This photo journal features the Town of Ogema & the area communities of Horizon & Pangman. Friend Sharon & I had gone there to take the new tourist heritage train. Ogema is near my old stomping grounds so I was interested. The only disappointment was that I was not able to take pix aboard the train because it swayed too much ;o(
Ogema (pop about 400) is located 115 kms south of Regina on Hwy 13 midway between Weyburn and Assiniboia.
Brief history: Ogema was founded in 1908, incorporated as a village in 1911, & a
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Ogema map
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Hwy 13
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Hwy 13
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OGEMA - entrance
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Entrance
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Water tower
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View down Main Street
from the train station. The cenotaph is on the right & the Little...
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Cenotaph
with the grain elevator in the background.
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Main Street (ms)
Many of Ogema's Main Street buildings & structures have significant...
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ms - The historic British America
("BA") gas station, built in 1925, is the only remaining B.A. Station...
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ms - Deep South Cafe & Bowl
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Inside
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ms - Note the brick firewall
is one of the main historical buildings along main street. Along with...
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ms - Firewall heritage plaque
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ms - Historic fire hall
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Sports Hall of Fame
pays tribute to Ogema residents such as Arlene Johnson Noga who played third...
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United church
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Lutheran church?
in fissure texture filter.
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Widow's walk on the roof
These were more popular in early New England homes with a views of the sea.
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Recycled satellite dish used as a garden
gazebo - ingenious ;o)
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Deep South Pioneer Museum (pm)
Please see the intro text for more information.
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pm
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pm
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pm
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pm - Ralph the Grasshopper
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Southern Prairie Railway (SPR)
This GE44 Tonner diesel locomotive was built in 1945 by GE for the...
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SPR - Pullman 70 passenger car
This coach was built in 1922 by Pullman for Delaware, Lackawanna &...
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The train station (st)
is from Simpson & identical to the one that was also built here in...
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st
The Simpson station was purchased from a farmer in Simpson & moved...
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st - The current grain elevator is in
the background. It was formerly a Sask Wheat Pool Elevator, now private...
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st - Historic marker
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st - The toy train in the station yard
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st - Bagge room, antique luggage
& cream can.
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st - Handcar, aka jigger
used for rail maintenance.
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st - Railway lamps
(I used a brick texture filter to improve the poor photo.)
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st - Living quarters museum, main floor
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st - Antique cabinet radio
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st - Antique coal & wood stove.
Note coal pail on the right.
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st - Upstairs, trundle crib.
Note the wooden toy horse.
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st - Wonderful wicker baby carriage
and potty chair.
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st - Rocking chair
was smaller than they are now = people were smaller then.
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st - Wash stand
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st - Antique dress form in the sewing ro
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st - Antique trunk & old catalogs
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st - Closeup
Dresses for $2.50??
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st - Old Butterick pattern
Note it was 45 cents!
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st - Mouse-chewed manual
for the Raymond Sewing machine.
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HORIZON (ho) - Heritage elevator
This wood-crib Federal elevator was built in 1953, & the...
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ho - elevator & annex
This “sloped shoulders” profile was the standard elevator design...
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ho - The annex
Prairie grain elevators were always sited along the railway...
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ho - The interior of the elevator
shows the machinery for weighing, elevating and cleaning grain.
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ho
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ho
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ho - The heritage tour train
from Ogema came this far.
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ho - nearby buildings, abandoned
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ho - nearby buildings
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ho - other elevator
After the CPR branch line that runs through Horizon was abandoned in 1996, a...
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ho - Horizon church
in the distance has been declared a heritage site & is now used as a...
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PANGMAN - SWP elevator (1977)
Formerly known as West Calder, Pangman has a current population of about 260....
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Gazebo in main street park
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Holy Angels Catholic Church
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United Church
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Abundant Living Ministries building
formerly Bethel Mission.
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Fair grounds?
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Old "cottage" with dentils
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Along HWY 6 (h6)
on our way home.
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h6
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h6
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Moreland elevator I think
It was a Federal Elevator dating back to 1911.
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h6
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North America
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