Industry, Business & Work


1.A History of Flour Milling in Manitoba  -   Neil Otto, Karen Nicholson , Edward Ledohowski
Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritag and Citizenship, May 1992

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2. Locally Made: Grist Mills, Brickyards, Cheese Factories & More.....
Ken Storie, Turtle Mountain - Souris Plains

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Part 1: Turtle Mountain and The Souris Plains Online  /   
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Part 2: 
Boundary Trail Heritage Region    Online -   Download the pdf



3. Eaton Homes Planbook

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4. Manitoba's Small Brickyards
  David Butterfield


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5. Manitoba's Coal Rush by Bob Caldwell  (Mb History)

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6. A 1000 Words -  Pioneer Photographers in the Southwest Corner
Ken Storie / Municipality of Grassland

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7. A Glimpse of Early Styles in Farm Implements
By T. L. Townsend   
The Nor’-West Farmer and Farm & Home
July 5 and 20, 1932            p. 8,9,25


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8. The Sekine Project

For about a decade, beginning in 1973, thousands of high-quality Sekine bicycles were manufactured near Rivers, Manitoba at the Oo-za-we-Kwun Centre in facilities that were once part of one of the most important Air Force Bases in Canada.


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9. Turtle Mountain Mud   (Video)   (Website)

The Story of Manitoba’s Only Commercially Viable Coal Mines


10. The Harvest Excursion
 

The west wanted seasonal labour ...the railway provided the solution.
From "The Canadian"  April 30, 1966

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