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17 RCA - Memoirs of Charles F. Watson

A 68-page (single-sided) coil-bound book containing the WWII memoirs of Charles F. Watson a Canadian soldier who was originality from Indian Head and joined Indian Head's 76th Field Battery and fought in WWII.

Charles F. Watson

81 Interesting Places in Saskatchewan

Small yellow paperback book listing 81 Interesting places in Saskatchewan their locations a brief description and a black and white photo of each. Page 92 has an article about Indian Head's Bell Farm.

Anderson, Frank W.√

All Sails Set - poem by Myra (Smith) Stilborn

Part of the "Canadian Reading Development Series" published by Copp Clark Publishers. These readers were used throughout Canada. The poem "Wild Horses" by Myra A. I. (Smith) Stilborn is on page 97.

Stilborn, Myra A. I. (Smith)

Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam

A small 12 cm X 19 cm) green 368-page hardcover book written by Anne Brassey and containing her memoirs from the trip she and her husband, Lord Thomas Brassey took around the world in their yacht, the Sunbeam, from July 1, 1876 to May 26, 1977.

Brassey, Anne

Black Baseball Players in Canada - A Biographical Dictionary 1881-1960

A 203-page softcover book with an alphabetically organized series of biographies of about 500 baseball players who played for various teams throughout Canada from 1881 to 1960. It includes many players of the barn-storming teams that played on the prairies during the 1950s, including the Indian Head Rockets. Writeups include: Nathaniel "Nat" Bates, who pitched for the Rockets in 1952 and visited Saskatchewan in 2022 for the induction of the Indian Head Rockets (1950-1954) into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in Battleford and for the opening off the Indian Head Rockets display at the Indian Head Museum; Elijah "Pumpsie" Green who also played for the Rockets and was the first black player on the Boston Red Sox. Many other Indian Head Rockets players are also included.

Swanton, Barry

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  • 1880 - 2022

Books related to Indian Head and district - either about this area or by or about people who lived in the area.

Contrail

A small blue 24-page, staple-bound book filled with poems written by Ben Hewson over his lifetime and complied after his death.

Descendants of Thomas Madeley

A homemade book made by Henry Madeley containing genealogical information about his family. It is an 11-page printout from a genealogical database. The pages are single-sided, letter-sized pages in plastic sleeves.

Madeley, Henry

Discover Saskatchewan: A Guide to Historic Sites

A 206-page paperback book with 12 pages of colour plates at the end. Contains brief description and the history of many historic sites in Saskatchewan. Chapter 3: Horizon Country includes write-ups about Indian Head (the federal Experimental Farm and the Bell Farm) as well as Qu'Appelle, Lebret and Fort Qu'Appelle.

E. J. Brooks Letters to His Wife

The full collection of E. J. Brooks's letters to his wife Helena (Nellie) in Sherbrooke, Quebec. It also contains a 1-page biography written by his son, Murray; a reprint of an article written by E. J. Brooks titled "Pioneer Days" that he wrote for the Vidette newspaper - December 19, 1900.

Brooks, Edwin Jackson

Echoes of the Qu'Appelle Lakes District

A local history by former Indian Head school principal, including local aspects of the fur trade, the North-West Resistance, the CPR and agriculture settlement.

Petty, Thomas

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