-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Flickr Photos
Archives
Categories
Blogs We Follow
- Prairie Ecologist Photos of the Nebraska Prairies 0
Family Sites
Genealogical/Historical
-
Join 77 other subscribers
Blog Stats
- 10,924 hits
Click to Search these Topics:
- accidents
- Allen Vance
- amusements
- bootlegger
- boys
- Bruce County
- Canada
- Charles Turner
- children
- Christmas
- cooking
- crafts
- curling
- David Vance
- Depression years
- Dobson Family
- economy
- education
- family
- family tree
- farming
- Flin Flon
- food
- genealogy
- health
- Herb Lake MB
- history
- home
- homesteading
- horse
- horses
- humor
- hunting
- immigration
- Joseph Vance
- kids
- life
- log cabin
- love
- Manitoba
- Mary Vance
- memoir
- money
- music
- musings
- Ontario
- Orangemen
- parenting
- people
- pets
- poems
- poetry
- prairies
- press gangs
- prospecting
- quilts
- random
- reflections
- religion
- research
- Sam Vance
- Saskatchewan
- schools
- Scotland
- Snow Lake MB
- sports
- Spy Hill
- storekeeper
- stories
- Thicket Portage
- Thompson MB
- thoughts
- trapping
- work
- writers
Facebook Likes
Tag Archives: prospecting
Harry’s Hotel Etiquette
Hotel Fort Macleod CODE OF RULES 1. Guests will be provided with breakfast and supper, but must rustle their own dinner. 2. Boots and spurs must be removed at night before retiring. 3. Dogs are not allowed in the bunks, … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged accommodations, Alberta, Canada, homesteading, hotels, humor, mining, prospecting, random
Leave a comment
The Grub Stake
By Linda Butler Told by her father, Charlie Vance (owner of the store) A prospector came to our general store in Snow Lake MB after being out in the bush for several months. “Charlie”, he said. “I’ve come to town … Continue reading
Posted in Charlie Vance
Tagged English language, humor, Manitoba, prospecting, random, Snow Lake MB
Leave a comment
Vance Turner Connect 