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Another New Season...
Hey, welcome to my blog! As you can see with the first post on this blog, Nebraska’s state parks are taken a hit during these hard times…and that means trouble for Fort Atkinson. Why shoul… more →
Living History: Reenacting at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park
Early Settlers Found Good Land in Ramsay Township, by Howard Morton Brown, Carleton Place Canadian, 11 May, 1961
wrote 2 months ago: One of the few letters which remain from those written by Ramsay settlers in the township’s first ye … more →
MANY RAMSAY FAMILIES TOOK MISSISSIPPI ROUTE, By Howard Morton Brown, Carleton Place Canadian, 04 May, 1961
wrote 2 months ago: A pioneer navigation of the Ottawa Valley’s Mississippi River was an expedition by a group of Scotti … more →
1800 PEOPLE AMONG FIRST SETTLERS IN RAMSAY, BY HOWARD MORTON BROWN, CARLETON PLACE CANADIAN, 27 APRIL, 1961
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wrote 2 months ago: An account of the beginnings of settlement in Ramsay township is continued. Extracts from a diary o … more →
HOWARD M. BROWN TELLS STORY OF RAMSAY TOWNSHIP, CARLETON PLACE CANADIAN, 20 APRIL, 1961
wrote 2 months ago: One of the first trails to be laid out as a road when the forests on the north side of Carleton Plac … more →
Many Town Streets Named After Settlers 140 Years Ago, by Howard Morton Brown, Carleton Place Canadian, 23 June, 1960
wrote 6 months ago: An asset which the Ontario government and a number of Ontario communities have begun to exploit to g … more →
Mississippi River Main Factor in Industrial Growth, by Howard M. Brown, Carleton Place Canadian, 21 March, 1957
wrote 6 months ago: The water power of the Mississippi at this point is excellent, and ever since the first utilization … more →
Carleton Place Bridges Had Turbulent Record, by Howard M. Brown, Carleton Place Canadian, 14 March, 1957
wrote 6 months ago: The new section of highway 15 providing a route around the south side of Carleton Place continues to … more →
Early Beckwith Settlers Included York Chasseur Men, by Howard Morton Brown, Carleton Place Canadian, 21 February, 1957
wrote 6 months ago: This is the third in a series on early life in Beckwith Township prepared by the historian, Howard M … more →
Hugh Boat Excursions Once High Life On Lakes, By Howard M. Brown, The Carleton Place Canadian, 12 April, 1956
wrote 6 months ago: This is the third and last installment of Howard M. Brown’s story of how various spots on the … more →
Schwimm, Schwamm, Schwumm
wrote 7 months ago: Illustrated plates from a German primer on swimming. Carl Purkart, Vorschriften für den Schwimmunte … more →
Tôi - với người: đã quên.
wrote 8 months ago: Tôi – với người: đã quên. (P1070157_2800×2100), originally uploaded by Nguyen K. Do. Rich … more →
Another New Season...
wrote 8 months ago: Hey, welcome to my blog! As you can see with the first post on this blog, Nebraska’s state par … more →
State Parks Not Immune to Budget Woes
wrote 8 months ago: Omaha World Herald article: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10584575 LINCOLN … more →
English Country Dance
wrote 10 months ago: Tomorrow night is the English Country dance that my homeschool group is putting on. It’s supp … more →
The Last Days of Newgate by Andrew Pepper
wrote 1 year ago: This book, set in London in 1829, is the first book in a series about Pyke, a Bow Street Runner, and … more →
Hen fight!
wrote 1 year ago: An engraved plate by George Cruikshank from a compilation of issues of “London Oddities or the … more →
Item of the Day: Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard (1823)
wrote 1 year ago: Full Title: Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard, the Philanthropist; Compiled from … more →
Item of the Day: Walpole on Politics, Satire, etc. (1820)
wrote 2 years ago: Full Title: Private Correspondence of Horace Walpole, Earl or Orford. Now First Collected. In Four V … more →
Item of the Day: The Cambridge and Saybrook Platforms of Church Discipline (1829)
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wrote 2 years ago: Full Title: The Cambridge and Saybrook Platforms of Church Discipline, With the Confession of Faith … more →
