Most of the towns in Wellington County hooked up to the Ontario Hydro grid between 1910 and 1915.…
Valuing Our History
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,…
Booze and break-ins kept authorities busy in late 1930
Prohibition in Ontario ended in 1927, when the provincial government authorized the sale of beer…
Peter Perry a memorable principal of Fergus High School
During the 19th century many of the schools of Wellington County attracted notable teachers.…
Tragic hunting accident at Puslinch Lake in 1895
The Grand River Conservation Authority’s parks at Elora, Guelph Lake, Lake Belwood,…
New Canada Post stamp honours Elora grower
It was rather astonishing that a Canada Post stamp issued on March 3 resulted in no public ceremony…
Arthur hosted large gala reunion 100 years ago
Over the past few years several of the municipalities in Wellington County have staged reunions,…
Peel council and farmers took a radical stand in 1931
No one today would regard the farmers of Peel Township, or, more properly, Mapleton, as radical in…
Guelph businessmen failed to support their own railway
Back in 1999, this column described the events that led to the opening of the Guelph Junction…
Agricultural College hosted talent competition in 1925
In 1874, the provincial government established the Ontario Agricultural College just…
Flu epidemic peaked locally in November 1918
Only a very few of this paper’s readers will recall the great influenza pandemic of…
Rescuers were heroes in 1953 Elora and Fergus incidents
School children are regularly warned to keep off the ice on streams and rivers. It was no…