Today It’s Randolph, But Back Then It Was Chortitz.
I think Randolph was the first Mennonite village that I ever heard about. When I was little, a friend from school lived there. The first […]
History
Is Anyone Denying That The Tourist Hotel Existed?
This past Monday, I came across two items that caught my interest, caught my eye. One was a comment on Facebook that suggested the Mennonite […]
I’ll Be Very Jealous If You Purchase This Heritage Home!
Hands down, 255 Hanover Street is one of Steinbach’s most beautiful Heritage Homes. Also known in local-history-nerd circles as stop number 9 on the Steinbach […]
Steinbach Doesn’t Have a Train Track. Here’s Why.
Take a look at a map, and you’ll see that any community worth its salt will have either A: a river, or B: a train […]
What About Katharina Thiessen? (A.K.A. Mrs. Jacob Barkman)
I was called out! Yes it’s true. I concluded this post with Andrew’s great-great-great-grandfather Jacob Barkman’s death in the Red River in 1875, as if […]