Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The History of the Rainy River District
The following pages are a testament to the history of Rainy River District. The articles appear as they did when originally published and have not been edited in any way. The articles, published in the Fort Frances Times and Rainy River Herald, describe how the area was developed including the gold rush around the turn of the century, the birth of the logging industry and how railways and highways opened the area to the rest of the country.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PHOTO ALBUM
THE GREAT GOLD RUSH
THE BIRTH OF THE LOGGING INDUSTRY
TRANSPORTATION —THE OPENING OF THE WEST
DEVELOPMENT
SETTLEMENT
MAJOR EVENTS —WAR, CRIME, DISASTERS, POLITICS
BIOGRAPHIES OF INTERESTING CITIZENS
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Joseph Alexander Osborne, founder of the Fort Frances Times and a newspaperman for 66 of his 87 years, passed away at Newport News, V.A. on Sunday, July 25, 1948. At the time of his death he was editor emeritus of the Gazette of Williamsburg, V.A., the oldest paper on the […]
William Hampdon Tenner, who leaves as a memorial the finest complete collection of photographs of early days in the District of Rainy River, passed away at his home in Devlin on June 10, 1948. He was an ardent and artistic photographer and many pictures of steamboat navigation on the Rainy […]
The Peek Inn Cafe at 292 Scott St. was badly damaged by fire which was reported at 2:45 a.m. this morning. Although the flames, starting in the vicinity of the soda fountain swept up through the first floor and through the roof. The walls of the building were not badly […]
Cecil Stewart of Fort Frances by virtue of two victories on Saturday night, won the lightweight title at Hibbing’s ninth District Golden Gloves tournament and the right to participate in the Minnesota tournament at Minneapolis opening on February 9. In the semi-finals, Stewart won over George Elich of Hibbing and […]
J. M. Newman, Liberal-Labour Fort Frances, is the choice of the electors of the Rainy River as their candidate to the Ontario Legislature as a result of Monday’s election. in 75 of 81 polls he has a majority of 243 over his nearest opponent, Mayor R. O. Wilkes, M. C., […]
Widely Publicized “Hot Stove” Case Is Concluded Three men, William Shmidt, 29, of Fort Frances, George Skrypnyk, 25, and Anthony Skrypnyk, 22, both of Atikokan, paid with their lives on the gallows in the jail jail this morning, the penalty for their participation in what has become known as the […]
Four men from this district, Anthony and George Skrypnyk, Eino Tallonen and William Schmidt, were committed for trial on a charge of murder in connection with the torture slaying of Mrs. Viola Jamieson, 49, of Flanders, Ontario, at the preliminary hearing before Magistrate Wolfe at Kenora Monday. George Armstrong of […]
Mrs. Viola Jamieson of Flanders, died Sunday morning at ten o ‘clock as a result of burns allegedly to have been inflicted when, according to her statement, three ruffians entered her home Saturday evening, June 10, unable to get money from her, placed the tiny woman on a hot stove, […]
Mrs. Jamieson who resides in the vicinity of Flanders was reported to have been robbed with violence at her home Saturday night. Three men were said to have thrown a sheet over her head when she entered her the house and when she refused to tell them where her money […]
Over 1600 Million ft. Of Lumber Cut; Payroll Totalled $20 Millions The Shevlin-Clarke Co. Ltd, which operated Canada’s largest pine sawmill in Fort Frances from 1911 to 1940, has suspended operations and, by mid-June, will pass completely from the local scene. On June 5, 1911, the first logs were run […]
Patients in LaVerendrye Hospital will pay the following rates: Beds in public wards will cost $1.75 per day, which is the standard rate throughout the province. At the present, there are only 4-bed public wards in the hospital, so that even here the patient will have more privacy than in […]
From rumour the found little basis in fact early Canadian explorers dreamed of the discovery of the Western Sea, a short way to the advantageous trade from the east. Jacques Cartier had sought it, followed by Samual Champlian who reaching the Lake Nipissing and descending the French River, was the […]
