by Bill Finlayson | Mar 14, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
Patterson Village has provided an interesting journey for myself and my team. Last week we brought you the details of the Seamstress’ house, and as promised, here is the story of the Cobbler’s House. I hope you enjoy reliving some of our experiences with us. House 14...
by Bill Finlayson | Mar 7, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
More interesting discoveries at Patterson Village are unveiled. With this, includes the presence of 18 houses and one boarding house. These buildings were documented in the 1861 Canada Census. We also unearthed the foundation of the church which had burned down...
by Bill Finlayson | Mar 1, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
In the last blog I discussed cisterns as one source of water for the occupants of Patterson Village. There were three other sources although one of these related to the post-Village occupation of Houses 17 and 18 by farm-hands working the agricultural fields of this...