The following information was gathered in an interview with Mr. Ed. Richardson, 19119 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows in June 1978.<\/div>\r\n
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The Richardson family moved to Pitt Meadows in 1904 and lived on what is known to most people as Richardson Mountain. Ed, his sister Annie and brother Dave were born there. There were eleven children in the family, the older ones were born on the Coquitlam side of the Pitt River where the Richardsons lived before moving to Pitt Meadows. The dykes were just being completed in that part of Pitt Meadows which was known as dyke district no. 2. Ed’s father cut ties for the C.P.R. before the railway bridge was built across the Pitt River. He also worked on the construction of the railway bridge. The Menzies family built a log house on the mountain facing McNeil Road in 1903 and came to live there in 1905. Two other settlers were from the United States. They underdrained some of the land with cedar that was cut on the Richardson Place. Land could be bought for $1.00 an acre at that time. The house on the corner of Harris and McNeil was built about 191?. Ed Richardson worked on building the McQuarrie Road. He also built a house for Mr. Alexander on Ford Road in the 1930s on the property later owned by Bob Struthers. There were large catches of sturgeon caught in Pitt Lake and sold in New Westminster in the early days. The Seventh Day Adventists built a church and academy on Advent Road. The Cook family were early settlers on the highland area along Ford and Harris Roads. Mr. Harry Cook and Dairy, now Mrs. Charnley, were born in a log house somewhere west of the present municipal hall. The Cooks did a great deal of logging. The logs were hauled by oxen to what was known as the Cook Slough and then to the Pitt River by steamboat. Later, the Cook brothers grew several acres of strawberries. The present municipal hall and shopping centre is on land originally owned by the Cooks.<\/div>","SEO_LINK":"interview-with-mr-ed-richardson","VIDEO_LINK":"","SOUNDCLOUD_LINK":"","IMG1":"","IMG2":"","IMG3":"","IMG4":"","IMG5":"","IMG6":"","IMG7":"","IMG1_THUMB":"","IMG2_THUMB":"","IMG3_THUMB":"","IMG4_THUMB":"","IMG5_THUMB":"","IMG6_THUMB":"","IMG7_THUMB":""}X
interview with Mr. Ed. Richardson
The following information was gathered in an interview with Mr. Ed. Richardson, 19119 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows in June 1978.
The Richardson family moved to Pitt Meadows in 1904 and lived on what is known to most people as Richardson Mountain. Ed, his sister Annie and brother Dave were born there. There were eleven children in the family, the older ones were born on the Coquitlam side of the Pitt River where the Richardsons lived before moving to Pitt Meadows. The dykes were just being completed in that part of Pitt Meadows which was known as dyke district no. 2. Ed’s father cut ties for the C.P.R. before the railway bridge was built across the Pitt River. He also worked on the construction of the railway bridge. The Menzies family built a log house on the mountain facing McNeil Road in 1903 and came to live there in 1905. Two other settlers were from the United States. They underdrained some of the land with cedar that was cut on the Richardson Place. Land could be bought for $1.00 an acre at that time. The house on the corner of Harris and McNeil was built about 191?. Ed Richardson worked on building the McQuarrie Road. He also built a house for Mr. Alexander on Ford Road in the 1930s on the property later owned by Bob Struthers. There were large catches of sturgeon caught in Pitt Lake and sold in New Westminster in the early days. The Seventh Day Adventists built a church and academy on Advent Road. The Cook family were early settlers on the highland area along Ford and Harris Roads. Mr. Harry Cook and Dairy, now Mrs. Charnley, were born in a log house somewhere west of the present municipal hall. The Cooks did a great deal of logging. The logs were hauled by oxen to what was known as the Cook Slough and then to the Pitt River by steamboat. Later, the Cook brothers grew several acres of strawberries. The present municipal hall and shopping centre is on land originally owned by the Cooks.
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