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Article: General Rosser's legacy.(Gazette: Documents & Archives)(Thomas Lafayette Rosser)
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- Manitoba History
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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What's the connection between Rosser Avenue, Brandon's "Main" street, and the Rural Municipality of Rosser near Winnipeg? What do the communities of Brandon and Stonewall have in common? How about the connection between The Battle of Little Bighorn and the creation of Manitoba's second city?
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It all starts with the railway. At the beginning of 1881 what we now call southwestern Manitoba was part of the Northwest Territories, as the western provincial boundary stretched only slightly past Portage la Prairie. It was, quite literally, not on the map. Specifically, it was not on CPR Chief Engineer Sanford Fleming's map, dated 8 April ...