Saskatchewan Homestead

About the Book

John and Florence Mullen moved out to Saskatchewan from Nova Scotia to start homesteading. There are many stories, both poignant and funny, of the new type of life that they were to live. In 1921, they had a daughter Helen. They built their first house and started clearing land so they could plant crops. This is the story of a homesteading family who, together with their friends and neighbours, toiled through hot and cold weather, happy and sad times, to build a country strong and true. The work was hard, but they could see a farm someday in the future.

About the Author

Ken Mullen was born in 1931 on a homestead in Saskatchewan near Ethelton. He was the youngest in the family, having three older sisters: Helen, Flo and Aileen. The family did mixed farming, including grain, horses, cows, pigs and a garden. His first eight grades were completed in a one-room school. The family eventually moved to Vancouver Island where Ken met and married Evelyn Cottle in Nanaimo and worked at the Harmac Pulp Mill as the Instrument Foreman then Planner until retirement. But the stories of homesteading on the prairies needed to be told and he decided to record them in this book.

Other books in this series:
Saskatchewan Homestead ­ Book One: 1920-1924
Saskatchewan Homestead Book Two: 1924-1931
Saskatchewan Homestead Book Three: 1932-1939