Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:05:11 -0500 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/ en-us http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/images/logo.gif http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/ ramarahi@ramarahistoricalsociety.net http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article273.html This Articule from Carden correspondent Frances Laver FIRES OF 1881. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:05:11 -0500 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article272.html . Located at 5808 Kirkfield Road, just south of the Monck Road. This cemetery is on the boundary of the former Rama Township, in the former Ontario County, (now Ramara Township, Simcoe County) and Dalton Township, formerly of Victoria County, (now City of Kawartha Lakes). Interments would include individuals form both of the former Ontario and Victoria counties. photos of the grave markers may be found at Ontario Gravemarker Gallery: http://www.gravemarkers.ca/ontario/centont/simcoe/ramara/sebright/index.htm Visit- Sebright Church, under Active Topics & Ramara history, to learn more about this Church and it's cemetery. . Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:11:31 -0500 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article271.html . reprinted from the MAPLE LEAVES, journal of the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, June 1968. Vol. 12, No. 5 . Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:58:06 -0500 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article270.html St. John's Anglican Cemetery, on Balsam Road, west of Courtland St. in Atherley, is a small closed cemetery, with only 18 burials. The first in 1871, the last in 1894. Only a hand full of broken gravemarkers remain. A memorial monument has been erected, honouring those who are laid to rest here. photos of these may be found at Ontario Gravemarker Gallery: http://www.gravemarkers.ca/ontario/centont/simcoe/ramara/atherly/stjohns/index.htm Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:09:52 -0500 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article269.html FROM 1901 TO 1970 _________________________________________________________________ Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:11:31 -0500 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article268.html FROM 1869 TO 1900 _________________________________________________________________ Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:11:13 -0500 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article267.html Townships of Mara and Rama 1861--1868 *Information submitted by Mike Harrington Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:32:40 -0500 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article266.html Much of what is known of the Rama Log Canal is based on a story sbmitted to the Orillia Historical Society in 1950 by Whitney Saunders. Although Saunders grew up at the Portage, his story was based on information that his father Rance had told him, about events that took place a few years before his birth. I am not certain when Rance Saunders moved to the Portage, but it seems the story came from Whitney's uncle John Durham, a quiet man that never confirmed or denied Rance's claims. There seems to be a family connection between Durham and Thompson Smith, owner of the Bradford sawmills. By 1872 John Durham was a sawyer at James Durham's mill on Bradford St. in Barrie. Henry W. Sage was an American lumberman, with a wholsale lumber yard at Albany, N.Y. His mill at Bell Ewart was established in 1854 and arranged with some assistance of the Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Railway. He did not own timber lands, but instead purchased logs from farmers eager to clear their lands. The extensive clear cutting of forests around Lake Simcoe resulted in the decline of railway traffic and can be traced by declining revenues of the Northern Railway of Canada. In 1866 Mr. Sage made arrangements for the purchase of standing timber in the township of Oakley, in Muskoka. Sage invited Anson Dodge to come to Ontario and following inspection of the Bell Ewart mill, they proceeded north to Muskoka, crossing Lake Couchiching on a new ferry service to Washago. Provincial Land Surveyor Brooks W. Gossage had recently purchased a Lake Ontario steamer which had been brought to Bell Ewart by rail and placed in service on Lake Couchiching. Gossage had recently completed surveys for the Canadian Land & Emigration Co. including Longford Township. Ten years before, he had done an exploratory survey under Walter Shanly, of the Magnetawan River from Byng Inlet. Upon taking the lumbermen across to Washago enroute to Oakley, the travellers learned of the greater lumbering prospects in Longford and Byng Inlet. Dodge purchased additional timber berths in Oakley and went on to Byng Inlet where he established Georgian Bay Lumber Co. As well as providing funding for John Thomson's purchase of the Longford timber berths, Dodge also purchased a mill near Atherley and made additional purchases of Oakley timber under the name of Georgian Bay Lumber Co. During the spring freshet on the Black River in 1867, Sage realized it was impacticable to get the timber to Lake Couchiching. At first he came up with the idea to relocate the Bell Ewart mill to Wasdell Falls, but then came the problem of transporting the sawn lumber to the railway at Bell Ewart or Barrie. Henry Sage started his career not as a lumberman, but as a freight forwarder on the Erie Canal. In 1849 he had served a term in the New York State Legilature, during which time he sought improvement to the canals. With that experience in his past, Sage knew what he had to do. In June of 1867 Henry Sage wrote to Thompson Smith, to attract his interest in a canal from the Black River. Sage also had correspondence with D'Arcy Boulton, manager of the Midland Railway, and with H. L. St. George, of Washago. Sage's close connection with Dodge and his association with John Thomson made the idea of establishing the mill on Lake St. John feasible, knowing that a canal would be built. Sage's idea to build the canal was clearly a year prior to Whitney Saunders' claim that it was Thompson Smith's idea. On the other hand that was even after the Ontario Legislature passed the charter of the Rama Timber Transport Co. When the company was formed following its official charter, the directors were the three lumbermen: Henry Sage, Thompson Smith and John Thomson. The other directors were F.W. Cumberland, manager of the Northern Railway and Clarence Moberly, chief engineer of the railway. In other versions of this story, there seems to be some confusion between Thompson Smith and John Thomson. Check your spelling please. Henry W. Sage had relocated his wholesale lumber business from Albany to Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1860. In 1864 he established a new mill at West Bay City, Mi. In 1869, the year the Rama Log Canal started, Sage sold the Bell Ewart mill to Silliman & Beecher. Harry Beecher of this partnership was a nephew of Harriet Beecher Stowe. In 1872 Henry Sage contributed to Ezra Cornell's school of business. Later Sage became chairman of Cornell University, where his correspondence is filed on micro-film in its archives at Ithaca, N.Y. During those years Rama and Mara townships were part of the former County of Ontario and information on Sage's land purchases can be found in the Historical Atlas of Ontario County. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:33:14 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article265.html Stone Church Cemetery is actually in Thorah (Durham Region) But many of south Mara's first pioneers and their families have found a permant residence there Much thanks to Cliff Prophet Any that are missed --Let us know--They deserve to be remembered Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:44:32 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article264.html this excerpt from the 1837 HOME DISTRICT DIRECTORY, lists the names of the early settlers in Mara Township. Most were of Scottish origin, and most homesteaded in the area north of the Talbot River. Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:35:22 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article263.html Storage Building Destroyed, With Contents June 7, 1917 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:03:51 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article262.html Researched and Written by J. Bruce Mundie Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:15:52 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article261.html NARROWLY MISSES SLEEPING GIRLS Oct. 27, 1962 *Article submitted by Doug Newman ________________________________ Tue, 24 May 2011 21:37:31 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article260.html Researched and Written by J. Bruce Mundie Mon, 23 May 2011 18:02:49 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article259.html NEW MARA HALL OPENS TUESDAY The Daily Packet and Times Monday, June 25, 1956 Thu, 19 May 2011 10:49:17 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article257.html The following is a Honour Roll, of the soldiers from Rama and Mara Townships who gave their life in World War II, for your freedom. DYING FOR FREEDOM ISN'T THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN, ... BEING FORGOTTEN IS. ... Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:50:07 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article256.html Census Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:51:47 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article255.html This information came from corespondance of Angus Martin (Lot 6 Con 3 Brechin--Ed Martin’s father) and shows the progressive nature of the farmers of Ramara township. The Ontario County young farmers were organized into clubs –much the same as the more popular 4H This was the Pork producers Club There was also a Junior Farmers Grain Club Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:34:51 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article254.html (The Depopulation of a Rural Area in Ontario County) -J. M. Burns Peterborough, Ontario Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:27:30 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article253.html The following letter to the Editor, appeared in the Tuesday September 11, 1877, edition of the Globle. The writer paints an interesting picture of farming in the Brechin area, however, it appears the purpose of the letter is to seek investors in a proposed mining operation to "make the region one of the richest in Canada" Read on... Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:51:06 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article252.html Oct. 26, 1955 Information submitted by Frances Laver Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:21:28 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article251.html This story sent in by Frances Laver Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:34:26 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article250.html This story sent in by Frances Laver Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:31:07 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article249.html The Orillia Packet & Times Oct. 15, 1931 Submitted by Frances Laver Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:38:57 -0400 http://www.ramarahistoricalsociety.net/Article248.html As Captain John D. Glover, Adjutant of the 4th Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade, prepared to cross the Atlantic, as part of the 1st Contingent- he took a few moments to write the following letter to his parents. Both Captain Glover and his brother Sergt. Norman Glover, were killed in action, in April 1915. (see Those who made the Supreme Sacrifice) . Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:38:39 -0400