Long before the railway arrived, the land around Raymore was home to the Touchwood peoples, who lived in four bands under the leadership of Kawacatoose (Poorman or Lean Man), Kaneonuskatew, Muscowequan and Kisecawchuck. Today Raymore is the administrative headquarters of the Kawacatoose Cree First Nation band government. A store is documented on the Poorman 88 Indian reserve as early as 1874.
The town's name is said to come from surveyors of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, who named towns and stops along the new line in alphabetical order. Raymore is believed to be named for a railroad employee on the construction crew. Among the first settlers in the early 1900s were Richard Watt, Headley and Charles Frost, Wilfred Jones and Archibald MacLean.
MacLean opened the first store in town on May 15, 1908, the same year Harold Martin arrived to become the first druggist. MacLean also built the Raymore Hotel, finished in 1911. By 1922 it was advertised as the best hotel between Winnipeg and Saskatoon and hosted the Raymore Moving Picture Show on weekends. Mah Yuen and Sam Ping ran it for over a decade after 1920, followed by Jack and Vi Morrow from 1936 into the 1960s. A fire in 1956 led to the loss of its third storey. MacLean also started the town's funeral business, which later became Kirkby Funeral Home.
The Raymore Pioneer Museum, dating from about 1910 to 1911, is a Municipal Heritage Property. Today the town has an ice rink, curling rink, swimming pool, golf and baseball diamonds, and is home to the Raymore Rockets senior men's hockey team.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Raymore, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.