Maryborough council held its opening session for 1856 on Jan. 21.
Peel Township refused to rebuild Townline bridge in 1870
As an illustration for a recent column on Hustonville I used an 1870 letter sent from the post office in that vanished hamlet. This week, I want to take a closer look at that document.
Donations, bazaars helped build St. Mary’s Catholic church in Elora
Occupying a prominent place at the high point on Geddes Street, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church has been one of the most prominent Elora landmarks since it was built in 1870.
Prohibition resulted in surge of illegal stills, bootleggers
The Ontario Temperance Act (OTA), introduced in 1916 as a war measure and made permanent in 1919, encountered difficulties in the early 1920s.
Shareholders’ investment in CVR paid for less than two miles of track
A few weeks ago a regular reader of this column stopped by with a bundle of old documents. I found one item of particular interest.
News from the Mapleton area in 1880 and 1980
The promoters of the Arthur Junction Railway – a proposed line to run from near Goldstone to Arthur village and into West Luther Township – made a fresh effort to secure municipal aid in the fall of 1880.
How many readers can remember Christmas 1954?
Generally, the mid-1950s was a time of optimism, as most people finally came to believe that the postwar prosperity was here to stay.
News from the Mapleton Township area in 1904, 1928
Guelph’s Winter Fair had reached the height of its importance as an agricultural show by 1904.
Travelling from Fergus to CNE by bicycle in 1896
For several generations, residents of southern Ontario marked the waning of summer with a trip to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
Four men changed their plea in 1921 attack on jailor
Guelph police and the jail officials took no chances when they had Frenchie Bedard back in their custody.
Guelph jail break in 1921 a bad idea for three men
Back in the summer of 1921 three young men got to know one another as inmates at the Ontario Reformatory on the east end of Guelph.
Crime, violence common in Elora during 1860s
Over the years I have been in the habit of making notes on criminal activity in Elora that I come across while researching other subjects.
Mount Forest’s War Memorial unveiled in 1928
During the 1920s, Wellington County’s communities varied in their approach to the concept of a war memorial. Some charged full speed ahead with the project.
Mimosa was important hamlet in Erin Township
Mimosa is one of the 40 or 50 old hamlets in Wellington County that, were it not for signs on the road and dots on old maps, would exist only in the memories of a few oldtimers and local historians.
Hugh Templin versus Wellington County council
Celebratory events are already in the schedule for 2004 to mark Wellington County’s 150th anniversary.