Landmark History in Picture

Mennonite Genealogy with Michael Penner

Landmark Feed Mill fire, 1964. Source: Caroline Loewen

Do you have photos of Landmark history? If so, please submit them!

The first house in Landmark, that of H. R. Reimer, built in 1919. Still stands today.

Students at the school one mile east of Landmark, c. 1942.

Boys with their rifles in Landmark, 1929. Rear second from left is longtime Landmark resident Walter F. Penner (1909-1992). Can you identify others?

A number of Japanese families were interned in Landmark during WWII. Shown is the Tanaka family, who lived on the Peter M. Penner farm from about 1943-45. These children soon picked up the local Low German dialect! Source: Eddie Penner

Puffed wheat factory on Main Street, Landmark, 1940. Truck loaded with puffs for delivery. Owned by David F. Penner.

Heinrich R. Reimer, first Linden school teacher and first minister of the Prairie Rose Church.

In earlier decades, the Landmark population would drop in the winter as grain farmers moved elsewhere to supplement their income. Many turned to lumber and pulp operations. Pictured are Penners and Reimers at a Mafeking camp near Swan River. Source: Melvin Reimer

Harvest time in Landmark, c. 1930. Tractor driver is Walter F. Penner (1909-1992) with Peter M. Penner (1880-1936) behind. Source: Tina Penner nee Reimer

193 Main Street, Landmark, as it was c. 1945. This was the David F. Penner (1903-1984) homestead. Many of the structures still stand today.

Former Landmark Elementary School, at the corner of Main Street and First Avenue North. It operated until 1981. Source: Schools-Our Heritage, p. 109.

Roads were little more than dirt in earlier years, making transportation difficult at times. On the left is longtime Landmark resident, Henry S. Reimer (1902-1976) with his car and a friend. Source: Melvin Reimer.