Lew moved to the area with his family in the spring of 1904. A family friend, Dan Coleman filed on the SW 1/4 and Vern Armstrong on the N.W 1/4 of the same section. They brought horses and machinery from North Dakota and did breaking with a steam engine.
In 1905 Lew Armstrong's crop consisted of flax and oats. It was a good crop. On August 25th 1905 Mrs Lew Armstrong gave birth to Loretta, one of the first babies born on a homestead in the area. Mrs Fyckes was the nurse in attendance.
In 1923 Lew Armstrong returned to the USA.
Lew moved to the area with his family in the spring of 1904. A family friend, Dan Coleman filed on the SW 1/4 and Vern Armstrong on the N.W 1/4 of the same section. They brought horses and machinery from North Dakota and did breaking with a steam engine.
In 1905 Lew Armstrong's crop consisted of flax and oats. It was a good crop. On August 25th 1905 Mrs Lew Armstrong gave birth to Loretta, one of the first babies born on a homestead in the area. Mrs Fyckes was the nurse in attendance.
In 1923 Lew Armstrong returned to the USA.
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