Motherwell Homestead

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The Motherwell Homestead

 

Introduction

            Motherwell homestead is a part of our Saskatchewan history. This is about the Motherwell homestead and about William Motherwell. I wanted to learn more on the Motherwell homestead.

 

  1. Who built it?
  2. Who made the blue prints?
  3. What is the history for William R. Motherwell?
  4. What is a timeline for William R. Motherwell?
  5. What is the history of the Motherwell homestead?

 

William R. Motherwell built his house by himself. Before he lived in a log house. He did this by gathering enough stones on the land surrounding him. It was hard to find rocks in the prairies, but he built a spectacular home. The house was a grand two-story house. So he called the house the Lanark Place after his old home in Ontario. It can now be found out side of Abernethy.

            William Motherwell designed a layout for the Lanark Place. He the quadrants, then started to build it. He got the impression of an Eastern Ontario farm. He planted many trees to block wind and to collect snow.  He made dugouts to collect water from the collected snow. The house became a great tourist attraction making it a part of our history.

            William Motherwell graduated from an agricultural college. Then sent out on a journey to go to Western Canada. He rode the Canadian Pacific Railway, which was under construction at that time. He had stop in Saskatchewan near Abernethy. A few years later he started to become attracted to politics and agricultural groups. Later on he won $10 for the best Durham bull. He didn’t want to be alone no more. So he bought with the prize money a wedding ring. Soon to marry Adeline Rogers. He was invited to join the first cabinet of the new province Saskatchewan as Minister of Agriculture. Sadly the same year he lost his wife. Years later he gave up politics and work on farming. Many years past and death came at age 83.

            William Motherwell birth was in 1860. At age 22 he sent out in July 1881. Took interest politic in 1883. He won best bull in 1884. His public career began in 1891. In 1894 he accept the nomination for the district and ran unsuccessfully for Territorial government. Then ran for office in 1896, but unhappily failed. He was invited to join the first cabinet in 1905. William Motherwell elected to Canadian House of Commons in 1921. He was federal minister of agriculture in 1930. He then retired in 1939. Then death came at 1943.

            Motherwell homestead is over 123 years old. It is still standing outside of Abernethy. It is a stunning house for many years. This house had no fires and still over the years in excellent condition. For the time being the Motherwell homestead is now a tourist attraction. It shows the life of the past and the history of the Motherwell homestead.

Conclusion

            The history of the Motherwell homestead is a great part of Saskatchewan’s history. William Motherwell is a great person and is a great part of history. I learn that there is more history then I thought.

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Pictures

A picture of our backboard.

This is a picture that was on our backboard.

From: www.virtualsk.com/current_issue/teach_man_farm.html

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Bibliography

 

Clemence, Verne. Saskatchewan’s Own. Copyright 2004.

 

“Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada.” 16 Dec. 2003. Internet. http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/sk/motherwell/natcul/index_e.asp

 

“Teach a my to farm.” By: Paul Yanko. Vitual Saskatchewan. Copyright 1997-2005. Internet. http:// www.virtualsk.com/current_issue/teach_man_farm.html

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Web Links

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 “Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada.” I used this site to gather most my information for my report.
“Teach a my to farm.” A good way to collect good information.

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Warning At these links they go off the topic of the Motherwell Homestead!!!