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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1950
Page
4
R A Emerson has been appointed assistant chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He is a third generation CPR employee, with his father mother and grandfather all serving the company in western Canada.
A reader recounts an old tale of Hamiota's naming. English and Scottish settlers argued over names until John Clark proposed Indian origin. After supper beans and ham inspired Hamiota, later he made a fortune in canning while branding Clarks Pork and Beans.
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