Custer's Head Road (Water Woman)
Custer's Head Road, oil on canvas, 40" x 90", Steven Rhude Timeline Hant's Harbour 1697 – Abbe Baudoin reports that there are four houses at Hant's Harbour. 1801 – Five families are listed as living in Hant's Harbour. 1813 – T.E. and Mary Pelley die. The gravestone recording this still stands. 1820s – The first known church is built in the community. 1830s – The population consists of 400 people. 1847 – Ten vessels carrying 271 men are engaged in the seal hunt . 1853 – Eight vessels totaling 767 tons carry 294 men to the seal hunt. 1868 – 1870 – A second and much larger church is built, serving the circuit until 1907 when it is destroyed to build a new one. 1871 – Lovell's Newfoundland Dictionary lists 81 of the 104 householders in Hant's Harbour as fisherman. Two others are listed as farmers. 1880s – The population...