From “Valentine Schnepf” as told by Maggie (Schnepf) Sanderson “Father’s name was Valentine Schnepf. He came to Canada in 1905 and bought land in the Carroll District. We didn’t move up until 1911. We left New Windsor, Illinois, by train. Of course, our supplies, horses, and household things were loaded in ▸
From “Coghill Siding” by A. NielsenCoghill is a railroad siding between Alix and Haynes about three miles south and east of Stanton School. A section crew lived there until the 50s. Then there was just a section man lived there for a few years….It was a very important grain loading ▸
These articles are excerpts from Fred B. Stone’s “Stones on a Farm”, taken from Gleanings, (the follow-up book to Pioneers and Progress), Alix-Clive Historical Club, 1981. Both books are available for sale at Alix Wagon Wheel Museum, Alix Public Library, and Alix Home Hardware.“The grain harvest followed hard upon the ▸
“There are some wonders of Nature we see only once in a lifetime, if we are lucky and at the right place at the right time.”“I cannot remember the year we saw this one, but believe it must have been around the early nineteen thirties. One evening there was a ▸