Hi, The following - might be able to assist - with the history of the Town
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/desford.shtmlhttp://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/desfordschool.shtml they will also know if there had been a Local History book published during the Local History book project in the mid to late 1980's
Families submitted family history, stories to the project.