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Govan, Saskatchewan: Portrait of a Prairie Town (Part 1).
- Source :
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Prairie History . Spring2023, Issue 10, p33-42. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The article focuses on early history of Govan, Saskatchewan on early explorers and surveyors, few pioneers had passed through it and none had stopped to build a home. It mentions first house to be built within a five-mile radius of Govan was that of Oscar Landstrom, who filed for his homestead in 1903. It also mentions first Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train whirled into Govan on October 8, 1907.
- Subjects :
- *EXPLORERS
*SURVEYORS
*HOMESTEAD law
*RAILROAD passenger cars
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25628976
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Prairie History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163514773