ESTEVAN
SASKATCHEWAN
Prairie Nurseries

President of Prairie Nurseries Ltd.
Theodore Andrew Torgeson
Feb 19, 1885 - Apr 22, 1976
Born in Ada, Minnesota, USA,
 buried in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan
 


South view of Estevan
 and Souris Valley

taken 1926
showing the Prairie Nursery farm
 in the foreground

The old Estevan Water tower and ECI
are visible on the horizon
Picture taken by Rose Gesell 


Main Office
 of the Prairie Nursery ca1930

 


Prairie Nurseries Limited Ad

 


Mr Torgeson, Corn Show
May 1926


Inside Prairie Nursery Packing warehouse
Located near a railway, but exact location
unknown to me
120 x 80 ft building
made out of reinforced concrete.
Quite a structure for those days

My Grandfather Gus Gesell
 was a manager
of the Prairie Nursery farm
south of Estevan
His employer was Mr Torgeson
the owner of the business.

Gus Gesell Family Pictures taken at Prairie Nurseries
by Rose Gesell, daughter of Gustav (Gus) A. Gesell

Elsie and Theodore Torgeson Family Christmas cards,
sent to the Gesell family


Torgeson Park Plaque,
In Honour of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Torgeson
Located on the east side of Hillside
 

 

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