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The Story of a Mill

Sep 15, 2009 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Mono’s Sheldon Creek was the site of one of Ontario’s two longest-serving waterpowered mills.

Suffer the Little Children

Jun 18, 2009 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

The settlers of these hills had fled wars and tyranny and repressive class system to seek a new life in a new world, but they were unable to escape the dreaded shadow of contagious disease, especially its grip on their children.

The Day the Avro Arrow Died

Mar 21, 2009 | Jeff Rollings

It’s been 50 years since Black Friday, the day the Avro Arrow was cancelled – and economic disaster spread like wildfire through the hills.

Clara Brett Martin: Canada’s First Woman Lawyer

Mar 21, 2009 | Ken Weber

A Modest pioneer, Clara Brett Martin, the daughter of a Mono Township pioneer family, became a pioneer of a different sort when she challenged the Law Society of Upper Canada to become the first woman lawyer in the British Empire.

How Not to Rob a Bank: Shelburne’s First-ever Bank Robbery!

Mar 21, 2009 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Shelburne’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 | Ken Weber | Back Issues

William Perkins Bull was so filled with energy, intelligence and initiative that he not only recorded history, he made it!

Medicinal Wonders?

Nov 18, 2008 | Ken Weber | 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 | Tony Reynolds | Back Issues

It 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 | Susan Greer

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 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Just 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 | Ken Weber | Back Issues

On 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 | Ken Weber | Back Issues | Departments | Historic Hills | In Every Issue | Summer 2008

Screaming 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.