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The Callaway Family
In 1907, James Corydon (Cory/Cora) and Lizzie (Sheets) Callaway, with their son James (Jimmy) Edward, left the Green Oak community near Rochester, Indiana, to homestead in Saskatchewan.
Their daughter, Loral Pearl, remained in Indiana. There they had had a small mixed farm, raising hogs and growing tomatoes and cucumbers for sale. Hearing through newspaper ads and relatives who had worked in North Dakota that free land was available in Canada - Indiana land prices were rising — they decided to try their luck in this new country. In doing so, they carried on a tradition of pioneering established by ...more Story
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Western Development Museum
Contact:
Velma Callaway
PO Box 126
Davidson SK S0G 1A0
Canada
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