The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Valuing Our History
Community news from the Mapleton area in 1931, 1981
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
News from the Mapleton Township area in 1952, 1977
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Gas shortages, heavy bus/train traffic marked WWII holidays
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Few details survive about Glenlamond saw mill
By 1860 seven dams had been constructed across the Grand in the Fergus and Elora area.
Old Elora picture resurfaces
Every historian has suffered the experience of not noticing or overlooking an important document.…
1908 blizzards shut down roads and local rail lines
Ask oldtimers about severe winters in Wellington County, and most will immediately recall the…
Man died after hit in 1868 Mount Forest bar brawl
During the second half of the 1860s, Mount Forest passed through a significant boom phase. In 1865,…
Elora woman left town after two-day charivari
The charivari, or shivaree, as it is usually spelled in southern Ontario, is a social ritual…
Moorefield minister fined for assault on black woman
Two weeks ago this column carried the sad tale of Henry White, a black resident of Peel, who was…
Statistical records can be useful to historians
A continuing argument among professional historians concerns the value and place of statistical…
Guelph Township man shot couple walking on railway tracks
John Hazle was not a typical British immigrant to Canada. When he arrived in Ontario about 1870 he…
Georgian Bay and Wellington Railway was only a dream
Last week’s column mentioned that Mount Forest council voted financial aid for the…
Elora virtually closed down for funeral of J.C. Mundell
Last week’s column, describing two 1897 incidents in the history of the Beatty…
Mount Forest hosted major Jubilee festivities in 1897
No one living can remember the reign of Queen Victoria, but she still casts a long shadow…