The few small shacks which were raised in 1892 and '93 on the prairie round which is now the south end of Main Street were the town's beginning and the first residents were truly our pioneers. By 1901, the original population of thirteen had risen to ninty nine persons. Five years later, the headcount was 360. In this year of 1981, Reston's population is about 650.

In those first years, one business attracted another and even far across the Atlantic the call was being received to join old neighbors in the prospering Canadian village of Reston. The opening Of the Reston Recorder newspaper business in 1905 gave the town new publicity and the influx of businessmen and professionals mainly from Ontario, gave it strength to grow. It was a typical pioneer town and from the pages of old Recorders, we can catch glimpses of how it looked and how the residents lived.

(NOTE: Access to the archives of this publication is available via the website operated by the RM of Pipestone)

(Source: Trails Along the Pipestone, p 409 [1981; Adapted])

Located on NE-16-07-27(W1). The lease was drawn up on September 14, 1897, with the title being registered on April 12, 1901. A cemetery board tends to the operation of the property.

Many of the records for the cemetery were destroyed in a fire, and there are several graves whose occupants are unknown.

NOTE: This book contains a list of burials in this cemetery known to the book committee at the time of its publication

(Source: The Sequel to Trails Along the Pipestone, p 123f [2009; Adapted])

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Established in 1882.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society)

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD16-09-07-27-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Pipestone

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As noted above, a part of the community's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 2009 is told in the volume "The Sequel to Trails Along the Pipestone", especially on the cited pages, and in the earlier work entitled "Trails Along the Pipestone".

Free digital versions of these and many other Manitoba local history books can be found online in the University of Manitoba Digital Collections. There is also a list of such books organized by district and town name on the Manitoba Historical Society's website on their page entitled "Finding Aid: Manitoba Local History Books".

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #0741), transcribed by a member or members in 1990 and updated in 2003. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication "Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites" (revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages).