Chapter XXVI -- "How Big Tom Hourie Swam the Saskatchewan In Running Ice with Dispatches"

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Database ID26200
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionS.D. Hanson fonds
SeriesReference material
File/Item ReferenceReference material-The Story of Saskatchewan and its People - vol. 1, chapter XXVI (Reference )
Date of creation1924
Physical description/extent1 Chapter; 3 p.
Number of images3
Scope and contentChapter XXVI, "How Big Tom Hourie Swam the Saskatchewan In Running Ice with Dispatches". An account of Tom Hourie's legendary service, swimming part of the South Saskatchewan River in order to deliver a message from Middleton to Irvine.
Restrictions on accessThere are no restrictions on access.
ContributerHawkes, John (author)
Copyright holderPublic domain
Copyright expiry datePublic domain
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TypePublished
Primary MediaTextual documents
Specific document typesBooks
Provenance Access PointHanson, Stanley Duane, 1942-2001 (Archivist)
Other notesThis material is found in the University Archives Reference Collection and not in the Hanson fonds.
PlaceHumboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada
Batoche, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionPlains
NamesDewdney
Dumont, Gabriel, 1837-1906
Hourie, Tom
Irvine, Acheson Gosford, 1837-1916 (Lieutenant Colonel, Commissioner)
Middleton, Frederick Dobson, 1825-1898
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885
SubjectNorthwest Resistance
People
Date Range(s)1920-1929
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