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Home Town or Home Community:
Saskatoon, SK
Our Story:
CLARE’S STORY
The Trip West, 1921
The family of Dr. Robert A. Hume, wife Mame, and sons Clare and Ray pulled up stakes from a thriving veterinary practice in Arkona, Ontario because prairie air gave considerable relief to my father’s asthma. The trip by train took nearly four days and offered enough novel experiences to a 12-year-old to relieve the monotony of endless miles of rock, forest and prairie, the clicking of wheels on rails and a bed that never stopped shaking. It was all a sensory delight and a new chapter in my education. It probably engendered my life-long love affair ...more Story
Related Links:
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Lorraine Harvie
23 Pony Trail
Riverside Estates SK S7T 1A2
Canada
harvie@sasktel.net
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