History
The first travel in this area was by foot, and two wheeled ox cart and horse drawn freight wagon using trails on the sod. The first train arrived in Lancer in 1913. The late 1920s and 1930s saw the automobile arrive to a few families in the area.
The subgrade construction of highway 32 was started in 1945 by E.R. Gibbs and gravelled 1947, 1955 and 1959. Oil treatment was commenced in 1965 and reoiled 1968.
1. Improvements were made paving: Swift Current to Success 1969-71.
2. Success to Cabri 1972-74
3. Leader to Prelate by Wappell Construction 1986-87.
— Our Heritage Recalled: Prelate, Saskatchewan, 1908-1990
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