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Did You Know – Farm Equipment

PHOTO CREDIT: WESTERN DEVELOPMENT MUSEUM In 1890, it took 40-50 hours to produce 100 bushels of wheat. In 1930, it took 15-20 hours to produce 100 bushels of wheat. And by 2010, it took less than one hour to produce 100 bushels of wheat. Thanks to huge advancements in...

Did You Know – Winter Transportation

PHOTO CREDIT: WESTERN DEVELOPMENT MUSEUM Settlers needed to get creative in how they kept warm while travelling in the winter. Many settlers bundled up baked potatoes, stones, or bricks. Some people would put these heated items in a pot and set it under the wagon...

Check It Out – A Different Understanding 2

Imagine thinking you’re letting some friends stay at your house for a few days in the guest bedroom and then they start treating the house as their own – moving furniture, painting walls and telling you that you can’t come in the kitchen. How would you...

Check It Out – Impact on Indigenous People 1

It is estimated that more than half of First Nations people living along the Saskatchewan River (territory of the Nehiyawak, Saulteaux, Assiniboine and Niitsitapi) died of smallpox or epidemic-related starvation from 1779-1783. Some communities lost 75% or more of...