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THIS IS WHERE HEINZ PROMISED TO HIRE PEOPLE AND MAKE LEAMINGTON GREATER...the boom of the 1920's...an interesting read...

Friday was a beautiful sunny day for a walk on my favourite street, Walstedt Way.

Dr. Henri Breault. The pediatrics floor at Hotel Dieu is named after him. He was instrumental in developing the first pill bottles with childproof caps. He was my pediatrician...office in the medical arts building at Ouellette and Erie. Manually operated elevator. And yup...Chicklets

A list of the books about Essex /county that I either wrote, reprinted or was published by David Kane of American History Press and Upper Canada Press. Chris ...Carter 232 Maple Ave. P.O. Box 242 Harrow, Ont. N0R 1G0 Telephone 1-519-738-1121 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.touressex.ca American History Press (Imprints) americanhistorypress.com Souvenirs of the Past William Baby Stories of Essex County in the 1800’s $18 Now We Are Enemies: The Story of Bunker Hill Thomas Fleming $22 (many locals fought at this battle) Simon Girty Turncoat Hero - Hardback Phillip Hoffman $28 - Paperback $22 Tomahawks and Treaties Rex Callaway Micajah Callaway and the Struggle for the Ohio River Valley $22 (the American version of the Simon Girty story) Upper Canada Press americanhistorypress.com A Knave Among Knights in Their Spitfires Jerry Billing A World War II Spitfire flying ace who was knighted $20 Ontario and the Detroit Frontier 1701-1814 Hugh Cowan story of Essex County. Reprinted $25 The Story of Isaac Brock Reprint Walter R. Nursey Hero, Defender, and Savior of Upper Canada 1812 $20 The Story of Tecumseh Norman S. Gurd Reprint of The Story of Tecumseh, reprint 1912. $20 Connected: How the Railroads built Windsor Michael Brode $18 Tour Essex Group touressex.ca Books by Chris Carter Tour Olinda: Essex Counties only Ghost Town $25 Upper Canada’s Early Iron Industry $8 Tour Colchester: The way we were $20 Tour the Ghost Coast: County Road #50 Revised 2020 $20 Tour Essex: The Lost Communities Updated 2015 $15 Tour 1812 War Sites: In Essex & Kent County’s $20 1814 The Deadliest Battle on Essex County Soil $8 War on the Detroit $22 (Now full reprint diary of a soldier 1812) War of 1812 Battle Poems (reprint Col. J.R. Wilkinson) $10 Tour Essex/Kent Counties Heritage Trail: $15 Early Settlement of African Canadians Freedom the Last Stop: A scrap book of black history $8 The History of Wine in Essex County $10 Essex County in the 1830’s $25 The Rebellious Decade in Upper Canada Sault Ste. Marie 1787 2017 $10 Founders the North West Fur Trade Co. Amherstburg Tour the Houses that Fur Built Revised 2020 $20 Canadian Achievement Chatham/Kent Vol.2 $35 Tour the Western District: Ancestral Homes of the Native Indian Nations $20

This book I worked with the Chatham OGS to get to print. The book was published by the Algonquin Society in the 1920's. This particular book never made it to ...print. We decided the information was too good not to get it into the public. As you read this book you will notice some of the language cannot be used to. I have approval from the local history society's of concern, to leave it in because it is history and teaches those about the language. Canadian Achievement VOLUME 2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF: CHATHAM/KENT COUNTY 1701 - 1920 Published by: Upper Canada Press A division of: The Tour Essex Group Printed by: Print Works Walkerville, Ontario Written: 1926 First Printing: November 2019 Copyright: November 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THIS PRINTING OF THE BOOK Introduction 8 Former Table of Contents 9 Forward 12 A Monument to Canadian Achievement 13 Chapter 1: Colonel John Graves Simcoe 15 Chapter 2: The Pre-Historic Indian 22 Chapter 3: Thames River Settlement 29 1) French 29 2) United Empire Loyalists 32 3) The Disbanded British Soldier from the American Revolution 37 Chapter 4: Fairfield and its History 42 Chapter 5: Chatham 54 As a Military and Ship-Building Post 54 The Pre-Railroad Era of the 19th Century 57 The Mergence of Chatham from the Log Cabin Era 62 Chatham City 1) Chatham of Today (1920’s) 65 2) Factors accounting for its Growth and Development 69 Chapter 6: The Baldoon 98 Chapter 7: The Lake Erie Settlement 109 Chapter 8: An Era of Retarded Progress 118 Chapter 9: Causes of Slow Progress in Settlement 132 Chapter 10: Negro Colonies 138 1) The Elgin Association 141 2) The British and American Institute 146 Chapter 11: Parliaments and Parliamentarians 1792-1841 154 Chapter 12: Parliaments and Parliamentarians 1841-1867 159 Chapter 13: The Establishment of Municipal Institutions 183 Chapter 14: The County’s Drainage System 205 Chapter 15: Timber Era 211 Chapter 16: The Homemade Products of the Early Settlers 217 Chapter 17: Education 231 Chapter 18: Religious Institutions 249 1) Church of England 249 2) The Church of Tyrconnel 251 3) The Free Church 257 4) Presbyterian Church 259 5) Methodist Church 263 Chapter : The Contribution of the County of Kent to Canadian Literature 269 Chapter 14: The Judicature 279 Chapter 19: Clearing the Land 290 1) Kent County in a State of Nature 290 2) The Forest Attacked with Axe, Fire and a Yolk of Oxen 293 3) Early Settlement 298 4) Road Development in Kent County 311 5) Communities of Kent County 314 6) Chatham Township 336 7) The Settlement of the Townships 341 Reprint from David Zeisberger’s Diary 366 Miscellaneous Notes 367 Chronological History of Kent County in the 1700’s 393 Acknowledgments 395 From the Cowan Family 396 INTRODUCTION The achievements made in Southern Ontario, the Ohio frontier and the State of Michigan prior to 1800 is remarkable. In the first volume of this series, Canadian Achievement in the Province of Ontario, (Vol.1): The Detroit River District, we learned about the achievements of Essex/Detroit from 1701 to 1812. The book can be purchased under the title, Ontario and the Detroit Frontier 1701-1814. In this volume (vol.2): we learn about the achievements in expansion, in Kent County from 1701 to 1920. The third book in the series, Sault Ste. Marie Yearbook, 1937, which teaches us about The Northwest Company Amherstburg/Detroit, opening the Sault Saint Marie area, and the effects of the railroad coming through. This book can now be purchased under the title: Sault Ste. Marie 1787-2017 Founders: Northwest Fur Trade Company. Rev. Hugh Cowan was in the top five in the history community of Ontario and part of the original Algonquin Society of Ontario. This society now operates out of Southern Ontario as: The Algonquin Society of Windsor/Detroit. Only the best historians of the day get invited to join this prestigious club. The information is very good and new to current historians. The early life of the people in Kent County was primitive even by the standards of the day. Log cabins, farm and settlement clearing were started. A few towns were set up for various reasons; ferry docks, warehousing, mills for various products, military communities as well as settlements for our loyal Native Indians. Communities for the people of colour soon followed. In 1792, when the Longwood road was surveyed the team noticed pockets of petroleum oil in a few areas along the route. This and many more facts will wake you up to the concerns of the time. Some new information has been found, since the book was written, that may alter a few facts. Because of this you may want to check out other, more current, resources for projects. Gal or Galleries was the term for the column written to send to the editor. Once all galleries were approved the book was written. Please remember the era it was written in. As mentioned, this book was never completed. We had the Cowan family contact everyone they knew associated with the family and no copies were found. The book, in rough form was presented to the Chatham Central library in 1963. This copy, we decided, we would share the way we have it. Enjoy, Chris Carter, Tour Essex Group, 2019 This book sells for $35. As a fund raiser for the Chatham/Kent OGS. They are located in the main Chatham Library. The book is sold in Chatham at the Book Brothers on King St. W.

I received this request on the Essex County Branch of Ontario Ancestors webpage, can anyone help? "I am writing from Ottawa and am hoping someone can help me. I... am looking for information on Irene Bland (perhaps Brown could be a married name). November 13 1929 - 2003 Ottawa. I was told she was born/lived in Windsor. Apparently her parents were from England and had an amazing English garden that was somewhat of an attraction in the Windsor area. She might have attended an all girls school." See more

Chatham-Kent's early history. Rev. Hugh Cowan, early horseback minister in Ontario, documented the early history of the area and the people. Rev. Cowan planned ...to publish his works but that never happened. The only copy of his gallery proof was housed at the Chatham-Kent Public Library. A descendant of Rev. Cowan reached out to have the book published and with the assistance of author Chris Carter we published the 398-page book last December. The book sold out!! We have printed another batch just in time for Christmas. If you missed out last year or are interested in very early Kent County history, this book is a must. You can purchase your copy right on our website or email us at [email protected] to make arrangements. Books can be picked up in Chatham or shipped. $35.00 per copy (plus shipping). For more information on Rev Cowan visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Cowan Our website https://kent.ogs.on.ca/ See more

Feature of the Week: Louisa Payne was a resident of Fairplay community (Baseline & 9th Conc.) She escaped as a slave with her parents from the USA. They built a log house on the 9th Conc. and she lived there until she died in 1937. Louisa was well known and well loved in the community.

Service Disruption: To ensure everyone's safety, please note that John R. Park Homestead site will be closed for approximately 3 weeks as shoreline construction and Heritage Centre construction are concurrently underway.

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I am calling for Jarvis Street, named for a slaveholding family in early York, to be renamed after the Blackburns. Thornton and Lucie fled Kentucky slavery and ...started Toronto's first taxi business. They contributed to the antislavery cause, and helped many freedom-seekers start new lives. It was courageous, hard-working people like the Blackburns who helped built Toronto as we know it today. Their story is told in my book, "I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad," published in 2007 See more

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