| Description |
1 online resource (104 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 101) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; 1. The Settlers' Trail; 2. Heart of the Rebellion; 3. The Growth Years; 4. The Late Victorians; 5. Wars, Depression and an Uncertain Future; 6. Boom Times Return; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
In the early 1800s, Timothy Robers, a Quaker millwright from Vermont, drew a flourishing community of fellow Quakers to the area which became the new-market for settles and traders. It soon became the commercial hub of a rich farming area. By the mid-1800s it was a central point on the Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Railway. Over the following decades, gas deposits were cofirmed there and a barge canalw as built along with a street railway. In the early 20th century Newmarket languished through a long period of slow growth -- wars and the Depression took a terrible toll on the small town. Yet i. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Newmarket (Ont.) -- History.
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| Indexed Term |
Social life History, 1791- |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carter, Robert Terence. Newmarket. Toronto, Canada ; Niagara Falls, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dundurn Press ; New Market, Ont. : Elm Tree House Publishers, ©1994 1550022229 9781550022223 (DLC) 95128286 (OCoLC)33405696 |
| ISBN |
9781554882427 (electronic book) |
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1554882427 (electronic book) |
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9781459713451 (electronic book) |
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1459713451 (electronic book) |
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1550022229 |
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9781550022223 |
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