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Murphy’s ‘Flop House’ on the Old Pole Trail

View of a stop-over or ‘flop house’ on the ‘Old Pole Trail’ (also known as the Wood Mountain Trail) which ran south of Moose Jaw to Fort Walsh and the Cypress Hills area; this stop-over was operated by a man named Murphy and was located on the shores of Old Wives Lake.

Pioneer sod house

Sod house with two women wearing Sunday clothes and hats and two small children in front or entering. A buckboard with a man and a woman similarly dressed sitting in it driving away. A horses' head and a figure seated can be seen just behind the buckboard.

The Ritchie Family

The Ritchie family (3 men, 2 women, 6 children) and two dogs pose in front of their sod house homestead. Only identification provided lists the photo subjects as "Annie and her girls" and "Fairman and Uncle Tom."

Mennonite barn and house

  • Series 2: CPC. 1928-1933, predominant 1930-1931. - Folder 17: "Photographs."
  • Stuk
  • 1931
  • Part of W.C. Murray fonds

A Mennonite barn is seen to the rear of the house on a prairie homestead. Several chickens and a wagon are also seen in the foreground.

Homestead Welcome

  • Series 2: CPC. 1928-1933, predominant 1930-1931. - Folder 17: "Photographs."
  • Stuk
  • 1931
  • Part of W.C. Murray fonds

An arch of trees spells out "Welcome" marking the entrance to a farm. Several people are seen gathered in the background as a team of horses approach pulling a wagon.

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