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h q"'"'" Orders ta ken To theend oi Merch,l936, for only $1.00 To the end ot September I936, tor only $2.00 To new subscribers the REVIEW will be sent to any address in Canada until the and of 1935, for only Special Old Home in this paporand if you are nota ham'l newsiost newspaper, an the news from week to wank THE DURHAM F -- ""'---------, ' - - - - “1A~‘~\al\- T------"---'-"-"-"-"-','."-":--: I [I THE STORY or EARLY m l OR E‘ETINGS I lr As told by the great grandson of the Founder n taken on any Reunion Days 50 Cents the ' . "?i'(t'is,,, . _ I-'," _-,' , " in) A , . M I . 4‘, . i 'li,,'?., 1i: ". _ 7%: ', trs.'siacirCi, tr, _ [ t W, - (V ' . _ g Bg gr '4 l i i _ I '"t , THE LATE J. H. HUNTER I Former M. P. P. for South Grey and ia prominent Durham merchut mun ‘M-hnn. -0 .-_. eighties Kia' I He immediate ichopping and eh las settlers began I past his door to [grants on the G ‘tween there and ’Sound) he opene4 {public which pro, Wage to settlers there being no Mt. Forest and 0 entertainment hen course of a rathm ter but an historl Meaford Monitor A V...-v.. up u; [late Alex Hunter. , The first log shanty to be e [in what is now the town, was by Mr. Hunter and stood a lit the north ot where Mr. Tel house (which is now Misses Sc now stands. Mr. Hunter 113.8881 winter here and the following went back for his fun-"‘- ___ ..m. L farm, while Pollen chose wh known as the Wilcoxon tarm tiring of pioneer life he soon ' claim which was taken up by late Alex “untow- ,,-_...,, .m- neat.- I -----'-----i-= """""""T------- 7 sh. ,3 _ ' qiiittt'i,t.,. "', its ' BEI: Wciye, T T ' "f' Fe lg , 'i)?, It' 7 _ H“ w " ' ' , ", a V. . "t T ' A p ttles a " T , VP.. _ ”if 'rs. 'ii'!,,'.','; -. i Jet- T ',, _rtr:r AT' All)“ , a tra" " I} ivirpd"fi, .iy5tCr ' _ I M'"'"'-.')" "ou reached the top of hill llr about where the English Church now [stands Here they found a deserted )lndian Wigwam and passed the night (therein. In the morning there was some difference ot opinion as to _‘whether they should go on further . or not, when Mr. Hunter settled it stating "Wen men, you can do as l you like in the matter but I go no further. I'll take this farm for my- 'selt‘ and the one across the road for imy son." The farm chosen by Mr. Hunter was the one later owned and occupied by his grandson. Mr A, S. (Hunter, now owned by Mr. Clifford Young. while the Review ofllee stands on the S. E'. corner ot that' chosen for his son, William. Mr. {Jamie-son took the Lauder (arm. his son what is now the Wm r.,,.., m, The party proceeded flrist ot all t I Oakville where one of the surveyor fool. Chisolm, who had just bee El through these parts was staying l‘lnquiring from him as to which par 'lot the newly surveyed country ht {would advise them to locate, he told Ithem that if they followed the sur- il vey until they came to the Big Saw ilgeen River then cross the river and [go up hill and take the farms im. [mediately north ot what was laid out for a town, they would in his opin- I lon get as good farms as were to be had between there and the Lake. Leaving Oakville they proceeded to [Fergus walking the entire distance itrorn Fergus up. They passed here (and there small clearings with their glittle log shanties. The nearest one Il.? what is new Durham was a few miles to the south at what is now _i'il'i"iin'l'm'f, Corners. Here Mr. Vol. lett, grandfather of our late town clerk, had located. Reaching the Saugeen River they crossed and reached the top of hill about where the English Chnroh um" u... m where Mr. Telrord’s (which is now Misses Scarfs‘) wads. Mr. Hunter passed the here and the following year rack for his family. immediately commenced thes """t5 no other inn between est and Owen Sound. The went here altered was of f a rather primitive charac- an historical writer in the Monitor discussing the teat-, I Emigratlng to America from Scot- ,[land In 1841, he spent one year in {New York State. Hearing however 10! free homesteads to be obtained fin Canada and no doubt impelled by (the love he had for the old flag, he (with a party of four others decided {to make a home for themselves in fwhat was then known as the Queen's Bush. The party cons’ntml at Be.. ,, --. "u, mu "as. he {with a party of four others decided Ito make a home tor themselves in what was then known as the Queen's Bush. The party cons'sted of Mr. Hunter and son, Wm., a Mr. Jamie. son and son, and a man by the name of Pullen. H The first man to settle in what is (now the town of Durham was the .late Archibald Hunter who located (here in 1842. As the manner in “which he was led to settle here may she interesting it will probably be lworth while relating. , opened his ich proved a settlers and umerence ot opinion as to er they should go on further t, when Mr. Hunter settled it r "Wen men, you can do as ke in the matter but I go no c. I'll take this farm for my- Id the one across the road for n." The farm chosen by Mr. _ was the one later owned and d by his grandson. Mr A, S. , now owned by Mr. Clifford while the Review ofllee on the S. E'. corner ot that' for his son, William. Mr. in took the Lauder (arm. his at is now the Wm. Lawson hile Pollen chose what is a as the Wilcoxon farm, but _ ed a road to be surveyed from Gara- fraxa township to the Georgian Bay. "This road on account of its starting point was called the Garatraxa Road. As soon as the road was surveyed the Government proceeded to lay out tree grants on each side to induce settlement. eulalely commenced the ad clearing process and began to move northward 20r to locate on the free the Garafraxa Road be. __ °"’"" " the size of , H. HUNTER [but me man tor South Greranal When the Ram, fever “n “mt mm “Lamina, the “In; " Ar, AIM... - ‘__ - uuuunlll As told by the great grandson of the Founder of Durham Dr. J. F. Grant mraxraxa Road be. Sydenham. (now o, them to locate, he told they followed the sur- came to the Big Saw en cross the river and , the year 1837, what we proud to call the town of was an unsurveyed wilder- nearest settlement being 3 at “an .. parts was staying. him as to whiehpart surveyed country he house to the great advan. prospectors. -veyed townnh‘p being of Garatraxa. In that the Government order- be surveyed from Gara. a and the Lake. hey proceeded to he entire distance They passed here Boon left his _ 'V‘"B F'ergm, and the moat d tlrist of all to f the surveyors had Just been by the ,__..w we who or Northuii-est- era Ontario communities, the village Pr Durham did not Meagtrt the onl- The med C r epresented _ Dr. Moore ' Gun. The Bteadily and of any com ued to Satin Onward tutti, Peared to ha 'men‘dian am l‘season or 11: ,while the P. 'with an utte fence on the omeiata Conti the name at Bromine nan Hin amount l Wanner: aide mm which ttttt 1iiiin Med tro no for my- Ttad for by Mr. ted and _-.....uuu on the uenunck side of the Gamma Road, but which should by all means have been changed to correspond with the name of the village when the latter had grown to the trixe of a sigma: Cant trade nun tro , Iago received an , raised it to the centre. About the frame house was I modation ot the L houae still stands, cupied as a resldl Scott, and at was Greenwood. The s to be built ls any built by the late G lived in it untll years ago. About I Edge Mills were et e on the part ials continued name ot Bee mate name itt ,__ -uuu I), . The village kept dily and having no .ny considerable note to gather weed urits. THE LATE s a store medical The location of Durham attracted settlers who won] located elsewhere u G. Jackson at o.ne I thereof as govern Jackson at once t part in the develc lage and to his et more than to th one man, may the l and consequence of attributed. To Mr also the credit of the village the eur Durham, conferred or ot his English to this it had bee: tinck P.0. Crown Lands named the otewaxt, were in prior to 1848. The 3 latter gentleman, a Baptist mission- 8 ary was the first ot any denomina-‘ i ticn to minister to the spiritual) t wants ot the infant settlement. He t settled on the land now occupied ttyl r the Hunter Block, built his shanty, and chopped and cleared his own lot: , consisting of one half acre. His was indeed a life or love and sacri-i Bee, travelling for miles in every; direction throughout swamps from 1 one settlement to another, humbly: striving to do the work of his Lord': and Master. it By the year 1848 the hamlet gave” premise of being of eontr'derable pro-; (1 minence. At the date we have iast’n mentioned the Crown Land omce for ti the Co. of (hey was removed from’tl Owen Sound to this place. and Mr. " THE DURHAM REVIEW by ,- uuku. Dy Bantinck. a not Inap- a In its thart bestowal. ’lta location on the tf the Garatraxa Roam ma K-, _.. in profession elsewhere equence of Durham be Justly I. To Mr Jackson belongs credit of conferring upon re the euphonicus name of conferred it ia said in hon- I “”414 .. - English biéihplace had been known a " the date we have Iastlof them the Crown land office tor, they re; Grey was removed from‘the mot d to this place. and Mr. 'prudene at once placed In charge When government, agent. Mr. Road l once took a most active tures w: development of the vil- the pen his efforts in its behalf with a to those of any other support Ly the subsequent growth Struc”n" the Land Office at 0t prior to 1848. The a Baptist mission- ot any denomina. to the Spiritual at settlement. He growth y Justly Prior 77",“. " w shantylms which ma w" lot: reaped from t His iod. sacri-i A brief ran every , stances which lures were made by its managers to the. people of Durham and vicinity _with a view to obtaining such local support as would warrant the con- struction of the road to that point. jAn attempt was made by some or 'the most enterprising and progres- sive men of that section to secure the passage of bonus by laws to aid the project and insure the extension northwards from Mt. Forest to o., Sound or some point in the Co. of; Bruce. Each locality however want-ii ed the mum... .. .- t strife between different let?, being too freely i remand-9d to the perman of the participants in lea of them without the boon , they respectively wrangled the most commonplace ha: Prudence could have swim Durham trom' tibia demie, though It very ingloriously escaped a participation in the bene- " which many of its sister villnges reaped from the business of that per- 8.1 THE LATE H. J. MIDDAUGH Prominent early Citizen of Durham sumcient. It TORONTO brief reference to railway In its found utterly let reference to the cireum. which led to the isolation of 1 from the railway world w‘ll clent. It was the old story of between diiterent localities L_t._ A - une umerences hence the scheme collapsed and were left to reflect upon aortunity of railway con. too freely indulgéd in the permanent injury own midst and irtoosurible to in leaving min} boon over which led and which harmony and , When tDurham waa A real welcome is extended to you to m during Old Home Week. run n. _ '. Kellar, Purham Motor THE Durham Welcomes You Durham Furniture Company The employees, oftieor. and directore of the Durham Furniture Compeuy. Limited, ex- tends to all Old Boys and Girls a hearty wel- come to the Old Home Town.-- August 3-4-5-6-7. 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