Currently on display at the Cut Knife Library (113 Broad Street):
Winnifred (Turner) Powell married Stanley Turner on March 19, 1915 in England. Stan returned to Saskatchewan with his bride where they lived north of Cut Knife in the Wembley district.
~ Debbie M.
Ephemera are items which were not originally designed to be retained or preserved, but have been collected or retained… “the minor transient documents of everyday life”. Ephemera are often paper-based, printed items, including menus, ticket stubs, newspapers, postcards, posters, sheet music, stickers, and greeting cards.
from Wikipedia
~ Debbie M.
The 1st Annual Rodeo-Tomahawk Days fell on October 21 & 22, 1969. It was a very exciting time. The residents, businesses and organizations of the Town and R.M. of Cut Knife, in conjunction with the communities of Little Pine, Poundmaker and Sweetgrass, were doing everything they could to launch tourism in the area.
The Tomahawk had yet to be built, and the CMMM’s Ovenstown building had not yet been relocated, but this first event would feature an assortment of activities and tourist draws, anyway. Included in the 2-day festival was a parade, contests and competitions, a kangaroo court, the wooden nickel fundraiser and, of course, the rodeo. An important part of the mix in the lead up to the rodeo was the advertising.
Here are a few examples of local businesses and their promotions for Rodeo-Tomahawk Days, Highway 40 Courier, Oct. 16, 1969, pages 6 & 7:
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~ Debbie M.
Currently on display at the Cut Knife Library (113 Broad Street):
This outfit was worn by Hughenna Rutley at her marriage to Ovide Bertrand, August 8, 1928. Their children: Mary, Clare, Evelyn, Lorraine, Arthur, David, and Lucille.
~ Debbie M.
Remember this quote from a couple of days ago in Cut Knife Goes Western with Wild Rodeo?
Thousands of souvenir “wooden nickels” will be manufactured and redeemed during the days of the rodeo…
~ from Wild Rodeo
This past Saturday, during the Museum’s annual spring walk-thru, I found some! This is what they looked like.
Notice that the nickel back (bottom left) is stamped with Cree syllabics. Syllabics are symbols that represent either a combination of consonant and vowel, or just a consonant, or just a vowel. The Cree language was spoken by many First Nations in Saskatchewan historically, and continues to be spoken, and taught today, including in the neighbouring communities of Little Pine First Nation, Poundmaker Cree Nation, and Sweetgrass First Nation.
The October 9th, 1969 Courier Editorial described how the Town residents were working together with the three neighbouring First Nations communities on a joint economic endeavor to benefit the district. The goal was to establish an annual rodeo, and construct a giant tomahawk recognizing “the important part” these First Nations “have played in local history”.
The rodeo and the tomahawk will provide Cut Knife with its opportunity to cash-in on the tourist trade – one of the northwest’s fastest growing industries.
~ from Industrious People (page 2)
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Clayton McLain Memorial Museum 