Carlyle Observer: Aug. 4, 2017

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OBSERVER VOLUME 81 • NO. 12

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2017

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Adrian Paton’s ‘Legacy of the Land’ Lynne Bell

Observer Staff

Prairie historian Adrian Paton of Arcola (right) is joined by his 11-year-old grandson, Titus Eric (left) at a ‘Legacy of the Land’ ceremony at Paton’s Arcola-area farm on Saturday, July 30. The pair are standing in front of a plaque which was unveiled at the commemoration, which reads: “Legacy of the Land, Hawk Hill 17-7-4 W 2, 1959 Adrian and Patricia (Pat) Paton, Rus, Brad, Kevin and Val.”

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Staff photo by Lynne Bell

Prairie historian Adrian Paton hosted a unique commemoration at his Arcola-area farm on Saturday July 30, as over 100 family members and friends gathered for a ‘Legacy of the Land’ ceremony. Paton and his late wife, Pat purchased the land in 1959 and there, they farmed and raised their family of four - sons Rus, Brad and Kevin, and daughter, Val. The “tribute to the land and its people” took place on Hawk Hill, which is located on the Paton farm, and although Paton unveiled a plaque which marked his family’s life on the farm, he also paid tribute to all of the land’s past inhabitants during a speech. “The spot on earth that I call ‘Hawk Hill’ has been around since the beginning,” says Paton. “Some geologists believe that Precambrian rock was formed at least 1.8 to 2.5 billion years before the present, a span of time that few of us humans can comprehend.” “Archeologists now believe that man made an appearance here about 20,000 years ago. In this area, they evolved into what are called First Nations people. Their reign lasted a few thousand years. I farmed this land for over 50 years and have found ample evidence of their occupation...” “Then other people arrived, the Europeans, who molded things to suit their culture,” he adds. “The land had to be laid out in such a way that ownership could be designated. By this time, a body called the Canadian government was in charge. They sent out people called surveyors to do this job. Around 1881, they completed this and the land was given the title of the North West Quarter of Section 17, Township 7, Range 4, West of the second meridian.” “The (Canadian Pacific Railway) put the land up for sale and an American entrepreneur homesteader Charles Watkins bought the land on speculation.” Paton states that Watkins, his wife Emily, and their three children left their home in Nebraska in the spring of 1901 “in true pioneer fashion,” adding that three weeks after leaving Nebraska, they arrived in Arcola, District of Assiniboia, N.W.T., in June, 1901. Watkins sold the land in 1909 to William Elwood, who farmed the land “under the fashion of the British system” with his two sons. After William’s death in 1930, his sons Harrison and Wilfred (Cap) farmed there until 1959, when they sold the farm to the Patons.


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