Manitoba History articles from June 2006

Manitoba History archives from June 2006

Editor's note: the art of W. J. Phillips.
June 1, 2006... Our cover illustration entitled "Red River Expedition, 1870. Near Lower Fort Garry" was painted in 1934 by the renowned western Canadian artist, Walter J. Phillips. We are especially proud of this cover as it represents the first public...

Make the night hideous: death at a Manitoba charivari, 1909.
June 1, 2006... Rural communities struggle with competing stereotypes; they're either hotbeds of intrigue or idyllic Edens. The truth always lies somewhere between the two. But when jealousy and resentment combine with riotous celebration, too often trouble...

Manitoba History welcomes Nolan Reilly as Associate Editor.(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... I am pleased to announce that Dr. Nolan Reilly has joined the staff of Manitoba History as Associate Editor. Nolan is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg. He is co-President of the Canadian Oral...

Writing immigrant Winnipeg: a literary map of the city through the first World War.
June 1, 2006... Lay of the Land Western Canada was sold as a fiction. Advertising the vast open prairies as "the new Eldorado," (1) official Canadian government posters across Europe painted the West in glowing hues: "Homes for everybody." (2) "Easy to...

Jesse James and the "Great Winnipeg Manitoba Raid" of 1876?
June 1, 2006... If you were anywhere near Winnipeg last October you cannot have failed to notice that part of a major Hollywood movie entitled The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was being filmed in the Exchange District. Jesse James, as...

Manitoba's finest.(Manitoba Provincial Police)
June 1, 2006... It may come as a surprise to many that Manitoba once had a provincial police force. Indeed, at one time or another every province had one, but only Ontario and Quebec still retain them. The RCMP has taken over provincial duties in all other...

Who was the father of Robert Logan of the Red River Settlement?
June 1, 2006... The identity of the father of Robert Logan (d. 1866) of the Red River Settlement (later Winnipeg), has heretofore been unknown. Scholars have speculated, based on the little information available (son of a West Indies planter), that Robert...

The 1870 Wolseley Expedition Route.
June 1, 2006... Old maps are found in the most interesting places. In the case of an 1870 map, showing the route taken by the Red River Expedition, it was folded up at the back of a 135 year old report in the University of Manitoba Archives & Special...

Plan for the expedition to Hudson Bay: a newly discovered manuscript by Jean-Francois Galaup, Comte de Laperouse.
June 1, 2006... Introduction The significance of the 1782 expedition to Hudson Bay under the command of the French naval officer Jean-Francois Galaup, Comte de Laperouse is instructive in several ways. Undertaken during the last part of the American War...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... Dear Editor, Having done research on the Criddle family, I read with interest the article (Number 51, February 2006) on Norman Criddle. I would like to share information that I gathered when I was asked to speak on the Criddles in 1994 at...

Jim Mochoruk, Formidable Heritage--Manitoba's North and the Cost of Development 1870 to 1930.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Jim Mochoruk, Formidable Heritage--Manitoba's North and the Cost of Development 1870 to 1930 University of Manitoba Press, 2004, 256 pp. ISBN 0887556760, $27.95 (paperback). Historian W. L. Morton argued in The Canadian identity (1961) that...

David Arnason and Mhari Mackintosh, eds., The Imagined City: a Literary History of Winnipeg.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... David Arnason and Mhari Mackintosh, eds., The Imagined City: A Literary History of Winnipeg Turnstone Press, 2005, 218 pp. ISBN 0888012985, $29.95 (paperback) David Arnason and Mhari Mackintosh celebrate the city of Winnipeg in their...

Alvin J. Esau, The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Alvin J. Esau, The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes UBC Press, 2004, 416 pp. ISBN 077481117X, $29.95 (paperback) Scholarship on the Hutterites tends to focus on their early centuries of religious...

Lorna Roth, Something New in the Air: the Story of First Peoples Television Broadcasting in Canada.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Lorna Roth, Something New in the Air: The Story of First Peoples Television Broadcasting in Canada McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005, 320 pp. ISBN 0773528563, $29.95 (paperback) It cannot be a simple task to write the history--or as...

Edward Beauclerk Maurice, The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers: Coming of Age in the Arctic.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Edward Beauclerk Maurice, The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers: Coming of Age in the Arctic HarperCollins Canada Ltd., 2004, 393 pp. ISBN 0007171641, $19.95 (paperback) Born in 1913 in Somerset, England, Edward Beauclerk Maurice, like...

Alison Calder and Robert Wardhaugh, eds. History, Literature, and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Alison Calder and Robert Wardhaugh, eds. History, Literature, and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies University of Manitoba Press, 2005, 308 pp. ISBN 0887556825, $24.95 (paperback) The worst thing about this book is its title. How does a...

President's message, June 2006.(Wayne Arseny of Manitoba Historical Society)
June 1, 2006... On May 27 a few members of the Manitoba Historical Society went by bus to Emerson, where we had a fine lunch and our annual general meeting, followed by a bus coach tour of "historic" Emerson. We almost didn't manage the bus tour, but thanks to...

Dalnavert Museum.
June 1, 2006... The Dalnavert Garden "Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today...." Robert Frost" A Prayer in Spring" The Dalnavert property is not large enough to feature the secluded areas, winding pathways and the arbours associated with a true...

Ross House Museum.(plaque to be unveiled in rememberance of Joe Zuken )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Joe Zuken Plaque Unveiling at Ross House On July 1 at Ross House MHS is having an expanded Canada Day program in association with the Zuken Memorial Association. A plaque will be unveiled commemorating the contributions of the late Joe...

Centennial Farms.
June 1, 2006... Ashern Darren & Laura Larson NW 10-23-10 WPM 1900 Austin Mark & Doris Bagnall NW 15-11-12 WPM 1896 Brookdale Bernice (Rasmussen) & Norman Campbell NE 31-11-15 WPM 1889 Carman James & Mac MacNair...

Judith Hudson Beattie receives the Douglas Kemp Award.(Manitoba Historical Society)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Lieutenant Governor John Harvard presented the Douglas Kemp Award to Judith Hudson Beattie at the MHS awards ceremony at St. John's College on April 23. The award commemorates Douglas Kemp president of the Society from 1959 to 1961. Judy has...

Margaret McWilliams 2005 awards.(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Scholarly History: The Courts' and the Colonies: The Litigation of the Hutterite Church Disputes by Alvin J Esau, University of British Columbia Press Institutional History: Memoir of a Living Disease: The Story of Earl Hershfield and...

Centennial organization awards.
June 1, 2006... Presented by Lieutenant Governor John Harvard Les McLaughlin Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors 1881 Sister Anne Pidskalny Immaculate heart of Mary School 1905 Gwen McClement Carman Health Auxiliary 1904 Ray...

New web exhibit reveals Red River Settlement through church documents.(Association for Manitoba Archives)
June 1, 2006... In honour of Manitoba Day, May 12, 2006, The Association for Manitoba Archives is formally launching its new web exhibit, "Recorders of Community: The Archival Legacy of the Red River Settlement Churches 1818-1870". The exhibit is now viewable...

York Factory National Historic Site: giving the past a future: do you have something to say?(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Operated continuously between 1684 and 1957, York Factory, near the mouth of the Hayes River on Hudson Bay, was one of the oldest and most important fur trade establishments of the Hudson's Bay Company. It was also a large, vibrant community,...

Gilbert Plains.(Heritage News)(history book being published)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... There is a homecoming planned for Gilbert Plains July 10-16 2006. The town of Gilbert Plains is 100 years old and the R.M. of Gilbert Plains is 105 years old. There is a joint celebration planned with a week of activities. There is a new local...

Boissevain.(Heritage News)
June 1, 2006... The Boissevain centennial and the 125th anniversary of the Rural Municipality of Morton will be held on July 28, 29 and 30.

Transcona Historical.(Heritage News)
June 1, 2006... Have you ever wondered why Transcona is known for its pink flamingoes and who that gentleman on Regent Avenue is who greets everyone by tipping his hat? Also, why was the railway such an important part in Transcona's history and how did...

Museum.(Heritage News)
June 1, 2006... Museum (THM) is set to answer in its newest exhibit: "ICONS and IMAGES" of Transcona, Manitoba. The museum's new exhibit opened June 1 and runs until March 2007. Summer hours are Monday to Saturday from 10 to 4. For more information, please...

Operation Dialogue.(Heritage News)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Operation Dialogue is a charitable organization that was founded with the intention of making Canadians more aware of "What it means to be a Canadian" The current project is an online tool and database that will allow people to publish...

Community Heritage Manitoba.(Heritage News)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Community Heritage Manitoba is a province--wide association of municipal heritage advisory committees (or MHACs). These committees are established by municipal councils to advise them on community matters. The goal of community heritage...

Mennonite Heritage Village.(Heritage News)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... A 126-year old barn was moved from the corner of Highway 52 and Reichenbach Road (just west of Mitchell where it was built in 1885) to the Mennonite Heritage Village. The 80-by-38-ft. building was constructed within the first years of Mennonite...

The RM of Hanover covered the $20,000 moving costs while the costs of restoration will be picked up by people interested in preserving the barn, including some members of the Peters clan.(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The RM of Hanover covered the $20,000 moving costs while the costs of restoration will be picked up by people interested in preserving the barn, including some members of the Peters clan. Plans are to bring the barn back to what it was,...

Carman.(Heritage News)
June 1, 2006... The Dufferin Historical Society in Carman is reprinting the book, Carman & Dufferin: Recollection of an Eyewitness written by former Carman mayor Thomas Kernighan in 1923. The book, renamed The Brightest Jewel, will sell for $20 with the...

Carberry.(Heritage News)
June 1, 2006... The Carberry News-Express reports that preparations are underway for the 125th Anniversary celebrations in Carberry in early July 2007. A history book is being written and over 200 photos have been scanned and catalogued so far. People who...

Swan River.(Swan Valley Historical Museum )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... At the Swan Valley Historical Museum in Swan River a plaque was unveiled on May 28 to commemorate Gertrude (Twilley) Richardson who was instrumental in organizing the first "Women's Suffrage Society" in Manitoba on March 22, 1912 which survived...

Red River.(Heritage News)
June 1, 2006... Plan a summer adventure exploring the routes you'll find along Manitoba's historic Red River. Self directed itineraries for nineteen walking, paddling, cycling and driving tours are presented on this interesting web site:...

The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame.(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame Induction Service will be held on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 1:30 at William Glesky Centre, 11-2nd St. N.E. in Portage La Prairie. A reception will follow at the Herman Prior Centre across the parking lot....

Inglis Elevators National Historic Site near completion.(Heritage News)
June 1, 2006... Allan Sawchuck, project manager writes in the Spring 2006 newsletter:" To date we have restored the five elevators, which included raising the elevators, pouring new concrete slabs, crib replacement and repairs, new siding on most of the...

Calendar of events.
June 1, 2006... July 1 Joe Zuken Plaque unveiling in Joe Zuken Park and Canada Day Barbecue and Entertainment at Ross House Museum July 1 Delta Marsh History Fish Fry September 18--The History Book Club meets at 7 pm at Dalnavert Visitors Centre. Jack...