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Pioneers Use, Reduce, Re-cycle, and Reuse in McCord and southern Saskatchewan
Location: McCord and southern Saskatchewan

 
The south central Saskatchewan prairie
1 of 30 		Pioneers used trails
2 of 30 		Pioneers used wells and hand pumps to get water.
3 of 30 		Settlers used cisterns to catch and save rain water.
4 of 30 		Ice plow that was pulled by a horse and used to cut blocks of ice.
5 of 30 		Pioneers use a tank wagon to haul water.
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Pole corral
7 of 30 		People used local rocks to decorate yards and flower beds.
8 of 30 		Saskatchewan made bricks were used for village schools , and in houses for chimneys.
9 of 30 		PJ Nelson house with wind charger for some electricity.
10 of 30 		Red River carts were pulled by animals
11 of 30 		The horse was the fastest and best way of transportation in the local area for pioneers.
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Cattle were very useful to homesteaders.
13 of 30 		Cattle use the native prairie for grazing.
14 of 30 		Settlers and their families used milk from cows.
15 of 30 		Milk strainer, milk and cream separator, and butter churns
16 of 30 		Flour sack embroidered with family name for beef ring portions.
17 of 30 		Soap made from beef fat and lye used to wash clothes.
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