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Stratford, Ontario: County of Perth, 1957
History of Perth County to 1967
Johnston, W. Stafford
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Johnston, Hugh J. M.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title page
Table of contents
Preface
Chapter one -- The land and the people
Defying history's lessons
Sitting on the roof-top
Indians in Perth
Chapter two -- The birth of the county
Dissatisfaction with the Huron District council and its officers
The agitation for division of Huron
The provisional council of Perth, 1850-1852
The new court house, 1885-1887
Chapter three -- Six new municipalities
Startford and Mornington
Elma and St. Marys
Mitchell and Wallace
St. Marys withdraws
Listowel
Miverton
The detachment of Straford
Chapter four -- Two departures
Palmerston, 1874
Tavistock, 1909
Chapter five -- The racial blend
The Hron tract townships
Elma, Mornington and Wallace
Chapter six -- Shaping the road system
Canada Company Roads
Gravel roads and toll-gates
Chapter seven -- Railways
The Grand Trunk's victory
Discontent in the north
Summary, 1853-1882
Canadian Pacific challenge
Radials rejected
Chapter eight -- Progress in education
The log school era
Early separate schools
Township school areas
Secondary schools
Chapter nine -- The four clerks
Stewart Campbell
William Davidson
F. W. Armstrong
Arthur W. Blowes
Chapter ten -- Politics
T. M. Daly's nine election campaigns
Scottish and Grit
Irish and Tory
Prohibition in Perth
Chapter eleven -- Perth's men at arms
The conscript militia
The volunteer militia, 1856-1920
Active service, 1914-1918
North Perth's Gunners, 1936-1967
The Perth Regiment, 1920-1964
Appendix "A" -- County officers
Wardens, 1867 and 1967
County officials
Judicial officials
Huron District Council, 1842-1849
Council of the United Counties, 1850-1852
Officers of municipalities
Blanshard
Downie
Ellice
Elma
Fullarton
Hibbert
Listowel
Logan
Milverton
Mitchell
Mornington
North Easthope
St. Marys 1853-1863
South Easthope
Stratford 1854-1885
Wallace
County councillors, 1897-1906
County auditors
Mayors of St. Marys
Mayors of City of Stratford
Appendix "B" -- Population statistics
Appendix "C" -- Election winners
Dominion
Provincial
Appendix "D" -- Centennial farms
Index
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