| description: | Group Portrait Of Leading Figures In Early Manitoba. Back Row (L- R): George Simpson (1842-1905), Chief Engineer, Northern Pacific Railway, Chief Engineer And Chief Clerk Of Manitoba (1899-1904), Manitoba Deputy Minister Of Public Works (1904-1905); Colin Inkster, (1843-C1843 ), Manitoba Legislative Councillor (1871-1876), Minister Of Agriculture (1874), Council President (1876), Sheriff Of Manitoba (1876), Sheriff Of The Eastern Judicial District, (1881-1918); James Mcdougall (1840-1915), Hudson'S Bay Co Chief Trader (1873), Chief Factor (1887), Acting Inspector (1894); W. S. Beecher (1850-1927), (Hudson Bay) Railway Contractor. Front Row (L- R): William Clark, Hudson'S Bay Co Chief Trader (1879), Chief Factor (1892); David Mair Walker, (1835-1920), Winnipeg'S First Lawyer (1875-1878), Attorney General Of Manitoba (1878-1882), Judge (1882), Police Magistrate (1911); Robert Tait, (1830 - 1912), Farmer 1st Reaping Machine (1850), 1st Threshing Machine (1851), Miller, Built 1st Steam Grist Mill In St. James (1869), Freighter Operated Steam Ferry Between Winnipeg And St. Boniface (1878); Robert Patterson, A Fur Buyer From Montreal |