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This is an envelope that promotes the Town of Unity Saskatchewan, it promotes all it's businesses even it's $8000.00 Opera House. It also promotes itself as the Queen City of the Grand Trunk Pacific, & the City built on Two Transcontinental Railways.
This is from a letter sent to my cousin from a former classmate who had moved there. It was postmarked March 1910.
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A big thank you to trunkman, Bellin, cwork, Mani, & bratjdd, glad you enjoyed it.
How could I not love them with family in Saskatoon :-) Maybe that is what my Aunt saw when she left here to set up homestead in canada . They had a beautiful life there and still do as generations of her family are still there . Love this old piece of history walksoft :-)
I'm going to have to make a side trip someday, when we go out to Saskatoon. Then I could see first hand your families stomping grounds, there might even be some collectibles to find.
Thanks for the Love Phil
Let me know when Walksoft . my cousin would welcome you ! You could take photo's also . Can you google Richard"Dick" Smith and see what comes up in your area he did rodeo's and raised all the exotic animals and Bulls . He passed several years ago but there should be something about his adventures in sask ?(Conquest or Ardath)