Typical First Nation Encampment
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Four men sit and one man stands in front of several tipis. A caption reads "A very typical Indian encampment on the prairies any where."
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A homesteader's log shack in the ca.1890
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Hand drawn image of Old Yorkton
Old Mill on the Little Sand River
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Reprint photo of Old Mill
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Old timers and others standing on the mill foundation in 1947
First building built in Yorkton
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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.
Prairie Schooners from Nebraska
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Prairie Schooners from Nebraska on Broadway
North-east corner of Betts Ave., and Broadway in 1904
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North-east corner of Betts Ave., and Broadway in 1904, features many stores such as M. Krushen & Co.
F.S. Collacott's hardware store and Levi Beck's farm implement office and shop
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F. S. Collacott's hardware store and Levi Beck's farm implement office and shop.
The Dominion Government Land Office
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People standing in front of the Dominion Government Land Office
The office staff about the same time
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Dominion Government Land office staff.
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A group of people are seen standing in front the Dominion Lands office building in the J. J. Smith Block
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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.
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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.