Well, At Least We Found The Barkfield School Site.
So, the other day I mentioned that Andrew and I have been endeavoring to find old historical sites here in the East Reserve area (also […]
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Downtown Steinbach, or MHV Museum?
So, last month, The Guardian published an interview with Miriam Toews, which featured a photo with this caption: “Steinbach Manitoba, the Mennonite town where Toews […]
We Were Unable To Find Burwalde’s Cemetery
(Feature photo: where Burwalde used to be. I guess. Andrew took this photo from inside the car. I’m sorry for the bug guts on the […]
Reading Shirley Hiebert’s Book, ‘Trüdyt’s Daughter’
Lately, I’ve been reading Shirley Hiebert’s book, Trüdyt’s Daughter: A Mennonite Woman’s Memoir. This vivid, unflinching account takes us from the east end of Steinbach […]
Mitchell Was Once Vollwerk. (That’s A Recent Discovery Of Mine.)
You probably already knew this, but it was news to me. I was minding my own business, reading the Historical Atlas of the East Reserve, […]