Our Lands Speak: Featuring the Largest Pit Privy North of the Boarding House

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 only did this privy contain more than 11,900 artifacts, it also included […]

Our Lands Speak: Fascinating Once-in-a-Lifetime Box Privy Finds

Thanks for joining me again. In my last blog we discussed the box privies associated with the houses at Patterson Village, and today we examine the single box privy found northeast of the boarding house. This specific box privy was similar in size to the other box privies explored at Patterson Village. It measured 1.8 […]

Our Lands Speak: Box Privies at Patterson Village

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 second kind of privy we examined was a […]