On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:21 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David J Brooks" > Subject: Re: June PUG is up > > >> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:04 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> This was an era of westward expansion by both the Canadian and the >>> American >>> governments, so land was practically being given away. all a person had >>> to >>> do was homestead it and be Canadian in order to give Canada leverage if >>> the >>> Americans decided to move the border north. >> >> Interesting story Bill. >> >> What town would this be near.?? >> > > The closest town is Mossbank, the closest town of any size is Avonlea. > It's something like 60km south of Moose Jaw on Highway 2, perhaps as much as > 2 km off the highway.
I see Moosbank had a WWII flight training area. Wonder if thats were my Dad trained. Can't ask him, but i know it was in Sask. Dave > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
