The towns and villages of Wellington County experienced some dramatic changes in the 1920s. Over…
Valuing Our History
Highlights of the week in Wellington County in July 1929
The weekly newspaper business has never been an easy path to quick riches. The newspaper business…
Notorious outlaw Orval Shaw appeared in Wellington County in 1929
The increasing use of automobiles by criminals in the 1920s has been noted in this column on…
Egremont farmer blamed hobo for burning his barn in 1930
Several columns over the past few months have dealt with an epidemic of barn fires in Wellington…
Fire gutted Fergus building owned by Robert Kerr in 1931
On the evening of Feb. 6, 1931, Fergus experienced a serious fire on its main street. The victim…