Three men in suits, two women on porch, child in doorway. Rain barrel at side of house. One man is holding a horse by a rope on a halter. Fence in front. Men are wearing suits and caps, women long skirts and hats. Fashion of the pioneer years.
The Powell house raised up on blocks in preparation to move to its new location. The house was bought and moved by W. Ross Thompson in October of 1971.
Small 1 1/2 storey wooden house, painted or whitewashed, wooden outbuildings. Family of one older man, man and woman, four children of which three are teens; all seated on the grass.
Moving the Powell farm house through the Eagle Creek valley from its original location about 8 miles north of Eagle Creek to its present position, 2.5 miles south of Rosetown.
The Powell house with basement intact, lifted up on blocks and ready to go on the trailer for transport. The structure weighed 225 tons and up until this point, a house with basement intact had not been moved whole before.
