by Vanessa | May 10, 2023 | Publications
The Barons of Dallas By Fred Blair, OMAH History Committee member and Family Historian In 1835, James Dallas and his family sailed from Scotland to New York City, travelled up the Erie Canal, and made their way to Orillia. In September he purchased 100 acres between...
by Vanessa | Apr 12, 2023 | Publications
Currently on display at the OPP Museum, these items were seized by OPP members during investigations. The grey Canadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) t-shirt was seized as part of the 1982 investigation into forged passports that turned into a killer for hire....
by Vanessa | Mar 14, 2023 | Publications
CHIEF YELLOWHEAD’S JUSTICE IN 1832 Indians and Canoe at Coldwater River, 1844, Titus Hibbert Ware (Toronto Public Library) By Fred Blair, OMAH History Committee member and Family Historian This is a story of an accidental killing in 1832, an unsatisfactory trial...
by Vanessa | Feb 28, 2023 | Publications
THE TAITS OF ORILLIA Andrew Tait, 1896. Photo from the Orillia Museum of Art & History Archives By William Leslie, Guest Contributor This is the story of the Tait family. William Tait, his wife, Mary and family left Scotland in 1848 for Canada, travelling from...
by Vanessa | Feb 1, 2023 | Publications
THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS By Fred Blair, OMAH History Committee member and Family Historian About 1810, 20-year-old Benjamin Davenport, his younger brother William, and William’s wife Sarah arrived in Upper Canada (Ontario) as former Black slaves. William was born in...
by Vanessa | Jan 18, 2023 | Publications
By P. (Trish) Crowe-Grande, Chair: OMAH History Committee Winter weather can bring short, bone-chilling days and long, dark nights with the sun setting much too early. For many of us, it can be challenging to find engaging activities that don’t involve bingeing an...
