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Mather Rock, Commemorative Marker.
9 September 2005
Mather Manitoba

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Our first generation pioneers are all gone, as are many of the second generation, but there are still a few that lived in the time between World War I and World War II. This is a snapshot of those early years know as the Roaring Twenties and the Dirty Thirties.
A brief history of how Mather started will set the stage for the boom and bust years in a small prairie town where when all is said and done, is a nice place in which to live.

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Mather Elevators and Station
1900
Mather Manitoba

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By 1898 the first elevator was built by the farmers. John Lawrence who farmed east of Mather, was the first Manager.

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The first general store was built by W. G. Fulford.
1924
Railway Ave., Mather Manitoba

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The first general store was built by W. G. Fulford on the corner of Railway Ave.

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Putting in sidewalk south side of hotel. Ray Gynosky, Jim Fulford, Mr. Wm. Coulhard
1905
Mather Manitoba

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The first dwelling house was moved into Mather by Sam Moore in 1896 or 1897 from his farm, having been built there in 1894.

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Howard Brothers Store (in the 1920's)
1920
Railway Ave., Mather Manitoba

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In the summer of 1898, Jack Caughlin built the first hardware store.

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Arthur Douglas the Village Smithy
1904
Railway Ave., Mather Manitoba

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In 1898 the first blacksmith arrived, Herman Finnen of Killarney.

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The south half of Mather
1905
Mather Manitoba Canada

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The first doctor, Dr. Walton, came in the fall of 1905. He served in the first World War and there has been no doctor in Mather since.