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Recorded by Ben LaPorte
Back to The LaPortes of Inwood The following interview with my grandfather Ernie LaPorte was recorded by my father Ben LaPorte around 1965. The squeaks in the background were the well-remembered sound of Grandpa's rocking chair on his porch. The occasional comments in the background were made by our Aunt Caroline. NOTE: after hearing a track click the Back button on your web browser to return to this page Track 1 Grandpa's early life up to homesteading at Inwood Track 2 Their first houses and where they got their water Track 3 When he worked as a surveyor Track 4 Inwood's first school, post office, train and churches Track 5 The first stores and some memories of horses Track 6 The first hotel in town, the creamery and when Grandpa was a Provincial Police officer for the town Track 7 Steam engines Track 8 Some horse tales Track 9 Dances Track 10 The first cars in town Track 11 Farm equipment and more on cars Track 12 Stores - Blacksmith - Churches - wooden sidewalks Track 13 Hunting and fishing Track 14 A steamboat on Shoal Lake Track 15 Lumber and Mr Mattson Track 16 The jewish settlement at Bender Hamlet Track 17 their Scandinavian neighbours shoes and woodcraft