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This week we continue our look back into the homesteading history of southwestern Alberta. Such ranching and farming pursuits often were difficult due to the rough terrain and remote living conditions.
THE SOUTHWESTERN ALBERTA FOOTHILLS
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This week we continue our look back into the homesteading history of southwestern Alberta. Such ranching and farming pursuits often were difficult due to the rough terrain and remote living conditions.
SCHOOL TEACHING AND HOMESTEADING
One such homesteading couple was John and Isabella Skene who doubled as teachers at the Beauvais Lake School several miles upstream from the settlement of Pincher Creek. Their educational legacies were what most locals recalled them for. John Jassanine Skene was the first teacher there in 1896-97 when the school was called St. Agnes. In the early spring of 1909, he along with fellow frontiersmen Clarke Duthie and Ludger Gar
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This week we continue our look back into the homesteading history of southwestern Alberta. Such ranching and farming pursuits often were difficult due to the rough terrain and remote living conditions.
THE SOUTHWESTERN ALBERTA FOOTHILLS
Try refreshing your browser. Homesteading chronicles continued Back to video
This week we continue our look back into the homesteading history of southwestern Alberta. Such ranching and farming pursuits often were difficult due to the rough terrain and remote living conditions.
SCHOOL TEACHING AND HOMESTEADING
One such homesteading couple was John and Isabella Skene who doubled as teachers at the Beauvais Lake School several miles upstream from the settlement of Pincher Creek. Their educational legacies were what most locals recalled them for. John Jassanine Skene was the first teacher there in 1896-97 when the school was called St. Agnes. In the early spring of 1909, he along with fellow frontiersmen Clarke Duthie and Ludger