Pivotal Events in Hatney & Region An Illustrated Timeline The following collection of dates and activities has been drawn from Hartney’s two local history books: A Century of Living and The Mere Living. Additional material comes from “The Souris Plains” by Lawrence Clarke, and archival sources such as photos, maps, and contemporary newspaper reports. A timeline is a useful way to establish a community’s development, and a good way to note its highlights. All of this information can be used to develop the kind of content that is helpful in describing a community’s history through short, effective and accurate texts that will be appropriate for educational support materials, plaques, website content, and myriad other follow-up projects. More notable activities have been underlined. The dates and activities have been presented in a decade-by-decade format, which allows us to relive the past through the lens of the flow of time; but it is important to note that pivotal events can also be broadly grouped by major chronological periods in our history attached to primary activities of a given era.