The Huronia Museum Film Series presents Barbara.
February 13, 2013 – 4:30PM and 7:30PM at Galaxy Cinemas, Midland, Ontario.
For more information about our film series, please visit our Film Series Page.
Family Day Storytelling – February 18, 2013
This Family Day, enjoy an afternoon of stories for the whole family by storytellers from both near and far. You can even tell a story of your own!
Also enjoy some light refreshment and take in the museum’s exhibits of local history and art.
Join us at Huronia Museum on Monday, February 18, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Admission is free (but donations are always welcome.)
For more information call 705-526-2844 or visit http://www.huroniamuseum.com.
Dollartown – An industrious Early Community Near Midland
Before 1904, the eastern boundary of Midland was Thomas Street (now Russell Street). The early lumbering community of Dollartown was located directly east of the town’s eastern limit. In the heyday of the lumber industry in and around Midland, Dollartown was a hive of industry.
Shortly after 1857, John Dollar emigrated to Canada with his parents, brothers and sister from Falkirk, Scotland and arrived in Midland in 1879. He built and operated the mill known as the Ontario Lumber Company, located in the north-east section of present-day Midland, John Dollar was a moving industrial spirit in Midland. The other brothers, particularly Robert, had enterprises elsewhere, notably the Dollar Line of steamships. John Dollar left Midland in 1890.
Source: information from ‘Midland and Her Pioneers’ by George Osborne
On the 1904 Insurance map, find section 173. The boundary line between Midland and Dollartown was Thomas Street (now Russell Street).
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