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Tag Archives: Qu’Appelle River
Grandpa Meets His Match
Allen Vance and his father Sam arrived in the Northwest Territories in the fall in 1899 to check out the area. Sam’s brother was already homesteading near Neepawa, Manitoba; no doubt the prospect of 160 acres for $10 was appealing. … Continue reading
Posted in Allen Vance Sr, Emily Jackman
Tagged genealogy, guns, history, homesteading, hunting, Qu'Appelle River, Saskatchewan, schools, Spy Hill
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