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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-06-24, Page 79Make it 4 recon Imagining s the Village of Lucknow arrives at. the 140th anniver- sary of'its founding, only in imagination" can we attempt to grasp the pic- ture of the trackless forest known . as the Queen's Bush that would eventual- ly spawn this settlement. It was a land known onlyto the Indians before the arrival, of the settlers. Spurred by .the vision of owning, land and building a home', these hardy folks. front the Old Country endured . untold .hardships before finally establishing 'their own community, lifestyle and culture in whatis now known as Lucknow. Swamp lands • Initially, what was to ' eventually becinne the vii- . • • tC. eariy. Gays lage of Lucknow was liter- ally encircled with the first settlers in Wawanosh, Ashfield. and Kinloss. This was due tothe fact that; 6he Jand here was swampy and. avoided. for firmer tracks. It . wasn't Until it became increasingly important to _harness the latent power of the kwo rivers flowing through this place that: set-. tiers began to claim land and build. While the feverish quest for farm land•' was going . On all around., it wasn't until 1856 that the' first step to establish.a set- tlement here were taken.. Settlers in. Ashfield and. Wawanosh hadto 'make long journeys to either Walkerton or' Kincardine' for flour and other stip.: plies.. ' It was the ladle of water ' built the first sawmill in. Kinloss, saw the potential of the water power here and during the years 1856- 57, he constructed a dam .turn to page 64 power in these areas that finally focused attention on the potential of the land we know a's Lucknow. Eli Stauffer, who had .r, Have a Great: Reunio ''o RIVER PHEASANT GAME FARM RR 7, Lucknaw, Qntario Canada NOG. 21,10' Manfred & Joan pierolf - Ph: (519)529-7855' Fac: (519)529-3373, Hunting Preserve Hatchery,: Bed & Breakfast Meat Birds 500 HURON ROAD 490 HURON ROAD GODER CH 524-8347 524-4901