to attend Presbyterian church services. In 1881 they built a small church on the East side of the Prime Meridian, called Brant-Argyle Presbyterian Church. The surrounding land was made into a cemetery. The earliest settlers buried their dead here. The Brant-Argyle Cemetery is the final resting place of the local dead as well as a World War One/World War Two memorial called the Brant-Argyle Cenotaph. A small model of the church and a historic cairn are also in place at the cemetery. Note:The church has since been converted into a home, with a porch. It was also in 1878 that Thomas Guthrie established the first post office in the Argyle District. At first, Guthrie had to walk to Stonewall and later in 1882 he picked up the mail as it arrived in Marquette by rail. It is said that he received $50.00 annually for postmaster and an extra $12.00 per month for carrying the mail. Brant Argyle School In 1882 the local one-room schools were built for the settler's children. Brant, McLeod and Argyle schools were the original educational facilities that would eventually combine, making the Brant Consolidated School (Brant-Argyle School) in 1914. It is Brant Argyle school is a 4-room brick school that is the only one of its kind in Manitoba that is still used as it was intended to - as a school for the local community children. The school is part of a Heritage agreement certificate (as of 2003) which keeps it from being demolished, abandoned or having significant architectural changes. As of June 2015, the school has about 60 students. It has a capacity of 100, and this multi-grade environment hosts grades Kindergarten to grade 8. In 2014, the Brant-Argyle School celebrated its 100th Anniversary on the weekend of October 5, 2014. Impact of the railway In 1912, a small spur line built by the Canadian Northern Railway branched off the Oak Point Subdivision at Grosse Isle heading north. This first year, the railway reached a gravel pit, possibly to supply future or existing railbeds. The next year, this new local line reached through the Argyle and Brant Districts, ending at Woodroyd, Manitoba. Eventually, the line was built to Hodgson, following a zig-zag formation to pass nearest the existing settlements. When the railway came to the Argyle District, there was a church, post office, homes and farms. As they were spread across the country side,