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Valuing Our History
Career of promising young MPP ended in 1934 car crash
Last week’s column, describing the 1934 firemen’s convention at Elora,…
Turnout in municipal elections was frequently low in the 20th century
Last week’s column covered some of the changes in municipal voting through the 19th century.…
Four men changed pleas in 1921 attack on jailor
Note: This is the second part of the story of Sam McArdle, Joseph Hobson and John…
Queens Plate horse race was run at Guelph in 1864
The biggest event in Canada’s horse racing season is the Queen’s Plate, and it has been…
Downfall of a Garafraxa girl reported in Toronto paper in 1868
Weekly newspapers in Wellington County have tended to downplay or ignore stories of a nature that…
Palmerston council counted every penny in 1930s
The depression years of the 1930s were challenging ones for Wellington’s municipal councils.…
Dismissal of Col. J.J. Craig of the 153rd caused controversy
The name of John J. Craig of Fergus is not well known today, but between 1890 and 1920 he was one…
Conestoga Egg Farm operated hatchery in 1916
During the first half of the twentieth century the Arthur area had a reputation as a centre for egg…
Trip to Elora reunion resulted in tragedy, trial for Mount Forest man
During the first quarter of the 20th century many municipalities held reunions, aimed at bringing…
Clifford turned to Ontario Hydro system after gas plant explosion in 1921
Most of the towns in Wellington County hooked up to the Ontario Hydro grid between 1910 and 1915.…
Elora’s W.O. Mendell revived attacks on county council
Earlier in 2013 this column carried a two-part account of the attacks on the conduct of county…
Wellington County enjoyed numerous road improvements in early 1920s
Last week’s column described some of the changes in Fergus in 1927 that brought that town…
Arrow Bus Lines operated a substantial transportation network
Railway specialists are perhaps the most numerous and fanatical of transportation historians. Even…
Elora native Fred Jacob’s second book was published posthumously
Almost a decade ago this column took a look at a novel written in the 1920s by an old Elora boy,…