Vulcan has only just begun to dig out from a blizzard that has deposited several feet of windswept snow on Centre Street.

People are digging out after an early October snow storm in this early photo. Notice the large numbers of horses tied up at hitching posts up and down the street, once a common sight.

In this dramatic picture the sky is blackened by the tornado that has just ripped through downtown Vulcan. This photo was snapped by a photographer standing in the middle of Centre Street. You can see at left the distinctive cupola of the

The Parrish & Heimbecker Grain Co. elevator in the process of being torn down.

Several buildings on the north side of Centre Street. Second from right is the A Mitchell & Co. Farmlands Insurance, a key business in Vulcan that helped farmers get through lean years.

Men from the Calgary Highlanders Regiment stand at ease in front of the hotel during a parade on Vulcan's Centre Street.

Looking northeast on Centre Street towards the Imperial Hotel.

A man poses for a photo in Centre Street amid great drifts of snow.

A man walks along Centre Street's boardwalk with his faithful companion.

This photo shows the famous "9 in a line" grain elevators that once stood alongside the railway tracks of Vulcan. Today only one of them survives.

A few homes on 1st St. South, which was once known as Apollo Street. This photo gives a sense of how barren the landscape was before those recently planted saplings grew into the sturdy, shady trees they are today.

Several men stop for a photo in their touring car in front of the B.C. Restaurant.

A small crowd watch a sermon given by an army chaplain at Vulcan's cenotaph. A member of the honour guard just to the right of the chaplain is playing taps on a bugle.

An honour guard watch as Vulcan's updated cenotaph is unveiled. It has been updated to add the names of those who have fallen in the Second World War.