Bruce Fairman was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1944. His family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia when he was young. He returned to Saskatchewan in 1970 as a sales representative for Levi’s Jeans. He left the fashion industry in 1986 when he started a computer business. He returned to Moose Jaw and opened Moose Jaw Computers in 1995.

Fairman currently lives in Penticton, British Columbia, but travels to Moose Jaw in the summers to conduct research for his writings.

Garry Fairbairn's journalistic career began in 1969 with the Canadian Press Organization. His first two years were spent covering stories in Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto, and for the two years following that he was stationed exclusively in Ottawa. From there he was sent to Regina from 1973-76. His work there caught enough attention that he was given an international assignment and spent two years in Washington. Not entirely happy with this post, he requested a transfer back to Canada (preferably Western Canada) and in 1978 he was assigned to the post in Calgary, which he held until 1981. Whether it was his original intention to become a business reporter/analyst or not, much if not most of his writing covered business or economic related issues. As his career progessed people noticed his talents and he frequently garnered accolades from his colleagues. Several times he won the best story of the month contest (an internal contest in the CP organization); and even when he did not win, his name frequently appeared in the "Honourable Mention" category. His stature in the local community of journalists gave him some influence and he was instrumental in the development and incorporation of the Saskatchewan Journalist's Association and in it's publications in the mid to late 1970's. Despite his successes as a journalist, however, by 1981 he was restless and feeling a need for a change. He entered the competition to write a history for the Ssaktchewan Wheat Pool commemorating its sixieth anniversary. His reputation and his proposals paid off and he was awarded the commission. In 1984 'From Prairie Roots: the Remarkable Story of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool' was published.

Keith Ewart is a Saskatoon photographer. He has published two volumes of his photographic documentation of railway stations and railway buildings.

Irma Evenson (nee Staff) was born February 25, 1932 to Hjalmar and Alfi Staff in the North Star, Saskatchewan district. She attended the North Star School in her youth, and was married to John Evenson in January of 1951 in the North Star district. They would have four children. Irma is currently a retired homemaker, and was highly involved in the Melfort & District Museum's 2002-2003 research re: country schools in the Melfort School District.

John Evans can best be described as a reformer who wanted to rectify many of the evils of the capitalist system. He was born in Rhayader, Radnorshire, Wales on 25 June 1867, and emigrated to Canada in 1890. He took up farming in the Saskatoon area and by 1907 his experiences had turned him into an advocate for the cause of the Western Canadian farmer. He quickly rose to executive positions in a number of farmer organizations: President of the Saskatchewan Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; Director of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Co.; Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers; Association; and President of the United Farmers of Canada, Saskatchewan Section. He also entered the political arena. As a member of the Progressive Party he was elected to the House of Commons for Saskatoon in 1921. He was re-elected in the General Elections of 1925 for Rosetown. Upon the break-up of the Progressive Party in the late 1920s, he became an active candidate in the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, however, he was never to gain re-election to the House of Commons. John Evans died in 1958.

Glen Etling was born in Dauphin, Manitoba to William Etling and Elizabeth Etling (nee Reader) in 1908. He came to Melfort, Saskatchewan on a harvest excursion train in 1928, and homesteaded in the Choiceland district. Glen married Grace Patterson, who had grown up in the Willowdale district, on December 21, 1932. They would have five children. They moved to Le Pas in 1965, where he farmed. As the land when they arrived was heavy with willows, Glen was forced to be inventive; he made a homemade sawmill, a shingle mill, rotary and V-snow plows and root pickers. He retired in Melfort in 1976.

Clarence Leslie Baldwin Estey was born on June 29, 1917, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to James Wilfred and Muriel Alice Estey. He received his early education in Saskatoon at Albert School, Victoria School and Nutana Collegiate. Estey earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1940 from the University of Saskatchewan. He was called to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1941. Estey enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1941 and was wounded in action in France in 1944. He returned to Canada and was discharged.

Prior to his entry into politics, Estey practised law with the firm of Moxon and Schmidt in Saskatoon. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1956. Estey sat on the Saskatoon Public School Board for several terms during the 1950s and 1960s and also served as its chair.

Estey was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1967 and served as the Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Saskatoon Nutana Centre constituency until 1971. He served in the Ross Thatcher Government as Minister of Municipal Affairs (1967-1970); Minister of the Saskatchewan Indian and Métis Department (1969-1970); Minister of Industry and Commerce (1970-1971); and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Power Corporation (1970-1971).

Following his defeat in the 1971 election, Estey returned to his law practice. He was appointed as a justice of the Court of Queen's Bench in 1974 and served on the bench until his retirement in 1992. Clarence Estey died in Saskatoon on March 5, 1995.

Clarence Estey married Virginia Grace Smith on August 17, 1945. They had three children: Jean, Susan and James.

Clarence Estey was born on June 29, 1917 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was educated in the Albert and Victoria schools and then at Nutana Collegiate, Saskatoon. He continued his studies at the University of Saskatchewan and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1938 and an L.L.B. in 1940. In 1941 he was called to the bar but instead he enlisted in the Canadian Army. He served overseas in England for 3 years and went to France with the 67th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery soon after the initial invasion of France in June 1944 . He was wounded in the Battle of Falaise and was evacuated to England and then to Canada.

In 1945 he married Virginia Grace of Edmonton and they had three children: Jean Virginia, Susan Edythe and James MacKinnon. Estey was very active in the community and sat on the Saskatchewan School Board as a trustee and later as the Chair of the board. He also practiced law and was a respected barrister and solicitor of his time, being appointed as Queen's council in 1956, and serving until 1967 when he was elected to the legislature as an M.L.A. representing Saskatoon Nutana Centre constituency, a post he held till 1971.

On November 3, 1967 he was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs, a portfolio he held till September 1, 1970. In June of 1969 he was assigned responsibilities and was appointed Minister of Saskatchewan Indian and Metis Department, serving till September 1, 1970. In 1974 he was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench and served in this capacity until his retirement. He died on March 5, 1995 in Saskatoon.