Arrival of the First Railway Engineer in the Carrot River Valley

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Database ID26241
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionMorton Manuscripts Collection
SeriesMSS-C550
File/Item ReferenceMSS-C550-1-27-1s (Box 37)
Date of creation[192-?]
Physical description/extent1 article; 3 pages of textual records
Number of images3
Historical noteReginald Beatty (b. 1854) was not only a clerk of the Hudson's Bay Company, but also the first settler in the Melfort district. The current city of Melfort was preceded by a small community known as the Stoney Creek Settlement, started by founding settler Beatty, a Hudson Bay Company employee who settled with his family in the new Northwest. He was employed with the HBC from 1872-1883. Beatty served at Shoal River, Fairford, Cumberland House, The Pas (several terms), Grand Rapids, Sturgeon River and Norway House.
Scope and contentAn article written by Reginald Beatty relating to saving the life of an locating engineer for the Manitoba and Nor-West Railway, found exhausted and starving by Beatty while walking near Eagle Lake, south of Melfort, Saskatchewan. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'
ContributerReginald Bird Beatty (author)
Copyright holderPublic domain
Copyright expiry datePublic domain
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TypeArchival
Primary MediaTextual documents
Specific document typesArticles
Provenance Access PointMorton, A.S.
Other numbers/identificationSpecial Collections call no. MSS C550/1/27.1.
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionPlains
NamesBeatty, Reginald Bird, 1854-1928 (HBC clerk)
Stewart, Mr.
SubjectSurvival
Railroads
Date Range(s)1880-1889
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