"PIONEERS O PIONEERS" The Series to date-
#1 Before the Steel
SOLD OUT
#2 Trail of '82
Tells the stories of 30 of Regina and District's earliest pioneers - arriving before rail service. (Though stand-alone, it's a continuation of SOLD OUT series book #1 Before the Steel.)
Robert Sinton
He could see the potential
The Callender Brothers
Wascana area the best they'd seen
The Wascana Martins
Anchors of the Old Crossing colony
The Duncans
A builder, a sheriff, a pharmacist
James Newton Chatwin
His was a life tailored to happiness
The Martins of Lumsden
Their will to succeed deeply rooted
Thomas C. Craigie
First a Mountie, then a homesteader
The Browns
Glamour of the West stirred their hearts
William Hamilton
Billy the cook, hired man, homesteader
Thomas Bredin
Before long he owned 1,000 acres
George Burns
Family farm 120 years... and counting
Charles Simpson
The whole family pitched in
Adam Traynor
Homestead truly a family farm
The McIntyre Brothers
John the farmer, Duncan the rail magnate
Captain William White
Opportunity lost, experience gained
#3 Tents to Towers
Tents to Towers chronicles several prime examples of individuals who, over a dozen Regina decades, have contributed to the building and development of the settlement, town and city.
Tent Town Religion
Services under canvas or out of doors
The Mowats - Brothers Five
Proprietors of Regina's first general store
Richard Henry Williams
Family's progress paralleled Regina's
Frederick M. Crapper
Decorator and his work both well regarded
The Ramsays
Pioneers, builders of Lumsden and Regina
The QLL&S Railway
Long name, short life, important link
Senator Patrick Burns
He knew a good steer and an honest man
Francis Nicholson Darke
A "splendid contributor" in so many ways
The hotel scene
A popular industry indeed
Innkeeping was in, in early Regina
The hotel scene
Charles Howson
The elegant and ill-fated Windsor
The hotel scene
John Haslam
Opening of Kings "an epoch"
The hotel scene
The Boyle Family
Three generations in the business
The Kangles Family
Hardworking and caring, - and characters
The hotel scene
The beat carried on
Not all projects were completed
The McCallum Brothers
One conservative, the other flamboyant
McCallum, Hill and Company
Builders of Regina's first skyscraper
The Hill Family
Community builders and boosters
The Peart Family: Hardware men
67 years of business and community service
George C. Solomon
His own economic diversification unit
Samuel J. Cohen
Army & Navy founder had a flair
Pioneers of the Silver Screen
Grover, Fisher and Bercovich led the way
#4 Women of the Years
Women of the Years is about much-overdue acknowledgement that women, too, performed remarkable roles in the pioneering of Regina and District from earliest times to the present.
Regina Mary Rowell
Hers was a bittersweet honour
Jessie Robson Bothwell
Pioneer of regional libraries
Mary E. Truesdell
Health care worker on the frontier
Agnes (Martin) Balfour
Descendants uphold her heritage
Fanny Laidlaw
School support shaky in the 1880
Kate Simpson Hayes
The locals were amazed and stunned
Leonie Rimmer
Gracious, resourceful, musical
Judge Ethel MacLachlan
Fervent woman of firsts
Sarah Ramsland/Scythes
She broke the mould in 1919
Helena/Mrs. Ashley Walker
She combined charm, realism and leadership
Pauline Konoff
Kind, capable and caring
Agnes Davidson
She surely made a difference
Bessie Barker
Generous with her time and treasures
Marjorie Dunlop
Library programs for all people
Emmie Oddie
Four Ducie women in the Hall of Fame
Mary "Bonnie" Baker
Pretty, poised and professional
#5 Keepers of the Law
Keepers of the Law recognizes, in a biographical way, that Regina has been blessed indeed by its law enforcement agencies and individual practitioners throughout its history to date.
Early Times/Overview
Queen City proud of its police forces
Sir George A. French
Face to face with the unknown
Francis J. Dickens
Somebody's son
Harry Walker
Bandmaster extraordinaire
James Williams
A force of one
Walter Brinkworth
He captured history
Harry W. Brinkworth
Made Saskatchewan home
Martin J. Bruton
He "ruled" the city for 30 years
Charles R. Millar
"Greater love hath no man..."
William J. Greer
"Whistling Willie": pedestrian's best friend
James Lyttle
Big man of the police department
Clarence R. Bligh
Old school policeman
Harry G. Rapeer
Tragic accident at Depot
Daniel Magee
A different approach to policing
George A. Lenhard
He paid the ultimate price
Stirling McNeil
A giant among men
James C. Coughlin
Artist and boxer
Willis E. Rhodeniser
A life cut short
Frank Ursaki
He saw a lot of changes
Dr. Frances G. McGill
"First Woman Mountie"
Dennis C. Chisholm
A man in a uniform
Robert J. Mills
Times of change
William (Bill) MacRae
The Canadian dream
Arthur G. Cookson
Self-proclaimed "hawk"
Beryl Beck
Regina's first policewoman
Helen Kaeser
30 years and four promotions
Terry Hluska
Marathon man
Lyle Sobering
The gift of gab
Agnes Herda
Realizing a dream
Murray J. Sawatsky
Notable cases; Saskatchewan frame of mind
Sydney Bloxom
Coast to coast: a Renaissance man
Lyle Stroeder
Small town to vast North
Women Mounties
First troop came to Depot in 1974
Chaplain Allan Higgs
Faith, humour, and a well-polished diamond
Cory Lerat
Native special constable to aide-de-camp