The Contrarian: Sea Turtles
An entry from Willie Brant’s diary: Ran out of Eno’s heartburn medicine last night, have to stop eating so many tomatoes, but they are so good this time of year…. Read more »
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The Contrarian: Colourful Characters – Joe Amodeo
My classmate Bob Curtis and I came to work in Dryden after we graduated as engineers in 1961. He and his cousin George Lever decided they would take flying lessons,… Read more »
The Contrarian: Save the Boreal Forest
A page from Willie Brant’s diary Joe was a bit more cheerful when I dropped in that rainy day last week, big difference from last week’s report. He was sitting… Read more »
The Contrarian: Planting Trees
A Page from Willy Brant’s Diary Rainy day last spring. Stopped at Joe’s on my way home from town. Found him busy transplanting tiny little cabbage plants into bigger pots;… Read more »
The Contrarian: Saskatchewan Days
We were talking about our pioneer family’s roots, and noted that the Yeomans family seem to be our first settlers from western Canada. After the initial surge from Ontario, resettling… Read more »
The Contrarian: More Yeomans History
If you Google George Markland Yeomans, you can come up with this story. Asa Yeomans married Charlotte Yost Herkimer in New York State, and moved to the Belleville, Ontario area… Read more »
The Contrarian: Youmans or Yeomans
The first entry in the Land Agents Record Book for a lot in the CPR subdivision which became Dryden was on August 4 1896 to a Mr George Markland Yeomans… Read more »
The Contrarian: Police Service
I failed in my duty when I was about 4 years old. My two year old sister disappeared while I was not paying attention. After frantically running around looking for… Read more »
The Contrarian: The Sons Of Martha
In traditional times, there were three Learned Professions. They were self-governing, that is, the Profession itself decided who was qualified to practice that Profession, and if something went wrong, they… Read more »
The Contrarian: Last Spike At Feist Lake
A railway track is held in place by spikes – large, square nails with a large head that overlaps the rail flange so the rail can expand and contract but… Read more »
The Contrarian: Early agricultural experiments in the Dryden area
Our Wabigoon Clay Belt is unique, when it comes to agriculture – Rainy River district is more like Manitoba, and Thunder Bay district has different soil and a cooler, less… Read more »