Yorkton's First Fair - Robt. N. Taylor is seated in the front row, right, with hat in hand. The others seated include Joel Reaman and his three daughters. Three fiddlers are seen in the second row-not identified, but a fiddler was always a welcome guest at any gathering in the early days. The oxen seen were also a very necessary part of any gathering.
The Saskatchewan Rebellion (1885) as it affected Yorkton. A paper prepared to in an effort to present certain information to the public on the early history of Yorkton and to encourage the contribution of further information.
First building in Yorkton, the J.W. Thornton Building. The business men at the old town-site realized that the village had little future with a railway being built three miles to the south. J.W. Thornton was the first to move. He built this building on Livingstone street and Market street in late 1888 or early '89.
Pat of the Automobile club, with cars lined up on the north side of Broadway, about 1909. The names of the business places are quite notable including an architect sign.
Jenny Young and Margaret Foster, Mrs. R. G. Walden and Mrs. R. G. Hutchings respectively, school teachers, are seen on a cart pulled by a horse on their way to their schools.
