Please note that this issue of the magazine celebrates the Society’s 50th Anniversary by reprinting some of the reader’s favorite stories.
Features:
No Bridge Across the Ocean - by Patricia G. Armstrong
Homesteaders from "the old country" didn't have a choice to return home like those from Ontario and the United States. Anecdotes from two European women who settled with in the Yorkton area reveal their determination to survive.
Reprinted from the Summer 1980 issue of Folklore magazine.This is What She Told Me - by Mildred Cameron
Some childhood recollections such as a First Nations marriage proposal, of Mrs. Julia Saxon as her family homesteaded near Otthon.
Reprinted from the Spring 1981 issue of Folklore magazine.One Man's Journey with SHFS - by Richard Wood
The author chronicles his 21 years as an employee of SHFS by recounting significant events starting from 1979.Everett Baker, 1893-1981 - by Muriel Clipsham
The author explains the commitment the Society’s first president had to history in Saskatchewan with photography and "feet on the ground" research.
Reprinted from the Autumn 1981 issue of Folklore magazine.Putting History on the Record - by Richard Wood
Mr. Wood as the first and long time Folklore editor, details the creation and growing pains associated with the magazine.The People Along the Way - by Richard Wood
"An involved and dedicated lot" describes the collection of people involved with Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society, as remembered by Dick Wood.Camping Our for the Winter - by Gladys D. Nicholl
The Moose Mountains sheltered many settler families during winter in 'Hogs Hollow' and 'Hewitt Town'.
Reprinted from the Winter 1979-80 issue of Folklore magazine.Lost & Found: One English Willow - by Dorothy J. Shea
An unusually hardy 'Peach Leaf' willow cutting traveled from England to Saskatchewan to mark family connections.
Reprinted from the Winter 1980-81 issue of Folklore magazine.The Fighting Farmer from Sintaluta - by Keith Foster
Mr. Foster explains how W. R. Motherwell earned his nickname.
Reprinted from the Summer 1979 issue of Folklore magazine.Our First Trip to Manitou Beach - by Doris Thomson
July 1931 was the time when the author's family drove to Manitou Beach for their first summer vacation at a lake.
Reprinted from the Summer 1982 issue of Folklore magazine.The Remarkable Mumsy - by Patricia G. Armstrong
Mary Elizabeth Raynolds Wilson, also known as "Mumsy" brought culture and entertainment to the small settlement at Crystal Lake in the early 1900s.
Reprinted from the Summer 1981 issue of Folklore magazine.