Emil and Rosalia Muench's Photograph Collections: Muench Homestead ~ Page 2

You'll find page 1 in the archives. Some of the photographs shown below were in Ottillie "Tillie" Leeson's estate, and others were copied from collections shared by her siblings and nieces and nephews who lived in Canada.

These pictures about Emil and Rosalia's homestead on the prairies mostly show only part of the land and what remains of the buildings and shelterbelt. Their son, Reinhold Muench's book, "The Love That Endured" shows their life in intimate detail. [ISBN 0-9681701-5-3, published in 1999 by Jacquie Bicknell, JCPS Publications, Oliver, BC VOH ITO]



Braddock, Saskatchewan - the nearest railhead where

farmers hauled grain to be shipped

 

Farm bldgs on Muench homestead

 

In 2002, the Muench homestead was Abe Ginter's place.

Abe Ginter and the Muench's granddaughter, Mona Leeson Vanek

in 2002 when she and her husband, Art, visited the place of her

mother's childhood.

 

The land with shelter belt trees and Emil's barn in the distance.

Emil Muench's barn & shelterbelt on homestead in Saskatchewan,

S.E 1/4 of Section 34, Township 13, Range 11, photographed by

Art & Mona Vanek, August 2002. Referred to in Chapter 16 of

"The Love That Endured," written by Reinhold Muench, 1999



Stoney ground dotted with "cow pies" like those the Muench

children gathered to fuel the stove their mother cooked the

familie's meals on

 

The remains in 2002 of the big barn Emil constructed of

cement he created by hand, stirring the mixture using a

shovel and a wooden board.



Art and Mona Vanek by the cement wall remains of Emil Muench's

huge barn. It became a landmark, and in 2002 it remained so

 

The shelterbelt of seedling trees Emil planted so carefully.

It became the Muench children's daily chore to bucket water

from a neaby slough so they'd grow

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