From forest trails to paved highways--Gypsies, Preachers & Big White Bears traces the history of the roads of Lanark County from the first surveyor's stake to the advent of cars. Horses pulling wagons or sleighs plodded the Lanark roads for a hundred years. Gypsies spirited away small children. Tramps begged meals and a dry place to sleep. Highwaymen robbed the toll houses. Courting couples wrestled with cars stuck in the mud. Illustrations, portraits, and old family photographs depicting the changing times and changing uses of the roads illuminate this lively informal history.
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- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 1998.
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- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.3/8203
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn-on
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- 9781771238113 1896182917
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- F1059.L3
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- S63 1998eb
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- 1 electronic text (vii, 130 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00235384 (OCoLC)900244280 (CaOOCEL)449058
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 3
- Copyright 4
- Dedication 5
- Contents 7
- Introduction 9
- Chapter 1: Breaking Trail 11
- Chapter 2: Over the River and Through the Woods 25
- Chapter 3: Entrepreneurs and Rogues of the Road 46
- Chapter 4: “Needlies and Pinnies” Was the Pedlar’s Cry 60
- Chapter 5: From Farm to Farm 79
- Chapter 6: Hither and Yon 102
- Chapter 7: The Art of Neighbouring 112
- Chapter 8: All the Road’s a Stage 128
- Chapter 9: Were There Ever Such People? 143
- Chapter 10: From Horseshoes to Hubcaps 153
- Postscript 167
- Bibliography 169
- Biographical Note 172
