by Bill Finlayson | May 2, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
Good day friends. Thanks for joining us as we conclude our posts on Patterson Village. For this, we’ll discuss how we collect preserved plant remains from sites such as Patterson Village. When we dig cellars, pit privies, and box privies, we collect soil samples for...
by Bill Finlayson | Apr 25, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
Patterson Village continues to present new and fascinating discoveries. This week we discuss a feature which appears to be a unique find in excavations in southern Ontario. Since 2006, the majority of our work has been east of the Niagara Escarpment. It is there we...
by Bill Finlayson | Apr 18, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
Our investigation of the privies at Patterson Village continues. You may recall, in our last blog, we discussed an amazing box privy associated with the closing of the Boarding House after Patterson & Bro. farm equipment manufactory moved to Woodstock in 1886. Not...
