Prior to the white settlement of the areas that surround and include Raymore, the Touchwood peoples, or pusakawatciwiyiniwak, lived in the area and consisted of four bands, "under the leadership of Kawacatoose (Poorman or Lean Man), Kaneonuskatew (One that walks on four claws or George Gordon), Muscowequan (Hard Quill), and Kisecawchuck (Daystar).

"[7] Among the earliest white settlers in the first years of the twentieth century were: Richard Watt, Headley and Charles Frost, Wilfred Jones, and Archibald MacLean.

"[12] In 1920, William Baker sold the Raymore Hotel to Mah Yuen and Sam Ping who ran the business for over a decade.

[13] When, in 1935, the sale of beer became legal "by the glass in hotel bars", Mah Yuen and Sam Ping were unable to obtain the required licence because—as Chinese—they were not enfranchised to vote.

[16] A fire on February 21, 1956, caused an estimated $40,000 of damage, "gutted the top floor" of the hotel, and resulted in its third storey being demolished.

[17] As a merchant Archibald MacLean began selling funerary caskets as early as 1911 and, upon recognising demand therefore, subsequently obtained his funeral directing and embalming licence.