Material Type

Artifact

Date

1910

Materials

QUARTZITE

No. Pieces

2

Length

28.0

Width

16.0

Diameter

76.4

Description

MILLSTONE IS BROKEN IN HALF. MOTTLED GREY COLOR. SHOWS DRESSING CUTS. MILLSTONE HAS A LARGE HOLE IN THE CENTRE, E.G. DOUGHNUT SHAPE. EDGES UNEVEN.

Subjects

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

FAMILY IS ESTONIAN. GRANDFATHER CAME FROM ESTONIA. GUS ERDMAN WENT TO PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1903. CAME TO ALBERTA IN 1904. HOMESTEADED IN 1904, IN BARONS. FAMILY FORMED PART OF THE EARLY ESTONIAN SETTLEMENT NEAR BARONS. ETHNIC COLONY WAS ONE OF THREE IN ALBERTA: BARONS, SYLVAN LAKE, STETTLER. GUS ERDMAN PICKED UP MILLSTONE ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO AT AN AUCTION. PLACE OF AUCTION UNKNOWN. MATCHING STONE, AND THIS ONE WERE DAMAGED BY SCRAP DEALERS CUTTING OFF THE IRON HOOPS. OTHER STONE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. DONOR IS DECEASED. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NEXT OF KIN.

Catalogue Number

P19770310000

Acquisition Date

1973-04

Collection

Museum

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