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Gone But Not Forgotten Tales of the Disappearing Grain Elevators is a treasure trove of stories that reach beyond the buildings of timber and nails and put a human face on the history of these towering structures that once represented prosperity and stability on the Prairie landscape Through a series of biographical sketches and photographs this book portrays a vivid picture of life in and around Prairie grain elevators over the past century

Despite changes in population and the loss of such essential services as schools, post offices, and grain elevators, many of Canada's oldest prairie communities -- communities like Craik and Meacham in Saskatchewan, and Vulcan in Alberta -- have defied the odds, facing death only to rise again. In this book Elizabeth McLachlan investigates how these communities have capitalised on green initiatives, the growing influence of local artists, and ...

A compilation of individual stories based on the author s interviews and correspondence with several depression era teachers

The sequel to "With Unshakeable Persistence " McLachlan takes us into the next decade relating with vivid sometimes shocking detail the experiences of prairie teachers during and after the second world war