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Harris Family / Maple Grove Farm
EST. 1888
The early photo depicts the farm house that was built in 1898. The barn as it appeared in the 1940’s and the renovated house as it appears today. Received the Century Farm Award. Located 6.72 km (4.18 mi) South of Yorkton on Hwy No.9 North West Quarter of Section 12,Township 25, Range 4 West of the 2nd Meridian. In the RM of Orkney #244
GPS Location 51°08'58.7"N 102°26'59."W
The Harris farm was established by James Henry (Harry) Harris in 1888, after he came from Ontario drawn by the offer of free land in the Last Best West. He went back to Ontario to marry Elizabeth Bass in the spring of 1889, after which they immediately returned to build a log cabin. By August of that year they were permanent residents, and the farm has been in the Harris family ever since. They had 11 children, and Jim, the sixth-born, took over the farm in 1926. He built the first barns and in the 1940's renamed it Maple Grove Farm, a name prominently displayed on the roof of the barn.
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