Valuing Our History

The working lives of Wellington County’s bankers, normally routine and uneventful, have…

Thousands of young Canadian men responded to the call for military volunteers in the late summer…

The question of salaries for school teachers cropped up regularly in the late 19th and early 20th…

About a decade ago this column featured a piece on the sewing machine factory that set up business…

Over the years the Beatty Brothers firm of Fergus has been the subject of several of these columns.…

Both the public and police authorities cringe at the number of automotive crashes today, but in…

I have remarked previously about the curious way fires seem to have occurred locally in clusters.…

Last week’s column featured a few odds and ends that have been accumulating in my files. Here…

One of the consequences of the widespread popularity of mot­or cars and improved roads in the…

Samuel Soper was one of the better known men in 19th century Eramosa Township and Rockwood. He and…

Last week’s column out­lin­ed some of the events preced­ing the construction of…

When livestock confronts loco­motives the results are invariably a disaster for both. The…

From time to time this column carries the stories of Wellington County natives who have prospered…

Several readers contacted me with comments and ques­tions after last week’s column on the…

At the end of the 19th century the town of Harriston boasted an economy that was as diverse and…