by Bill Finlayson | Apr 9, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
Welcome back. In my last blog, I talked about pit privies as one of the two kinds of privies we found at Patterson Village. As you know, we find privies extremely valuable, especially given the insights they expose into how people lived during that time period. The...
by Bill Finlayson | Apr 4, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
We’ve seen many amazing buildings and artifacts along our archeological journey, however, one of the most interesting types of features we encountered on our excavation of 19th century Euro-Canadian sites are privy pits. They may not sound exciting to you yet, being...
by Bill Finlayson | Mar 21, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
Previously we discussed the findings of the village workshop and cobbler’s house, and this week we are pleased to share with you another fascinating discovery, the Patterson Village stable. We know from historical records that the Patterson & Bro farm equipment...
