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  • The construction of the US Army Air Force Base was started in 1941 when the US came to Stephenville Newfoundland.
  • This article is about the buildings that were created during World War II because of the Stephenville air force base.
  • When the Air Force withdrew from Stephenville, the Atlantic Brewery was the first major industry to become established in the town.
  • The Harmon Corporation was opened after the Americans left the Harmon Airfield Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland, in 1966.
  • In 1941, the United States obtained rights to construct an air base in the St. Georges Bay area of Newfoundland.
  • About health conditions in Newfoundland during WWII such as problems with housing and veneral disease and the need for wartime hospitals.
  • In 1973, the Labrador Liner Limited opened and started production of a linerboard mill in Stephenville.
  • About the LSPU Hall, a Registered Heritage Structure located on 3 Victoria Street in St. John's and initially built in the late eighteenth century.
  • About the period of manufacturing growth in St. John's from the 1870s to 1914.
  • A profile of Margot Rhys Davies (192?-1972), actor, broadcaster and poet.
  • An introduction to the life of Patrick Tasker (1823-1860), businessman and influential mason.
  • Positive and negative influences of British, French, and American military bases on Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Pine Tree Radar Site is one of three warning systems selected when NORAD decided to build a number of Aircraft Control and Warning Stations.
  • A brief history of the Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland.
  • Since 1979, the Stephenville Theatre Festival has produced professional plays of the highest quality here in Newfoundland and Labrador.