Old cars, tractors, grain elevators and other wonders of the prairies.

                                                                       We arrived here in Indian Head around noon last Sunday to discover the town was hosting a classic car show, after a quick lunch we headed into to town to look at the old cars.
                                                                             

A small Farmall tractor, not sure the age, late 40s early 50s at a guise. Beautifully restored. 

Mercury Rideau from the mid 50s

Now this car I remember, Pontiac Laurentian from the mid 60s, I had a friend who had one of these, you didn't get car sick when traveling in it , you got sea sick, it was like sailing in a small boat on a rough sea.

Mystery bird of the day.

Fargo pick up from the mid 50s.

The grain elevator at Sintaluta a few kilomtres east of Indian Head.

One of the elevators at Indian Head, not sure whether the truck is unloading grain to be stored or loading up to take the grain across the tracks to the ugly elevator. Photo on the left showing a rail wagon being loaded with grain. The 2 trucks when they left crossed the tracks and parked at this elevator.

Old plow, fancy sitting on that for a working day, I bet those old farmers had back problems when they got old. You see these everywhere.

Lark Sparrow another first sighting.

We are now in LeBret a few kilomtres up the Qu'Appelle Valley from Indian Head. The missionary's first passed through here in 1864 and set up the first Mission in 1865. The church was built in 1925.

Father Hugogard with a couple of First Nation children, this became the main centre for First Nation and Metis worship in eastern Saskatchewan.

The first thing you see on entering the village.

Mission Lake taken from the church.