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Although the Smith family, the subject of this series, was industrious some hard knocks made life difficult for them. We have followed the family from Yorkshire, England, 1832 to the wilds of [...]

A few years ago I was reading a story at a Tea and History event put on by the Purple Hills Art and Heritage Society. Previously a number of people, who had been around for a long time, were [...]

The Smith saga continues, copied from the writings of Bert Smith, former editor and owner of The Creemore Star. Although this is the story of one local pioneer family it is also the story of many [...]

Today we continue the story of the Charles Smith family who were among the very first settlers in Nottawasaga Township. The Smith family story is much the same as many others who made their way [...]

Today we have another installment about the Smith family’s journey from Yorkshire, England, to Smithdale, lot 16, Concession 6 in the township of Nottawasaga. Last month we found Charles Smith [...]

In last month’s Creemore Echo we read of George and Mary Ann Smith who left Yorkshire in 1832 with plans to settle on some land in what is now Canada. After the trip across the Atlantic and a [...]

“Tell it all. Tell it just the way it was.” That has been the advice given to me when pondering if I should tell about the Singhampton dances in the 1950s. I have hesitated to tell all. I don’t [...]

When war was declared in 1914, Stanley Royal was a young man of 26. He was born, grew up and later farmed on the property we now know as the Mingay Conservation Area. His steady work in a factory [...]

When I first heard about the upcoming celebration of Creemore’s jail, Saturday, October 7 at high noon, I immediately heard in my brain Johnny Cash singing, I’m In the Jailhouse Now. In the [...]

The official unveiling of Creemore’s 16 new historic plaques took place on Saturday morning, July 1, symbolically at the Matchett House plaque. If you are strolling along the sidewalk on Mill [...]