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"In the spring of 1883 we homesteaded land in Dodds Township
along the supposed railroad right of way. Here we planted our
first garden. My, how I loved to watch things grow in that newly
broken land."
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"The promise of homestead land drew Jewish immigrants to
the Canadian and U.S. Wests, sometimes with the help of organizations
like the Jewish Agriculturalists' Aid Society of America and
the Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society."
Elizabeth Jameson,
University of Calgary
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