The Bardahl Farmhouse Door

For about 50 years in the first half of the 20th century, many photographs included the front door of John and Louise Bardahl's homestead house in the Leinan/Stewart Valley area of Saskatchewan. The home was occupied by them most of the time until the mid 40's when they moved to Vancouver where John died in 1945.

In December of 1947, their son Kenneth married local schoolteacher Elinor Anderson and farmed the land. They had 3 of their 4 children born while they lived there. In 1959, Ken's brother James decided he wanted to farm so Ken and Elinor moved their family to the converted Jorgenson Schoolhouse where Elinor had taught years earlier. Although James only farmed one year, the house was left vacant at that time. Ken and Elinor's son John took over the homestead land and he and wife Pat demolished the old house and made a new home for themselves. Images of the homestead farmhouse door over the years can be found here.

View from the North - homestead house just above wing of airplane - the door was on the South side facing the windmill