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Valuing Our History

Articles dedicated to preserving and exploring the rich heritage, historical landmarks, and pioneer stories of Wellington County.

Agricultural College hosted talent competition in 1925

Fergus constable was tried for assault in 1894

Train robbers received three year sentences in 1908

Fergus natives formed social group in Toronto in 1890s

Training session for 30th Battalion lasted 16 days in 1871

Two week encampment for 30th was training, relaxation

Palmerston native became prominent business leader

More on the early years of automobiles in Wellington

Motor cars have driven on county roads for over century

Independent phone companies proliferated 100 years ago

1905 accidental electrical death was costly for Palmerston

Statistical records can be useful to historians