Down on the Farm: Recollections of Cramahe Township and Beyond by Cliff Quinn

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Dedication
p.1 Tales and Hearsay Lot 27 Con 7
p.2 Photo - Me, my brother Bill and my sister Marian at the ranch, ca. 1917
p.4 Horses, Cows and Pets
p.5 Photo - Me with my youngest brother, Edmund, in the big woods with Old Tim
p.7 Cars
p.8 Getting Produce to Market
p.9 Remodelling Our House 1927
p.9 Clearing Land on Lot 28, Con 7 Cramahe
p.9 Dr. Crichton
p.10 Church and Sunday School
p.11 Pigs
p.11 The Stage
p.12 The Trip to Barnum and Bailey Circus, Belleville, 1921
p.13 The Sugar Jack
p.14 Sim and Garrett and the Civil War, 1861-1865
p.14 Tractors on Lot 30 and 28, Con. 7 Cramahe Township
p.15 Photo - Me and my Fordson tractor
p.16 Bees, Bee Trees and Bee Swarms
p.17 Local Legends (Castleton and Cramahe Township)
p.18 Frank Quinn's Account of the July 20, 1920 Tornado, Alammeda, Saskatchewan
p.19 Photo - Uncle Will Quinn (1859-1946)
p.20 Radios on our Farm
p.20 The Renovations and Addition to our House at Lot 30, Con.7, Cramahe Township, 1927
p.21 Tales from the Quinn Ranch Lots 27 and 28 Concession 7, Cramahe Township
p.22 The Quinn Family, ca. 1900 back: Charles, John, Addie, Arthur, Edmund front: William H., Harry, Mary Ann, William
p.27 Photo - My grandparents, William H. (1834-1905) and Mary Ann (Lynn)(1846-1917)Quinn
p.28 Photo - Uncle Fred Quinn (May 29, 1871 - December 30, 1900); aunt Maggie (Margaret Quinn) (1867-1908)
p.29 First Trip to Ireland 1968
p.32 Expedition to Ungava
p.33 The Pegnam Family, Cramahe Township, Lot 32, Concession 5, Northumberland County
p.34 The Castleton Fair
p.35 George Harnden's Blacksmith Shop
p.36 Will Nichols Blacksmith Shop
p.36 Charlie and Elfleda (Andrus) Quinn Family moves from Lot 27, Concession 7, west to Lot 30, Concession 7, Cramahe Township
p.37 Photo - My family in 1948
p.41 Threshing and Threshermen
p.42 Photo - The Andrus steam-engine outfit
p.45 Harvest
p.46 Photo - Me and my 1939 Row Crop tractor, ca. 1942, Castleton
p.48 Photo - Little Long Lac Gold Mine Limited, May 2nd, 1937
p.53 George Cockburn and the Mail (The Stage)
p.54 Mr. Henry Climo and Various Peddlers

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Acknowledgements
These stories were written over a period of years and were put together as a collection by Jane Urquhart and Roseanne Quinn in 1998. The printing and binding were done by Paper Works, Port Hope, Ontario, in May 1999. The computer graphic works was done by Linda van Will, Castleton, Ontario. With thanks and love to Norah (Dougherty) Quinn.

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