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William Henry Riddell: 50,000 Miles in a Sulky

Jun 16, 2015 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Henry was born in Caledon Township in 1860 and left just long enough to get a veterinarian degree in Guelph in 1886 before moving to Orangeville to practise.

Seneca Ketchum

Mar 23, 2015 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Seneca was nearly 60 when he came to Mono, an age when many people look forward to ease and comfort.

“Your Christmas concert must be first-rate. Nothing less!”

Nov 17, 2014 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

During the 1800s, teachers in local one-room schools faced 
a list of expectations and responsibilities so onerous, 
it’s a wonder so many carried on.

The Bob Edgar Telephone Company

Sep 11, 2014 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Beginning in the late 1920s, though, a series of government regulations along with profit-driven business decisions gradually changed telephone service across the country into a fluid network.

Flight of the Tiger

Jun 17, 2014 | Tony Reynolds

For three vintage aircraft enthusiasts, slipping “the surly bonds of earth” in their restored Tiger Moth was an unforgettable experience.

The Love Pirate

Jun 17, 2014 | André Babyn | Back Issues

Dufferin County was briefly home to Andrew John Gibson, an Australian who became one of the most well-known con men and bigamists of the 20th century.

Our Local Press on the Eve of the Great War

Jun 17, 2014 | Ken Weber

From the first week of August onward, war news exploded onto the pages of community papers, filling them almost cover to cover.

The On-Again-Off-Again Birth of Peel County

Mar 23, 2014 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

When the council of the newly independent County of Peel convened in 1867, a first task was to choose a site and a builder for the courthouse and jail.

“There’s Something Under Dufferin County”

Nov 19, 2013 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

As far back as 1886, for example, gold was discovered in Melancthon Township near Dundalk.

My Grandfather’s War

Sep 11, 2013 | James Jackson

Three generations of a Caledon farming family travelled to 
Europe to retrace the steps of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 
during WW II.

The Homecoming

Sep 11, 2013 | Bernadette Hardaker

To a 13-year-old Orangeville boy in September 1945, news that the father he hadn’t seen in four years was on his way home from the battlefields of Europe was cause for high excitement.

A Place Like Home

Sep 11, 2013 | Ken Weber

For Canadian boys passing through England during World War I, the Perkins Bull Hospital for Convalescent Canadian Officers offered family warmth and the comfort of “home sweet home,” something all of them desperately needed.