Heritage
How Not to Rob a Bank: Shelburne’s First-ever Bank Robbery!
Mar 21, 2009 | | Historic HillsShelburne’s first-ever bank robbery began as a pretty scary affair, but in the hands of a bumbling stickup man it ended more like a gong show.
William Perkins Bull
Nov 18, 2008 | | Back IssuesWilliam Perkins Bull was so filled with energy, intelligence and initiative that he not only recorded history, he made it!
Medicinal Wonders?
Nov 18, 2008 | | Historic Hills“Why Die a Lingering Death of Direful Diabetes? Dodd’s Kidney Pills Cure It!”
The Alton Mill: New Life for an Old Mill
Sep 15, 2008 | | Back IssuesIt has been a long and costly labour of love, but Jeremy and Jordan Grant are set to unveil their landmark restoration of the Alton Mill.
Home and School
Sep 15, 2008 |The sound of children’s laughter still echoes up the hillside at SS#1 Stanton, attended by four generations of the writer’s family, including the school’s current occupants who have made it their home.
Natural Enemies: Horse vs Automobile
Sep 15, 2008 | | Historic HillsJust over a century ago the horseless carriage chugged into these rural hills and ran head on into a horse-reliant culture. What began as a novelty soon became a nuisance, sparking a battle for supremacy on the roads.
Bad Night on Caledon Mountain
Jun 20, 2008 | | Back IssuesOn a cold, dark November night in 1941, just when the war news from Europe was bleaker than ever, a fatal plane crash in Caledon Township showed that even training for war was perilous.
Sodom and Gomorrah? Melancthon Township?
Jun 20, 2008 | | Back Issues | Departments | Historic Hills | In Every Issue | Summer 2008Screaming headlines in Toronto newspapers turned an 1897 trial in Shelburne into a Canada-wide sensation, painting Melancthon as a hotbed of arson, fraud, perjury and intimidation.
Yesterday’s Superstore: A Tribute to the Old General Store
Mar 23, 2008 |In the Waldemar store, pop was five cents in the 1940s (seven cents if you took it outside, but there was a two-cent bottle return).
Two Little Railways Made North American History
Mar 23, 2008 |The Toronto Grey & Bruce and the Toronto & Nipissing Railways were the first of their kind on the continent.
The Party that Grew: Drummers’ Snack
Mar 23, 2008 | | Historic Hills“We did not see a drunken man on the grounds,” observed the Advocate (although the paper did wonder who rang the park bell at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning).
Memoirs of a Caledon Pioneer
Nov 15, 2007 | | Historic HillsAfter the ox cart driver bid farewell and left us, and I began to clear away the snow where we were to lay our bed.