1880-1889

1880

Zachary Baily homesteaded in the area of Rivers, Mantioba.

1880

First settlers arrived in the Tarbolton, Manitoba area.

1880

Charles Stewart homesteaded 14-11-20.

1881

C.P.R. lands in the Tarbolton, Manitoba, area sold for $2.50 an acre.

Manitoba — 1881

The Assiniboine Rivers floods, putting much of the Assiniboine Valley under water, much as it was in 2011.

Manitoba — March 2, 1881

Manitoba Boundaries Act passed in Parliament, providing for an extension of the province’s borders.

Manitoba — May 1881

The town of Brandon, Manitoba, was created when the site was selected over Grand Valley as a crossing and divisional point on the C.P.R. Within a month it is a busy centre.

World — 1882

Thomas Edison builds the first power plant in New York.

1882

James Pettit represented the Daly region on the Brandon County Council, the current form of local government.

September 1, 1882

Lothair Post Office was established on 22-12-22.