The story of the Marchand pioneers through the eyes of Lloyd Lehman. I met this amazing man (age 90 +) this summer. He is now married to Shirley Hastings Toews, related by blood to my Aunt Martha Doerksen Toews Griffiths. Dad was a friend since they were kids. We visited one afternoon, what a great day.
He wrote his memoirs, Faryon interviewed him, and created the book. Shirley says it's full of errors. Her writing is not great, but the story is outstanding. He stayed on the farm but his dream was machinery and trains.
The back story is the story of Watson Pogue Davidson and The Manitoba Dairy Farms. We also took many drives through the Marchand area identifying where all the dairy barns, schools, etc. used to stand. Many great afternoons.
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