by John Harstone | Oct 26, 2021
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...
by John Harstone | Oct 26, 2021
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...
by John Harstone | Oct 25, 2021
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...
by John Harstone | Oct 23, 2021
Each adult bison hide weighed about 100 pounds. To make a full-size tipi cover, you would need 10 adult bison hides. Imagine having to carry and move 10 bison hides that were sewn together that weighed 1000...
by John Harstone | Oct 23, 2021
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...
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