Theodore's story begins in 1893, when a German industrialist, Richard John Earnest Seeman, opened the Theodore post office. He brought immigrants from Europe and started the town, and he named it Theodore after his father. In 1894 Seeman moved to Yorkton with his wife, though she did not stay long.
The community incorporated as a village on July 5, 1907. It sits on the Yellowhead Highway in southeastern Saskatchewan, between Yorkton and Foam Lake, and is also served by the Canadian Pacific Railway. A bus line, the Saskatchewan Transportation Company, once ran through on its route between Yorkton and Saskatoon.
Passenger rail service ended in 1974, and the old Theodore railway station was put to new use as a senior citizens' centre. It is also home to the Theodore Historical Museum. Today the village has a Co-op, a fire department, an old-age home, a motel, a butcher shop, a variety store, a Canada Post outlet and a Catholic school for kindergarten to Grade 8. Theodore Reservoir and Whitesand Regional Park lie about 10 kilometres to the north-east.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Theodore, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.