| Call #: | MSS C550/1/24.1 |
| Author: |
Morton, Arthur Silver
|
| Title: | Forty years in the North-West. 15 April 1920. |
| Description: | 339 pages. bound volume. |
| Notes: | This manuscript contains chapters on the Hudson's Bay Company, missionaries, the extermination of the buffalo, transportation, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Northwest Resistance of 1885, the election of representatives to the Northwest Council and Parliament, the establishment of the early press, early attempts at prohibition, the land boom, the church, the immigration of ethnic groups, the outbreak of World War I and biographical notes on a number of pioneers. As well, there a number of illustrations and photographs of key historic personalities. |
| Morton Manuscript Collection, Special Collections, University of Saskatchewan Libraries. | |
| History: | William J. Carter was a carpenter and long-time resident of Prince Albert. |
| Subject: |
Canada - Land titles
Canada - Emigration and immigration Telegraph - Canada - 19th century Transportation - Canada - 19th century Métis settlements - Saskatchewan Métis settlements - Alberta Fur traders - Alberta Buffalo Railroads - Land grants - Canada Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Northern Railway |