Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Murphy’s ‘Flop House’ on the Old Pole Trail
General material designation
- Graphic material
Level of description
Item
Reference code
70-112
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
[1880s-1890s] (Creation)
- Place
- Assiniboia District
Physical description area
Physical description
1 photograph (copy): b&w;10.2 cm x 19.1 cm
1 negative: b&w
Archival description area
Scope and content
View of a stop-over or ‘flop house’ on the ‘Old Pole Trail’ (also known as the Wood Mountain Trail) which ran south of Moose Jaw to Fort Walsh and the Cypress Hills area; this stop-over was operated by a man named Murphy and was located on the shores of Old Wives Lake.
Notes area
Immediate source of acquisition
Photograph reproduced from the book “Golden Memories” (page #28) put together by the Assiniboia Jubilee Committee in 1955.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright: Public Domain
Generated finding aid
General note
For more information regarding the ‘Old Pole Trail’, see: http://www.pressreader.com/canada/moose-jaw-times-herald/20101119/281517927513672
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Old Pole Trail (Subject)
- Wood Mountain Trail (Subject)