Whit continued to write to
his family very sporadically. Included here are a business
letter, a letter to Whit from his daughter Minnie, and one
letter written to Whit's children, Marcus and Amy.
By 1884, when the Canadian
Pacific Railway arrived, Whitfield had amassed 1330 acres
with 550 cattle, 30 horses and five teams, as well a huge
garden and orchard.