Description |
1 online resource (104 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits |
Contents |
Foreword; 1. The Settlers' Trail; 2. Heart of the Rebellion; 3. The Growth Years; 4. The Late Victorians; 5. Wars, Depression and an Uncertain Future; 6. Boom Times Return; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
In the early 1800s, Timothy Robers, a Quaker millwright from Vermont, drew a flourishing community of fellow Quakers to the area which became the new-market for settles and traders. It soon became the commercial hub of a rich farming area. By the mid-1800s it was a central point on the Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Railway. Over the following decades, gas deposits were cofirmed there and a barge canalw as built along with a street railway. In the early 20th century Newmarket languished through a long period of slow growth -- wars and the Depression took a terrible toll on the small town. Yet i |
Analysis |
Social life History, 1791- |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 101) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
HISTORY -- General.
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SUBJECT |
Newmarket (Ont.) -- History
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Subject |
Ontario -- Newmarket
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781554882427 |
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1554882427 |
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9781459713451 |
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1459713451 |
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