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Welcome to our small but constantly expanding collection of articles of local history. Many were culled from newspaper accounts of their day.

This History section is not an organized collection of resources as much as it is random set of "stories of interest" listed more or less chronologically.
 

The Marburg Mastodon Canadian Canners incorporated
Our Norfolk Timeline  Norfolk Historical Society 1908
Norfolk's first European visitors Simcoe Mayors, 1878 to 1910 
Witch Doctor John Troyer  1911 Census population numbers
1804 Census Fruit Guru James E. Johnson 
First Teacher: William Pitt Gilbert  Coming to St. Williams in 1912 
Settler John Kitchen Good Housekeeping, Mrs. Gordon Curtis
Pioneers of Townsend Flying Machines
John Carrow's remembrances H. B. Stringer's Simcoe
A 1834 Letter home Rose's 1914 trip West visiting friends
14 Sep 1844 Long Point Advocate Did Shelley murder Shoup?
Long Point Heroine Abigail Becker History of the Wallace store
1861 Methodists rebuilt church Simcoe editor's Canadian career
Nelson Clark remembers Waterford Rural elementary schools
Rev. Aaron Slaght: biography Sovereen Mitt and Glove Destroyed
Norfolk County in 1865 Gloves, Robes & Rainwear (Pt 1) PDF
History of Egypt School Pioneer Telegrapher J. B. Austin
1877 Waterford and Townsend 1919 Elementary School Stats
Dr. Hayes 1877 report to Council Alberta Premier John Brownlee
William Nevett's biography PDF Mr. Innes' Christmas gift
Honorable David M. Walker Most Significant Contribution
1879 Birth, Marriage Death Stats William Mussel awarded O.B.E.
1884 Baseball League Schedule Frederick Philip Grove
Norfolk's Alligators Hockey Legend Leonard "Red" Kelly
Wiggins School, 1892 Rick Danko rocked the planet
1899 Horseless Carriage Editorial  Norfolk's 2001 NHL Hockey Club
Typing Champ Eric Hoskins: Saving lives under fire
Cyclone Kudelka named to Order of Canada

History of west Norfolk

Onley named Lieutenant-Governor
W. T. Foley remembers John Cowan
 
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