The fourth installment of the Vulcan County History Digital Story series features Jean Jordan of Champion with her story about learning to drive in a field in 1946. Produced by Jean, Bev Knutson Shaw, and Vulcan County History. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]
The third installment of the Vulcan County History Digital Story Series features Dorothy Degenstein of Champion, and her story of electricity arriving in Champion. Produced by Dorothy, Bev Knutson Shaw, and Vulcan County History. Enjoy! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to [...]
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Back when Champion was a booming metropolis, the town’s residents got their news from The Champion Chronicle. The first issue of The Champion Chronicle rolled off the presses in 1919, and every week for almost 30 years it kept Championites up to date on local happenings and international events. The Chronicle featured stories of [...]
The second installment of the Vulcan County History digital story series features Racille Ellis and her story about the early telephones on the prairies. Produced by Racille and Bev Knutson Shaw. Enjoy and stay tuned! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to [...]
January 20, 2011 – 10:39 am
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December 23, 2010 – 9:53 am
In 1905, Martin Clever, one of a stream of settlers from the U.S., Eastern Canada and Britain, homesteaded on the section of land where Champion is now located. Mr. Clever decided that his land would be a good location for a new country store that could serve the new settlers in the area, so he [...]
December 18, 2010 – 5:36 pm
Between the years 1907 and 1965, there were 58 registered and numbered coal mines located in the Champion Coal Fields, an area which included the banks of Wolf Coulee (near Carmangay). Twenty-four of those mines were located along what is now known as the Coalmine Road (Township Road 160). Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post [...]
November 8, 2010 – 11:07 am
Vulcan County had within its limits, 123 school districts. Of those districts, six never had a schoolhouse. For most, it was because they were included in Consolidated School Districts. For one, Pasture Land, it was formed only after the County began, for taxation purposes. The histories for the others, from A to Y, have now [...]
November 8, 2010 – 11:05 am
By Ula (Ficht) Tindall and daughter, Marion (Tindall) Matlock: The school district Yale No. 1749 was organized and the school built in 1909 on two acres of land. One acre was donated by Mr. Al Kellogg and one by Mr. Alex McLaughlin, from the adjoining corners of their two homesteads. Established on January 10, 1908, [...]
