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Arriving at the 6th Siding

 
The Walker's opened a Hardware Store in 1892.
37 of 195 		Old's first building erected in 1890 was James Marshall's store.
38 of 195 		1892 Railway Ave.
39 of 195 		Homestead Applications from 1885 to 1892.
40 of 195 		Tents were often the settler's first home on their new land.
41 of 195 		The 'soddie' in the past and the present.
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How to build a sod house.
43 of 195 		Laura Steen sewing her wedding dress in her father's sod house.
44 of 195 		Log homestead.
45 of 195 		A homestead of 'dressed lumber'.
46 of 195 		Early settlers lived off the land during a time of drought known as the 'Rabbit Years'.
47 of 195 		Settlers enjoyed a harvest of native fruit they soon learned to cultivate in their own gardens.
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Mystery surrounds the 1885 patent applications.
49 of 195 		The continuing mystery in the 1885 patent applications.
50 of 195 		Early Homestead Records in the Olds District.
51 of 195 		Homesteaders and job seekers like the Samis family lived off the land in Olds
52 of 195 		Baseball comes to Olds.
53 of 195 		A.J. Samis, son of Rev. Samis, started Olds' first newspaper, the Oracle.
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