Saskatchewan : A History

Saskatchewan : A HistorySaskatchewan : A History, John H. Archer A comprehensive history of the Province of Saskatchewan, tracing its story from prehistoric times through to the close of the Ross Thatcher government in 1971. The author surveys Indigenous presence, early exploration and settlement, political development, and the growth of provincial institutions, presenting a chronological account of Saskatchewans social and political evolution. John H. Archer brought wide

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Saskatchewan Memoir

and Welcome Valley)

Penguin Canada’s “Extraordinary Canadians” series includes just two biographies of key figures in the conflicts between First Nations groups and the Canadian government that culminated in the 1885 North-West Resistance: one biography of Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont

John Taylor

Police Chief

he became a prominent railway figure in the United States before coming to Canada in 1881 to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway

at the western margin of the Cypress Hills

agricultural development

and prairie spirit—a legacy shaped by ranchers

Sue Shephard examines methods such as salting

They had come not so much to escape poverty and landlessness at home as religious persecution