Early Hamiota settlement notes and local businesses
The write up recounts the 1891 opening of the Great North West Central Railway line, the rapid start of building in Hamiota, and early local establishments. It lists McKellar & Todd, Hawthorne Bros., James White hardware, George Elliott, Scott & Chambers, McRae blacksmith, Venables harness maker, Richardson furniture, and Scott & Chambers merchants with Dr. Lawson’s drug store and Miss Milne the dressmaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great North West Central Railway
C. P.R
McKellar & Todd and
Hawthorne Bros
James White
Echo Printing Office
George Elliott
Scott & Chambers
S. Kirk
McRae
McKellar & Todd
F. T. Venables
A. J. Richardson & Co
Messrs
Duncan's
Miss Milne
Hamiota’s Early Businesses and Growing Town Ties
The article lists many pioneer shops and services in Hamiota including Dinsmore and Shoebotham agricultural dealers, James White hardware, Geo. Elliott pioneer merchant, J. H. McConnell lumber, Pangman House boarding, McLean blacksmith, Hawthorne livery, Miller bakery, Pioneer House Central Hotel, Greenshaw and Arnold hardware and furniture, Massey Harris warehouse, Hamiota Hotel, Babbitt watchmaker, Lindsay bakery, and Parrish Lindsay elevator. It notes two warehouses, local contractors, The Hustler newspaper, White’s Hall, Orange Hall, Presbyterian Church, and a new school, expanding from about ten people to nearly 200 in twelve months and predicting town growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Dinsmore & Shoebotham
James White
Geo. Elliott
Elliott
Ross and
Arthur Streets
S. Sneid’s
J. H. McConnell
Jerry Pangman
Robert Squire
McLean
Hawthorne Bros
Wm. Hawthorne
Alex. Miller
John McRae
John Houck
Greenshaw & Arnold
Massey-Harris Co., Ltd
W. Ferguson
Robi. Kelly
Chas. Babbitt
C. B. Stephens
J. Lindsay
W. J. Smith
T. Allshire
G. Cavanaugh
M. Cornell
Hustler
F. Middleton
White's Hall
White
Orange Hall
Helen Street
Presbyterian Church
Ross Street
Geo. S.anderson
Hamiota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Duncan
Manitoba
C. M. Anderson
Oarner
Man
L.S. Taylor
Pele
Pittendreigh Bros
Hamiota Bakery
Gordon Smith
W.H. Josey
W. Lissant Clayton
Gisborne
New Zealand
Canada
Clayton
Oak River
Viola Dale
McConnell
J. J. Elliott
Ype
W. Todd
J. T. Venables
C. W. Harvey
Nairn
J. H. Houck
R. J. Bell
J. P. McDonald
R. E. Hunter
E. J. Abbott
D. A. Jackson
J. Hyndman
H. McConnell
J. G. McConne
A. Malcolm
E. A. Alson
Miss Gutteridge
Hudson F.C. Bennest
Egan
McKinney
Crozier
MB. Jackson
Jackson Miss Delaney
A. Grant
C. P. Howden
W. Hassard
W. A. Thompson
W. Whyte
M.A. Whimster
W. Chambers
J. A. Stewart
A. Kelly
R.E. Anderson
1. Lorime
L. Hibbert
G. A. Warren C. Sheardown
B. R. McNaught
Ed. Stone
Scott R. H. Lawton
J. Lemon
P. Heddeshe
W. Wriet
H. M. Reid
J. E. Wright
W. B. McLean
C. L. Thring
F. C. Grant
J. R. Stalker. McLean C. Gillis
A. Eby
Amies
Merry Christmas
Hamiota Co-Op
Elevator Association Ltd
T. M. Levins
Statam
the Monarch Lumber Co
Robt. Watt
J. C. Richardson
M. Coupland Hamieta
E. J. Venables & Son
Newton & Baxter
A. H. Aldred
Lavinia
W. J. Reid & Sons
P. Strickland
Marks Brothers
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