Janie Myers shares her story about moving from Idaho to the Peace Country to make a new life homesteading. She talks about some of the challenges and difficulties that accompany working and raising a family without many modern amenities.

Show Notes

• Moving North
  • Dietrich, Idaho
  • W. A. C. Bennett Dam
  • Peace River, Alberta
  • Dillon, Montana
  • Missouri River
  • White-Slave Traffic Act
  • Sweetgrass Crossing
  • Great Falls, Montana
  • Lethbridge, Alberta
  • Traffic Circle
  • Edmonton, Alberta
  • Whitecourt, Alberta
  • Grande Prairie, Alberta
  • Dawson Creek, British Columbia
• Settling In
  • A Section of Land
  • Kiskatinaw River. The Tower Lake region is where it connects to the Peace River.
  • Massey Tractors
  • Fort St. John, British Columbia
  • Tire shop on the corner of main street Fort St. John and the Alaska Highway.
  • Missionary Service, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Cleardale, Alberta
  • Rolla, British Columbia
• Homesteading
  • Cattle Drive
  • Wonowon, British Columbia
  • Hitchhiking
  • Oil Rig
  • Roughneck
  • 2021 Western North America Heat Wave
  • Aurora (Northern Lights)
  • Taylor, British Columbia
  • Galvanization

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Lives with stories, stories with life. Brothers Garett and Preston Brown bring out the stories and legacy of life in the Peace Country and life north of the 54th parallel.

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