Canadian History

MS 107
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The Frontiersman

Letter to Ruth, Roy, and Alice regarding a trip to Canada

Collection area: Political Affairs

Collection dates: 1906-1915

About this collection

Photocopy of manuscript accompanied by a typed transcription. Autobiographical account of the homesteading experiences of the Roberts family: Sarah, her physician husband, and their three sons, Frank, Lathrop, and Brockway. It begins in western Canada in 1906, and ends when they return to the United States in 1911.

Historical background

Pioneer near Stettler, Alberta, Canada from 1906-1911.

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