Fred McIntyre was born in Michigan in the 1870s. He was in turn a farm helper, student, school teacher, sailor (in the Spanish American war), prospector, sawyer, and homesteader. In 1903 he married Maud R. Fuller who had been born in Nebraska. They had 5 children born in Michigan-Leone, Vivian, Daniel, Hazel and Fred Jr.

In 1910 the price of lumber dropped drastically so Fred and Maud decided to sell the sawmill and look for a way to better their circumstances. Fred saw an item in a newspaper which stated that a train load of Ford cars had been shipped to Moose Jaw, Sask., Can-ada, so he decided that if the farmers in that locality were wealthy enough to buy that many cars he would go there without delay and look at the prospects. He also got literature on homesteading in Sask. when they went to the World's Fair in Detroit.

He came to Caron in 1910, did some harvesting that fall, filed on a homestead located 5 miles south of Caron, NW 25- 16-29, and a preemption, NE 26- 16-29. He built a small house and returned to Michigan for the winter, winding up his business, crating furniture and dishes, etc. Then in March, 1911, he took the household possessions and livestock and returned to the Saskatchewan ho-mestead. Maud and the 5 children followed him a few weeks later. That summer he put a fence around the preemption and took in some settlers' livestock to pas-ture at a nominal fee per head. This helped to buy fuel the first winter. He also cut hay wherever he could find it and stacked it for the livestock, keeping a load on the rack on Friday nights to haul to Moose Jaw on Saturday to buy groceries (getting $10 to $12 per ton for the hay).

The first winter Fred took a 100-pound sack, tacked it to the wall, painted it black, then got some chalk and proceeded to teach Leone, Vivian and Daniel the rudiments of the three R's. Then in 1912 Maud drove them by buggy 4 miles to Breadalbane School for a year. She and the children took a house in Caron for the winter of 1913-14 so that they could go to school there. Dad was one of those who got the Royal George S.D. started, served on its school board as trustee for many years, and insisted on his children's regular attendance. The family all enjoyed the many so-cial events at the school through the years, and every one of the children and several grandchildren got all or part of their education there.

In 1915, a larger house was built to accommodate the growing family-in the years in Sask. there were 10 more children born, all on the homestead. They were: Ella, Duncan, Joe, Neil, Allen, Jean, George, Norma, Wallace, and Sandy.

Fred Mcintyre family about 1927. L. to R. Top-Fred, Maud holding Wallace, Ella, Hazel, Dan, Leone, Freddy, Vivian, Duncan. Bottom-Norma, George, Jean, Allen, Neil, Joe. Inset-Sandy.