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POSTCARD MEMORIES: Citizens transformed into soldiers at Camp Borden

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Citizens transformed into soldiers at Camp Borden

Soldiers also frequented Innisfil’s many dance halls and partied with local girls, columnist writes
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Dutch farmers cultivated Holland Marsh

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Dutch farmers cultivated Holland Marsh

Reclaiming the soil from wilderness was only the first step in creating the bountiful cropland we know today, says columnist
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Hard work got farm family through tough times

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Hard work got farm family through tough times

Ontario was a net exporter of wheat, its farms growing vast seas of grain to sustain the insatiable appetites of Britain and the rapidly growing United States
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Bread baking tool unchanged after centuries

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Bread baking tool unchanged after centuries

Innisfil’s settlers baked bread with aid of a peel, a long-handled tool with a flat head
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Jebb had close call with rebels in 1837

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Jebb had close call with rebels in 1837

Innisfil man and trusty horse dodged musket fire en route to warn authorities of looming uprising
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Trains brought prosperity, tragedy to Allandale

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Trains brought prosperity, tragedy to Allandale

March 20, 1888, started like any other for the five-man crew of Allandale-based plow
POSTCARD MEMORIES: A look back at once thriving village of Holt

POSTCARD MEMORIES: A look back at once thriving village of Holt

Holt was founded in the 1830s, 'rising out of the woods and fields of wildflowers and fattening itself on the fertility of the land'
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Gilford brothers served country in WW2

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Gilford brothers served country in WW2

While Louis Neilly took part in bombing missions overseas, brother Albert trained pilots at home
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Gwillim earned the honours she received

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Gwillim earned the honours she received

West Gwillimbury was named for Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim, wife of Lt.-Gov. John Graves Simcoe
POSTCARD MEMORIES: Removing stumps was hard, heavy work

POSTCARD MEMORIES: Removing stumps was hard, heavy work

Sometimes dynamite was used, but most often settlers used a stump-puller, a tall, tripod-shaped device that — as the name describes — literally pulled the stump from the soil