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      This is the original handwritten version of a letter by Hiram Capron which was published in an 1872 issue of the Rural New Yorker magazine. Capron is responding to an earlier letter in which a correspondent claimed that rattlesnakes carry venom sacs underneath their tongues. He explains how he had …

      This lithograph, based on a painting by "Rev. M. A. F.," depicts the downtown area of Paris as it existed in the 1870s along with the Grand River and its bridges. It was originally published in the October 26, 1872 edition of the Canadian Illustrated News. Some time later, a …

      This lithograph, based on a painting by "Rev. M. A. F.," depicts the downtown area of Paris as it existed in the 1870s along with the Grand River and its bridges. It was originally published in the October 26, 1872 edition of the Canadian Illustrated News. This copy is one …

      Old Paris Cemetery is an inactive cemetery in Brant County, under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the County of Brant. It is located on the south side of Church Street in Paris soon after turning off Dundas Street West (Highway #2). Range 4-11

      168x39x15 (width over paddle boxes 65') Owned by Great Western Railway /Grand Trunk Railway. Built by Jenking, Walkerville and launched 16/07/72. Train ferry. Custom-House measure (pre-1877) 759t. Intended for use at Sarnia. Retired 1884, destroyed by fire 04/03/89 Windsor. ; Final Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Burnt

      Official No.: 71170; First Rebuild: Official Number: 71170 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 130 x 24 -- 413 tons Rebuilt: in 1878 130x23x12 Owned by Huron & Ontario Transportation Co. 1877; to J. C. Miller, Parry Sound 1880, 1886. Built by A. Simpson, St. Catharines 1872. Steam barge. Usually used Georgian Bay-Upper …