Ian William Tweddell was born on 12 January 1917 in County Durham, England. He emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1921, settling near Lashburn, Saskatchewan. Tweddell was educated in Lashburn and Prince Albert, prior to enrolling at the University of Saskatchewan, where he received a BSc in Civil Engineering (1948). He went on to the University of Manitoba, earning an MSc in Community Planning. He served in the RCAF and RAF from 1941 to 1945, and was a prisoner of war in Germany from 1942 to 1945. Tweddell worked as a surveyor, throughout Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories and Yukon. He joined the faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in 1957 as a Lecturer, and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1962. Tweddell remained with the College of Engineering until his sudden death on 23 June 1975.

George Stuart Tuxford was born on February 7, 1870 in Penmorfa, Caernarvonshire, North Wales. He immigrated to a farm in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan with his wife in the 1890s. During the height of the Klondike gold rush in 1898, Tuxford led a herd of cattle from Moose Jaw to Dawson City. His cattle drive is the longest in Canadian history. Tuxford also had a decorated military career, joining the militia in 1906. He was a member of the 16th Mounted Rifles, and when the squadron expanded and renamed the 27th Light Horse, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. In August 1914, he became the 5th Battalion’s first commanding officer. In 1915 he led his battalion in the Second Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Festubert. Tuxford was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1916 and lead troops in many important battles throughout WWII. In 1934 he received the Efficiency decoration and in 1937 the King George VI medal. He died in Victoria, B.C in 1943.

In the early part of the twentieth century, the children of Tuxford had been attending the Fairwell School. Attempts had been made to start a school but they were not successful.
On September 3, 1909, the first school meeting was held and the Tuxford School District No. 2486 was formed with D.E. Macintyre as chair, E.J. Golden as secretary-treasurer and J.H. Storry, Alex Forrest and John B. Calver as trustees.
Property was bought in northwest of the village of Tuxford (SW5-19-26 W2) and a tender was awarded to George A. Sloan in October. Charles S. Stewart was hired as a teacher on December 28 and he began classes on January 3, 1910.
This school operated until 1921, when a two room brick building began operation. The wooden structure was moved to another area of the town and used as a residence.
In 1963, a new school constructed of cinder block came into use.
By 1974, only one classroom of younger children (grades 1 to 5) remained with the balance being bussed to Moose Jaw. Olive (Thomas) Wells, the last teacher, retired and the school was closed.

In 1912 directors of the rural telephone companies met to discuss amalgamation with the Village of Tuxford for joint service. The Tuxford Rural Telephone Company was organized with J.B. Calver as secretary-treasurer and agent. Under the arrangement made the company carried on their business individually, continued to service their own lines, but shared the overall expenses of a central building and an operator. Elzer Sloan was awarded the tender to build a new telephone building.

In 1921 a motion was passed “that provided the government install a village system and the other rural companies organize under the new Land Tax system.” The four rural companies (Huron & Clinton, Farewell, Buffalo Lake and Maple Leaf) merged completely with Tuxford and their books were closed. N. H. Hatchard was shown as telephone agent in 1921. The telephone building was sold as the foundation was faulty. The vacated bank building was purchased and the Tuxford Rural Telephone Company continued from there.

In January 1950 the switchboard closed and Tuxford went on an automatic dialing system. On September 3, 1977 it became part of the Moose Jaw exchange system.

Tuxford Pastoral Charge was formed as a self-sustaining United Church field in 1925, part of Moose Jaw Presbytery, with appointments at Tuxford, Buffalo Lake, Pioneer and Huron. Prior to this, it had been a Presbyterian pastoral charge. By 1932, the charge consisted of Tuxford, [Lake] Huron and Marquis preaching points. Tuxford Pastoral Charge was no longer listed by 1958 and, as of 1962, the Tuxford preaching point had joined Marquis and Keeler as part of Marquis Pastoral Charge.

The first doctor arrived in Tuxford, Saskatchewan in 1906.

The Tuxford Hospital Company Ltd. was formed in 1919 to provide hospital services to Tuxford and area. The first board consisted of James G. Knox - President, R.R. Bruce - Vice President, and J.J.G. Wilkinson as Treasurer. Other members of the first board were Mr.’s Kennedy, Hatchand, Storry, Black, McCartney and Astleford.

A two story hospital was opened in 1920 with Nurse Fisk as the first Matron and Dr. Storry attending.

The hospital must have often been marginal in terms of its financial success as minutes of 1931 are referred to as the meetings of liquidators. A meeting was scheduled for August 7, 1939 to wind up the affairs of the company. There is also legal correspondence re: non-payment of staff. It seems to have survived and continued to operate as a hospital until 1945.
The property was leased (ca. 1950) to a Kathleen Mary Gilmour who operated the building as an old age home until she sold the business to Miss L.A. Kirby in 1945. Kirby closed her business in 1965.

This marked the formal end of the Tuxford Hospital Company Limited. In 1965, the building was sold to Dave and Carol Little who renovated the building and continued to run it as an old age home.

In May 1977 a public meeting was held for those interested in forming a Tuxford community organization. Many were interested in compiling a history of the Tuxford area. That was the beginning of the Tuxford Heritage Group. Many people came forward to volunteer their time and efforts to the project.

At the Heritage Group’s first meeting they decided “to record the history of the Tuxford community, the book to be hard covered, of standard size and well-illustrated with local pictures, to cover the Village of Tuxford and the former school districts of Blofield, Buffalo Lake, Clinton, Fairwell, South Lake, and Westlake.” Committees were formed in each school district and letters were sent to as many family contacts as could be located, asking them to submit histories of their families, as well as human interest stories and photographs. They also asked permission to present all the original manuscripts submitted to the Moose Jaw Public Library Archives Department when the book was completed. The local media provided information on the project and public meetings were held to obtain material and stimulate further interest. Some of the committee members included Olive Wells, Vera Astleford, Clara Puddell, Elsie M. Hobday.

The book covers the period of time from 1857 to 1977. The book was published by the Tuxford Heritage Committee in 1979. It was printed by Friesen Printers, Altona, Manitoba. Financial assistance was provided by “New Horizons”, a federal government program to assist senior citizens in projects of their choice.