LOG STRUCTURES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS Homestead consisted of half a lot, a 75 acre land parcel, marked by surveyed lines cut through the bush and identified by axe blazed trees. At each corner, where property lines intercepted, was a rough axe hewn square post, with concession and lot numbers carved into it. After […]
"Stories Now" Archive
The posts below include stories told by people living in Essex and Kent Counties at the present.
Two Mothers Story
The following article was taken by from the collection: Along The Way Permission given by John Wiens More stories from Along the Way by John Wiens: Two Mothers Lost in the Wilderness Building a Log Structure Shortest Church Service Ever Preamble THE STORY OF TWO MOTHERS She was only sixteen when he had asked her […]
Greenhouse Farming
Farming History of Ken Enns Ken’s father, Peter H. Enns, was born on Mar. 9, 1906 in Schoenfeld, Russia, a very prosperous community that was totally destroyed in the early days of the Russian Revolution. The family fled for their lives and came to Canada in the early 1920’s. They had little, but […]
