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Arriving at the 6th Siding
Location: Olds NWT Canada

 
The first school in Olds.
19 of 112 		The ball team.
20 of 112 		The homesteaders had coyote hunts to protect their stock.
21 of 112 		The 'walking plow' the early homesteaders used to break the sod to complete their land patent.
22 of 112 		The family hand tied the grain 'stooks' for drying.
23 of 112 		George Cloakey and his new bride came to Olds in 1894.
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Cloakey soon buys the Livery Stable close to the Bathos hotel.
25 of 112 		George Cloakey opens another business.
26 of 112 		Homesteader Jim Wolford was a turn-of-the-century barber in Olds, NWT
27 of 112 		Billy Dean arrived in 1895. From RCMP to Mayor of Olds.
28 of 112 		Adshead's Pioneer Tales describes Billy Dean.
29 of 112 		Dean gets into business.
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Billy Dean starts a brass band.
31 of 112 		Billy moves into the lumber business.
32 of 112 		The CPR tries to remove a rail crossing they approved two years earlier.
33 of 112 		Robert Hainstock arrived at the 6th siding in 1891.
34 of 112 		Homestead Map up to 1896.
35 of 112 		Cattle ranching near Olds, set up by Pat Burns.
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