The York Grand River Historical Society meets next Tuesday, February 21 at 2:00 p.m. in Caledonia at St. Andrews Masonic Lodge.*

For anyone interested in the War of 1812, this is the meeting to attend.  Karen Richardson, Curator of The Haldimand County Museum, is our guest speaker.  Everyone welcome.  (An afternoon with the historians along the Grand is something you don't want to miss!) Coffee and cookies.

Jean Farquharson and Bill Haartman

* Hwy. #6, beside the tracks opposite Tim Horton's.

Collection of Stories from 1783 to 1930

Told by the Folks Whose Families Lived Them

Stories along the Grand ~ The York Grand River Historical Society has published two books.  The latest book, Stories along the Grand, is a collection of historical tales by local writers. Available at The Neat Little Bookshop, this 194 page gem includes articles by people many of you will know ~ including the original owner of The Neat Little Bookshop, Herb Martindale.

(Although the one-room school house depicted on the back cover appears identical to Gypsum Mines school, it is actually Sims Lock school at York.)

Along The Grand River ~ 

Roads Less Travelled ~

Designated as a Heritage Site, Gypsum Mines Schoolhouse is now privately owned.

This stately one-room structure is located on Haldimand Road #17, east of Cayuga.
A flourishing mining industry existed during the 1840s, three miles south of Cayuga.  A post office, about fifteen houses and a school were built to accomodate the company workers.

(Source:  Cayuga - North Cayuga Centennial History 1867 - 1977)
Photos:  L.Walker, Feb., 2012.

Ruthven Park ~ A National Historic Site

Join us for a family hike at Ruthven!  Meet at the Coach House for a hike along the Carolinian Trail. Tour Ruthven Mansion.  Admission by donation.  Mon., Feb., 20,
1:00 p.m.  Two minutes from Cayuga on Hwy #54.
 http://www.ruthvenpark.ca/ Visit our website for details.
Photos: lbwalker

Postcard Dated 1922

Postcard Dated 1924

Don't forget to hug your friends today ~ Today we honour our dear Story-Hour teacher, Yvonne Skrepnechuk.  Thank you, Yvonne.

Around the corner I have a friend
In this great city that has no end;
Yet days go by and weeks rush on
And, before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friend's face,
For life is a swift and terrible race.
He knows I like him just as well
As in the days I rang his bell
And he rang mine.  We were younger then
And now we are busy, tired old men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow," I say, "I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him"
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes
And the distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir." "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

Early 1900 Postcard

~ Charles Hansen Towne (1877 - 1949) American poet