by Vanessa | Apr 13, 2022 | History, Publications
By Dave Osborne, OMAH member It was 110 years ago this April 15 that the Titanic infamously sank. One of the survivors of that night had ties to Orillia and Simcoe County. Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen was one of the First-Class passengers on the Titanic...
by Vanessa | Mar 30, 2022 | History, Publications
by David Town What! No Beer? In 1908 a binding referendum in Orillia outlawed the sale of all alcohol. It was the culmination of a 50-year campaign to “civilize” the town and reduce the violence, crime and domestic hardship that followed drunkenness. For the next 40...
by Vanessa | Mar 16, 2022 | History, Publications
The Rev. Richard Greene’s Electric Car By Fred Blair The Rev. Canon Richard W.E. Greene served in Orillia for twenty-three years. An inductee in the Orillia Hall of Fame, he made an indelible mark on our community, making it richer due to his passion and...
by Vanessa | Feb 15, 2022 | History, Publications
How an Orillian Facilitated the American Art Pottery Movement By Fred Blair In 1850, at 37 years old, Frederick married Anna Brownrigg in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was employed as a bookkeeper in Michael and Nimrod Tempest’s Hamilton Road Pottery. In 1865, Frederick...
by Vanessa | Feb 2, 2022 | History, Publications
Two Canadian Winter Olympic Sport Pioneers By Fred Kallin The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, at the base of Mont Blanc in 1924. 2022 is very close to the 100th Anniversary of the those first Winter games. In this article we will recognize a...
by Vanessa | Jan 5, 2022 | History, Publications
By Mary Ann Grant, OMAH History Committee Background – An important story to tell David Kennedy, President of the Copeland Forest Association asked Mary Ann Grant, OMAH History Committee member, if she would be interested in researching the history of Martinville, a...
