The photograph of what was (in 1907), called Howell shows (from the left), the Hotel, the dressmaker's house, the General Store (and International Agency), the large Railway Section House, Marcotte's house the Massey Harris Agency, open space, the livery barn, the boarding house, and the convent, rectory, and church in the background.
Joseph Marcotte (sitting in front lower photograph) arrived at Township 38, Range 28, West 2nd Meridian, from Quebec in 1897 accompanied by his wife, Anny Belinski. The ranch leased townships from the government for their cattle and horses, and supplied the Canadian Northern Railway Company with fresh meat during its construction and until 1904. Arrivals from the United States and France increased the community, until by 1911 it numbered 101, including a pocket of Ukrainians who settled there after 1897. The Filles de la Providence arrived in 1905 and opened a convent and school. The area underwent numerous name changes until, in 1922, it was finally renamed Prud'homme after the Bishop of Prince Albert.
Courtesy: Notes and photographs by Gilles Leroy and deposited in the Saskatchewan Archives Board, Regina
