Saturday, March 5, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Eston
The History of Eston Saskatchewan
By : Skye
Intro;
In Canada there is a lot of towns, the towns are very similar to others. Some towns have the same kind of buildings and convenience stores in them. Also there are towns that are much larger than others. Some towns may have like 50-100 people, some have about 500 people in them which makes it larger then others. But Eston is a town with about 1000 people and it's a great town to live in. Eston may not be a place that people would want to live in because it may not have the things that people need. Some people would rather live in big city's but I would choose to live in Eston.
Eston, Saskatchewan, was established in 1914, when Mr. J. Littlejohn opened a general store in a "shack". Back then Eston started out as a village and now it has grown to a be great and caring community. It has grown from a small village to now which is a town. There is a lot of people for such a small town, this town has about 1000 people now. Mr. Harris named the town Eston, because he thought it was an attractive name.
Eston is known for its Rodeo, the Eston Rambler Hockey team, and the gopher races. The rodeo makes the town very busy, there is always something to do when it comes to the rodeo. When the rodeo comes to Eston there is always a clown that comes to the library and the school and talk to the children about the rodeo and how fun it is to be at the rodeo. He also comes and he tells the kids some poetry about the rodeo. Then there's the gopher races, they would go out and catch a bunch of gophers and race them. People would go and bet money on gopher and see which one would win. The gopher races would always draw a lot of people to the sports day.
Eston has a lot of attractions for a small town, some attractions are
Attractions Now Attractions when Eston first started out
-Swimming pool - School -Puffed wheat factory -Men's wear
-Community Centre -Senior Home - Drive-in - Butcher Shop
- Restaurants -Hotel - Theater -General Store
-Pharmacy -Museum -Store and Post office - Standard Bank
-Grocery Store -Bible College -Cafe -Eston Review
-Church's -Hospital -Barber Shop -Land and Insurance
-School -Gas Stations
These are some of the attractions that are placed in Eston. The puffed wheat factory was established in 1939. The railroad was brought into Eston in 1914, by CNR, McKenzie Mann. The Hospital here in Eston was built in September 1916, but then on December 2/1952 approximately 11:30 the Hospital was started up in flames. So then while they were building the new Hospital they moved into the Legion. Then the new Hospital was built in 1955 and ran till 1992, and now we just have a health centre. Back then the Land and Insurance came out in 1915, G. Guthrie & A.A. Parker opened this attraction.
I think that Eston has effected Canadian heritage by adding another great community in Canada. Eston is a great community to be living in...I think anyway. But Every year there is more people that come and live here, which make it a bigger and better town. Before Eston which what it is now a town, it was a small village. Eston got more and more people moving into the village and so many people came to Eston that it turned out to be a town.
I think that in the future Eston will turn out to be a bigger town and have lots more people in the town. So far Eston is growing, by having better things and buying new things for the town. The town is building new houses for people to come and live here. So if the town keeps on building on and more and more people come to live here, I think that Eston will be a bigger town in the future.
Eston started out as a village and then the village got more and more people which made it a bigger community. Eston has worked on making the town bigger and bigger each year, and I think that if they keep working on making the town bigger it will eventually become a small city. In the years of Eston becoming a town it has made a big difference from when Mr. J. Lilttlejon opened the general store in a shack to this day now when Eston has about 1000 people and all these other attractions. Eston has all the attractions that you need to live, and thats also what makes Eston a good place to live in. I think that if you live in Eston you will love it..but would you move from where you are now to a place that you may have never heard of?
Bibliography's
- Orgins of Eston.. Pg. 1
Pg. 10&11
-Born in the Eston Legion Hall.. First page
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Eston has a lot of attractions for a small town, some attractions are
Attractions Now Attractions when Eston first started out
-Swimming pool - School -Puffed wheat factory -Men's wear
-Community Centre -Senior Home - Drive-in - Butcher Shop
- Restaurants -Hotel - Theater -General Store
-Pharmacy -Museum -Store and Post office - Standard Bank
-Grocery Store -Bible College -Cafe -Eston Review
-Church's -Hospital -Barber Shop -Land and Insurance
-School -Gas Stations
These are some of the attractions that are placed in Eston. The puffed wheat factory was established in 1939. The railroad was brought into Eston in 1914, by CNR, McKenzie Mann. The Hospital here in Eston was built in September 1916, but then on December 2/1952 approximately 11:30 the Hospital was started up in flames. So then while they were building the new Hospital they moved into the Legion. Then the new Hospital was built in 1955 and ran till 1992, and now we just have a health centre. Back then the Land and Insurance came out in 1915, G. Guthrie & A.A. Parker opened this attraction.
I think that Eston has effected Canadian heritage by adding another great community in Canada. Eston is a great community to be living in...I think anyway. But Every year there is more people that come and live here, which make it a bigger and better town. Before Eston which what it is now a town, it was a small village. Eston got more and more people moving into the village and so many people came to Eston that it turned out to be a town.
I think that in the future Eston will turn out to be a bigger town and have lots more people in the town. So far Eston is growing, by having better things and buying new things for the town. The town is building new houses for people to come and live here. So if the town keeps on building on and more and more people come to live here, I think that Eston will be a bigger town in the future.
Eston started out as a village and then the village got more and more people which made it a bigger community. Eston has worked on making the town bigger and bigger each year, and I think that if they keep working on making the town bigger it will eventually become a small city. In the years of Eston becoming a town it has made a big difference from when Mr. J. Lilttlejon opened the general store in a shack to this day now when Eston has about 1000 people and all these other attractions. Eston has all the attractions that you need to live, and thats also what makes Eston a good place to live in. I think that if you live in Eston you will love it..but would you move from where you are now to a place that you may have never heard of?
Bibliography's
- Orgins of Eston.. Pg. 1
Pg. 10&11
-Born in the Eston Legion Hall.. First page
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