Enjoy finding this Cache and please make time to visit this wonderful museum! www.bellbarn.ca
The Original Cache contents include:
- Log Book & Pencils
- Sask Flag Pin
- Big White Pin
- FTF Pin
- Unactivated Sask Geocachers Coin
- Geocacher Pin
- HiDeeki Token #1001
- Major Bell Trackable GSH7FZ
- Canada Pin
- Bell Barn Key Chains
- Bell Barn Magnets
Quick History of the Bell Barn
It has been over 125 years since the Bell Farm was established just north of Indian Head, on the northern edge of the Great Plains of North America. This corporate farm was an experiment supported by the federal government of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, and was officially called the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company. Its shareholders were located in Ontario, but one of them, Major William R. Bell, came west to serve as general manager of the Company. It wasn't long before the farm achieved a more recognizable and memorable name: the Bell Farm.
Construction of the Bell Farm started in 1882, under the direction of A. J. Osment. Within a year over 100 buildings were constructed on this corporate farm, which included about 53,000 acres (or 332 quarter sections). Although the corporate farm itself didn't last out the decade, the mythology of this farm, which featured Saskatchewan's first round barn, has lived on in history books, magazine and in the lives of the people of the Indian Head district.
The Bell Barn Society of Indian Head was founded in August 2006 to oversee the development of the Bell Barn as a key heritage attraction in southern Saskatchewan. Due to the deteriorated condition of the barn, the structure was dismantled in April 2008 and was reconstructed on another portion of the original Bell Farm yard somewhat north of the original location. All of the salvaged stones have been reused in the reconstruction, which replicates the 1882 appearance of the Barn.
To learn more please visit www.bellbarn.ca or just visit the museum!