Hitchcock Saskatchewan History Page

Located at
NW Section 23, Township 3, Range 9, West of the 2nd Meridian

Lat- 49° 13' 40" N - Long- 103° 07' 20" W

1927 Road maps showing Hitchcock
Note at that time the highway to Weyburn
did not follow the railroad

Located on the Canadian Pacific Rail line (CPR)
between Macoun and Estevan, SK.
on the Soo Rail Line
Estevan is 14km/ 8mi SE,
Halkett was 7km/ 4mi SE

Origin of the name Hitchcock

Named after Arthur Hitchcock

from Moose Jaw SK
who came to the Hitchcock area,
looking at a new Bank location,
which actually did not materialize.
He was born May 30, 1861(1862?), in England
d- Sept 10, 1932, buried in Moose Jaw City Cemetery,
located at 1005 Caribou Street East.
Immigrated to Canada in 1866
married to Mary Elizabeth (Mamie)(nee?) Hitchcock
b- Feb 24, 1864 in USA, d- July 25, 1908
buried in Moose Jaw City Cemetery
Immigrated in 1892
Arthur was a Developer, Land Speculator,
and the First Banker in Moose Jaw SK

He built the 105-year-old + mansion, at 112 First Ave, N.E.,
Hitchcock co-founded the first bank in Moose Jaw,
the Prairie Bank of Hitchcock and McCulloch,
in 1891 at Moose Jaw with a silent partner from Calgary,
Henry Hamilton McCulloch.
In 1892 it was sold to the Royal Bank of Canada

Located in the Store

Federal Electoral District:

Moose Mountain (Saskatchewan)

Opened June 1, 1904
Closed July 27, 1957

Postmaster Information:

Name of Postmaster	Birth/Death Info	Date of Appointment	Date of Vacancy	Cause of Vacancy
*Narcisse Dupuis note 1 below**	-	1904-06-01	1906-04-13	Resignation
F. X. Duchesneau (probably Francois Xavier?)	-	1906-09-01	1907-04-18	Resignation
Joseph Euclid Duchesneau	b-Sept 1,1866 d-Jan 22, 1945 buried in Estevan City Cemetery	1907-07-01	1945-01-22	Death
Mrs. Febronie Duchesneau	Feb 23,1883	1945-01-23	Acting	-
Kristen Ludwig Eik	b-Apr 15,1884 d-Mar 18, 1961 buried in SVMGC, Estevan	1945-04-09	1946-12-06	Resignation
John Mitchel		1947-01-01	Acting	-
John Mitchel		1947-03-19	1954-09-04	Resignation
Mrs. Gladys Evelyn Quinn		1954-09-30	Acting	-
Mrs. Gladys Evelyn Quinn		1955-05-24	1957-07-27	Resignation, Closed

School

Reddemann School
Opened Mar 1904
A Tale That Is Told, Chapter 11

History of the Hamlet
in the Estevan Tale That is Told book

Note 1- A Narcine Dupuis was married to Alphebie Duchesneau,
on May 20, 1904 when a son was born to them

My Uncle William (Bill) Fiest's family
lived on a farm just south of Hitchcock
where he was born and raised on