All
activities in the early 1900's centered on the Chesterwold community,
located 8 miles southeast of Pigeon Lake. Pete COOPER, an early pioneer
arrive in 1902 and named the Chesterwold Post Office after his home town
in Nebraska. The hub of the Chesterwold district (S.E. 32-44-27) consisted
of a post office, store, and later a huge dance hall and a barn which
held twenty-six teams. Later the Chesterwold district was divided into
two school districts
Pigeon
Creek in 1905, and Half-Way Grove
in 1918.
It was not until 1901 and 1902
that men in any appreciable numbers began filing on homesteads in the
Chesterwold district. However the country "settled" quickly ...
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