Dead Ted’s

Arcola, Saskatchewan, Canada

In the 1970s, the bar in Arcola was owned by a man named Ted Muldoon. Its official name was The Arcola Hotel, but locals simply called it “Ted’s”. One night while playing Five Card Stud, Ted died of a massive coronary; and now the bar is forever known as …

… “Dead Ted’s”.

If you understand the logic in this, you comprehend Saskatchewan.

There are a series of posts on this website under the banner “Tales from Dead Ted’s”. Most of the stories in the category are fictional; they are based upon incidents that occurred in and around Arcola Saskatchewan in the 1960s and 1970s. But not exactly as told, the circumstances have been reconstructed and embellished, the names of people involved have been changed. Most stories are outright fabrications, but there is a grain of truth in each.

The reader can decide what is fact and what is fiction.

We hope that Tales from Dead Ted’s provides a glimpse into life on the Canadian Prairies during its formative years. Click the links in the Index below to see individual stories in the category, with more to follow.

INDEX

The Trans-Ukrainian Railroad
The Greatest Canadian
Community
Bud’s Miraculous Recovery
A Legend is Born
Gordie Howe
Country Squire
The Bonus
Prairie
Tales From Dead Ted’s Introduction
Wiggle Your Worm
On the B-Side
Time Machine
Conceived in a Pickup Truck
U of CPR
The Fine and Dandy Club
Lights Out
The Separator
Windmill Dedication
The University of Wind
Archie

Some of the content and the language used is not for all audiences, it is simply the way we talked back then. If you see yourself or someone you know in these articles, it is just your imagination.