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At the time he lived on It, It was called the Lewis place, so the house must he well over a hundred In July, 1963, Robert George Tripp, Fitzroy Harbour, told me that his Grandfather, Henrymripp, lived. on this farm in approximately 1850. Later, he moved to a farmnear Fit zroy Harbour. . This farm, although in Fitzroy, was always very much part of tihe Town Line Community. ATYPICAL PIONEER LOG HOUSE (1963) Photo by 13111 Cox hot 16 Concession 12 Fitzroy (Written and submitted by Helen Wilson) (Jan. 1965) A TYPICAL KITCHEN WITH HAND HEWED CEILING BEAMS. THE MAN Is JAMES WILSON WHOSE 30an THIS WAS TILL ABOUT 1962. Photo by Bill Cox TOWN LINE SETTLEMENT Page 12 Gerald Wilson purchased the farm In 1963 as a grazing farm. " As many of these homestesds are closed, and the land used for pasture, " is understandably sad for older people, who have many precious memories of lives lived in these simple dwellings. In J. L.Gourlay's history of the Ottawa Talley, 1896, he says on pageG "Go back in Your thoughts to 1820, picture younself a shanty, lk by 20 and 8 feet high, sc00ped, standing in a clearing of three acres,that clearing feneed.hy cutting down trees,so that one met another, and some stakes and long poles on these, made It high enough for the purpose, brush being thrown in freely to close gaps. Elms were preferred if they were available,as they stuck on the stumps, by that means standing much higher than if they fell flat. This was the brush' or slash fence.---- and with this youhhave a picture of a new home In the bush seventy five years ago." The farms In these parts may not have been settled this early, but "she description probably fits. years old. Paul Dolan, told of attending a dance In the shedloft. How low and tiny the shed seems now! The granary is interesting, as there are::anany tin;r bins built to hold the many different kinds, of grain which were used: wheat, oats, barley, and sometimes buckwheat or field peas. , It would seem that the farm was then occupied by Dick Hodgins and later by his son, Clem. The story is told that Mrs. Dick Hodgins, who wanted a good stone free farm very badly, worked at picking stones till she had built several large stone piles. James Wilson( nephew of the Thomas Wilson who donated the land for Epworth Church) Bought the farm from Hedging, In approximately 1930, After hisnwife Jessie died, he and his son, Edgar, continued to live here, till about 1960, when they moved to Ottawa. ' This house is typical of the pioneer log houses common in F:rrholton,, a few of which are still in use. t A tyt, t"" W351" 'ET'i":T..1'R'e'2. '.1efit "an: s rtte2t:=21'. _ . _ A; a? . "Mn-ti" "or 0