{"product_id":"1907-canada-saskatchewan-photo-postcard-doukhobors-land-homesteading","title":"1907 Canada Saskatchewan photo postcard Doukhobors land homesteading","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eRPPC photo postcard of  Yorkton Saskatchewan Dominion Lands Office on day when government formally cancelled communal Doukhobor homestead entries and re‑opened those lands for individual homesteading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eWritten on negative \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e”\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eV.E.P.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eTOO MUCH FOR THE N.W.M.P. June 14-07\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e” . N.W.M.P. would be the North West Mounted Police.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(80, 46, 173);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eMessage on back:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(80, 46, 173);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eDo you know any one in the mix up this is a picture of one of the famous rush for Daukabours land which was thrown open for Homestead last spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eJack\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eSmudged cancelation on 1 cent King Edward stamp, mailed to Winnipeg Manitoba.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoukhobors are a Spiritual Christian ethnoreligiou\u003c\/strong\u003es group of Russian origin. They reject the authority of the Russian Orthodox priesthood, icons, and formal church rituals, believing that the journey of each person's spiritual revelations being based on the internalization of the Biblical message, is more important than the physical Bible. They emphasize the presence of God within every person, and pacifism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eThe Doukhobors were repeatedly persecuted by the Russian government for their religious beliefs and refusal of military service. After periods of internal exile and resettlement, about \u003cstrong\u003eone-third of the community emigrated to Canada between 1899 and 1938\u003c\/strong\u003e with assistance from Quakers, Leo Tolstoy, and other supporters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e WIKIPEDIA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eJune 14, 1907\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e is the date when the Dominion Lands Office formally cancelled communal Doukhobor homestead entries and re‑opened those lands for individual homesteading under standard Dominion Lands Act rules. It triggered a wave of new filings, “rushes,” and postcard-worthy scenes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eOn that date:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eThe federal government had originally allowed Doukhobors to hold homesteads communally (1899–1905).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eOttawa reversed this policy, insisting on \u003cb\u003eindividual\u003c\/b\u003e homestead registration and personal oath-taking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eMany Doukhobors refused, so their entries were \u003cb\u003ecancelled\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eOn \u003cb\u003eJune 14, 1907\u003c\/b\u003e, the Department of the Interior officially \u003cb\u003ethrew open the cancelled Doukhobor reserves\u003c\/b\u003e—particularly in the Yorkton, Swan River, and Pelly districts—to new settlers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eNewspapers described crowds gathering at land offices, lining up for quarter-sections, and “rushes” similar to what your postcard message describes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eYorkton Dominion Lands Office, Saskatchewan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eThis is the office most consistently associated with the June 1907 Doukhobor land openings. Reasons it fits:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eYorkton office\u003c\/b\u003e administered the North, South, and Good Spirit Doukhobor “reserves.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eThese were the exact blocks cancelled and re-opened on \u003cb\u003eJune 14, 1907\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eNewspapers describe \u003cb\u003ecrowds lining up outside the Yorkton office\u003c\/b\u003e when the lands were thrown open.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eMany postcards showing “rushes” for Doukhobor land were produced in \u003cb\u003eYorkton and Pelly\u003c\/b\u003e, often using older stock images.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Chadbourne Antiques \u0026 Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766217572598,"sku":"CA-5925","price":65.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/7290\/files\/IMG_4929rsz.jpg?v=1790733791","url":"https:\/\/chadbourneantique.com\/products\/1907-canada-saskatchewan-photo-postcard-doukhobors-land-homesteading","provider":"Michael Shaw","version":"1.0","type":"link"}