and bunk car
 with the outfit most of the time.
A large outfit carried an Engineer, Fireman,
Tank Man and a Separator Man,
 who were paid five and six dollars a day
Along with this, 10 teams were required
to deliver the bundles to the machine.
They might get $1.50 a day for their work.

Marie was kind enough to mail me large copies
of these photos, which are very impressive.
My next job is to scan them at a larger size
and redo these copies here.
stay tuned!