Tag Archives: Depression years

Hoppers in the Millions!

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

GRASSHOPPER CRUNCH We have a lot of grasshoppers on our present property, though the overall numbers have been down in the past six years, with our Junes being on the cool and wet side. We’re finding in our yard that … Continue reading →

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Grainman’s Folly

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Linda C Butler

Grainman’s Folly By Linda Butler Told by Steve Vance Dad used to have a threshing outfit, a big one‑cylinder affair with a wooden separator.  The grain was elevated into a bucket.  When that was full it would trip and the grain … Continue reading →

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Gopher Tail Sales

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Linda C Butler

Gopher Tail Sales By Linda C Butler Told by Charlie Vance I winter fished the winter of 1931 up the Hudson Bay Railway line at Mile 185.  We caught and cleaned fish, then froze and packed them for shipment to … Continue reading →

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Reminiscing – Excerpts of Letters from Ruth Richardson

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Linda C Butler

Reminiscing – Excerpts of Letters from Ruth Richardson In a letters dated 6 Sep 1988, 22 Oct 1988, and 8 Dec 1989,  to Charlie Vance, Ruth says: I have been writing my life’s memories and that has taken a lot of time. … Continue reading →

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The Beaver Pelts

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Linda C Butler

THE BEAVER PELTS By Linda C Butler Allen Vance, (1879-1921) my grandfather, arrived in the Northwest Territories (Saskatchewan) in the fall of 1899 with his father.  He was only twenty at the time and had to wait two months to file … Continue reading →

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Gopher Enterprise

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Linda C Butler

Gopher Enterprise by Linda C Butler Told by Steve Vance When I was a wee lad of five, my Dad bought a small Winchester .BB cap rifle for Charlie, my six-year old brother, and myself. The two of us became … Continue reading →

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The Turner T Quilt

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Linda C Butler

The Turner T Quilt by Linda Butler In the mid 1960s Grandmother Jackman (Turner-Vance) encouraged me to make a quilt in the Turner design which was in the shape of the letter “T”.  She explained that all the Turner girls made … Continue reading →

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The Dancing Cow

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Linda C Butler

The Dancing Cow By Linda C. Butler Told by Charlie Vance I had a job working as a hired hand for a farmer when I was seventeen.  One day when we had finished work and had put the saddles horses … Continue reading →

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The Vances and Turners Loved Poetry

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Linda C Butler

The Vances and The Turners Loved Poetry by Linda C Butler The Vances and Turners enjoyed reciting poetry and spent countless hours memorizing. There was drudgery in farm work and in the days before radio and television, poetry was a … Continue reading →

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Fall Harvest of Dandelion Greens

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Linda C Butler

Fall Harvest of Dandelion Greens by Linda C Butler My Grandmother and great grandmother used to harvest wild dandelion greens in the spring to serve as a pot herb.  The dandelion was widely available throughout the Prairies and in the … Continue reading →

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