In 1912, Winnipeg was in the midst of a real estate boom, which had commenced in 1906, with much of the money invested in property coming from Great Britain.
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A selling point for Crescentwood was the construction of a trunk sewer system from 1902 to 1905 up Jessie Street, which served the whole subdivision.
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“Only four days left!” announced an Enderton Contest advertisement in the May 28, 1902, Manitoba Free Press.
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4 of 4)
According to A.C. Emmett, who was the secretary of the Winnipeg Automobile Club and a Manitoba Free Press editor, when the first lap was covered in 59.8 seconds, the expectation was that “Wild”...
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The Manitoba Free Press stated that the auto racing accidents at the Kirkfield Park track on Labour Day 1913 were evidence “that the event was more full of thrills and spectacular happenings ...”
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Under Sawin's direction, an overall plan was conceived for the construction of the horse racing track at Kirkfield Park. By 1905, a stable to accommodate 30 horses had been built, while a mile course was laid out and covered by dirt.
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At the time of his appearance at the Kirkfield Park Race Track, during the ninth annual race meet hosted by the Winnipeg Automobile Club on Labour Day 1912, Barney Oldfield was recognized as the most popular automobile racer in North America.
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It is estimated that only about five per cent of those who speculated in property made money during the great land boom of 1881-82.
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by Bruce Cherney (part 6)
In his book, The Impossible Railway, Pierre Berton wrote that supper at a Winnipeg boardinghouse consisted “of a plate of odorous hash, flanked by a mug of tea and a slab of black bread, served up by a nu...
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In 1870, a corner lot at Main and Bannatyne (the future site of the Robertson Block) was purchased for $250 and during the early days of the great land boom it sold for $118,000 to John Robertson.
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