Name/Title
Wheel, SpinningEntry/Object ID
2018.05.01Description
This walking wheel was owned by Rhoda Baker, a seamstress on an estate farm near Woodstock, ON. She married William Wallcraft, a farm labourer on the same estate. In 1873, they moved with their young family to homestead in the Archibald District in Manitoba. They brought the walking wheel with them at that time. William & Rhoda homesteaded on NW 16-4-9 and the land is still held & farmed by the Wallcraft Family. William & Rhoda were the grandparents of William R. Wallcraft, the founder of the Archibald Heritage Museum.Collection
Archibald Historical MuseumCataloged By
Adam LennoxAcquisition
Accession
2018.05Source or Donor
The William R. Wallcraft FamilyAcquisition Method
donation