It was originally intended that the village would be established two miles south of the present day site. The first Tobarmore School was built on SW-03-18-15(-W1) in 1890. The first post office was located on SE-04-18-15(-W1), and a store operated by Frank Foulston on 34-17-15(-W1). From information we have been given, the village was named by Mr. A. H. Scouten, who was the first postmaster.

However, when the railway went through in 1903, the siding was built on land owned by "Long Johnny" Buchanan, two miles north of these buildings, and that is where the town grew up on 10-18-15(-W1) and 9-18-15(-W1).

By 1904, the town was an established fact with three general stores, drugstore, doctor, veterinary surgeon, two blacksmith shops, two saw mills, one planer, law office, nursery, and three threshing outfits. In 1905, Mr. Scouten moved the post office to the village and also built a CN Hotel.

(Source: Rosedale Remembers 1884-1984, p 47 [1984; Adapted])

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Established in 1916.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society)

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD07-16-18-15-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Rosedale

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As noted above, a part of the community's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1984 is told in the volume "Rosedale Remembers 1884-1984", especially on the cited page. A free digital version of this and many other Manitoba local history books can be found online in the University of Manitoba Digital Collections. There is also a list of such books organized by district and town name on the Manitoba Historical Society's website on their page entitled "Finding Aid: Manitoba Local History Books".

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #0328), transcribed by a member or members in 1988. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication "Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites" (revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages).