Mary Wiebe Friesen, born 1913 in the Terek Settlement My family and I lived in the Terek Settlement of Russia, established in 1901, which covered 24,800 acres. My parents had a mill; I was one of eight siblings, born in 1913. In 1918, when I was five, we were driven out of the area; I, […]
March/April 2014
As the Leamington Winter of 2013/2014 slowly gives way to Spring, we are eager to walk again through the meditation garden at the Heritage Center, and enjoy the outside features of the museum. While the museum itself is open on weekday mornings, and all are always welcome to come for coffee and tour the facility, the […]
Elber School
THE ELBER SCHOOL It was a small log building like all the other buildings that existed at that time in the early settler community of Reesor. At first it only consisted of one small room, but a few years later a woodshed lean-to was added on to it and the outside log walls had clapboard […]
