by Monica | Sep 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
OMAH is hosting a unique new event that will bring emerging musicians to the museum for an evening of live entertainment and refreshing mocktails developed by mixologist and museum assistant Mikenna Richardson. Music and Mocktails kicks off on Thursday, September 29,...
by Monica | Sep 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Dave Osborne, OMAH Volunteer The bridge at Highway 12 South is dedicated to Constable Willis Jacob, who died in a fatal motor vehicle collision in 1958 Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Constable Willis Jacob, age 35, a three-year veteran, reported to work as usual...
by Monica | Jul 5, 2022 | Publications, Uncategorized
John Ramsay and the Oro Settlers from Islay By Fred Blair, OMAH History Committee John Ramsay grew up in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1836, at the age of 22, he obtained a lease on the struggling Port Ellen whisky distillery on the Island of Islay in Argyllshire, Scotland. ...
by Monica | Mar 1, 2022 | Publications, Uncategorized
OMAH Tribute – Dr. Richard (Dick) Johnston By Mary Ann Grant, OMAH History Committee There are those in our community who make a huge difference and who enhance the lives of others by their actions and contributions; Dr. Richard (Dick) Johnston is one of those...
by Monica | Nov 9, 2021 | History, Publications, Uncategorized
Private Raymond John Gagnon By Mary Ann Grant The son of Aimee and Emile Gagnon came to Rathburn, Ontario (Monck Road) from Alberta as a boy. The family operated a small strawberry farm on the 12th Concession of Mara Township. A happy-go-lucky lad, Gagnon enjoyed...
by Monica | Jun 23, 2021 | Publications, Uncategorized
Community Difference-Maker: Erin Dixon and the Gojijing Roundtable Three thousand years ago, Orillia was populated by the Wendat or Huron people, whose settlement extended all around Lake Couchiching, which they called Gojijing. As colonizers arrived, the lives of...
