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Note: From "Golden Memories" - History book of Warburg, Alberta: Fred McAmmond - Fred and Rachel McAmmond farmed and sold milk to the town of Provost. As the hungry 30's came along and his job at the lumber yard was finished due to the hard times, Fred and his brother-in-law, Russell Brown came up to Warburg to look for land in 1933. Fred got the NW 13-48-3-W5 and his brother-in-law the SW 23-48-3-W5. In November 1933 Fred built a large hayrack with a tent over it and a stove inside, loaded up all they could of their belongings and hitching up his large black team, he and his oldest son Uriah started for Warburg, 240 miles away. It took them a week to make the trip. Arriving at the homestead they turned the hayrack into their first home by adding a few boards. Other people from Provost moved into the area about the same time. One of these was Hector who got the SE 1-48-3-W5. In the spring of 1934 Mrs. McAmmond, Bert, Hazel and Willie came up by train to join her husband and son. When she saw the house she had to live in, she wanted to turn around and go back to Provost. There were no roads, just a trail across the swamp. In the summer they were authorized to build a corduroy road of eighty rods across the swamp. For this they were promised one dollar a rod. When they finished, they were given a voucher to get groceries from Mr. Maynard who had the store in Warburg, but he said it wasn't any good as Pioneer Municipality was broke. All the land was cleared by hand in the summer and in the winter they logged, hauled lumber, and worked in Zeiner's sawmill south of them. When Zeiner moved out west with his mill, they also went west and camped and worked for Mr. Zeiner. Uriah married Hazel Olson in 1936 and they had five sons and two daughters. Hazel married Albert Halvarson in 1937 and they had a son and a daughter. Bert married Doris Elbrey in 1947. Mr. and Mrs. McAmmond moved in to Warburg when their health broke down and they lived there till they passed on.
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