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,Brief History of the Town of Goderi
Jt and "Tiger" Dunlop Were Leading Figures in the I. Nd~ 1+''res and
[u Galt uyr' ttaitli
The ultui eti, !d,
Opening of the Huron Tract ---Opposition to the Canada cHw Read' 'hue` "Ita.�wt'u ",n
r r+t *holing►:
made Galertch's first tuuuclt "cullelett•el of
nee." Iteujawlu 1'ursous, 1)aulet denies,
ttouut ClIrietupher Crabb, Huratr Horton,
die" t N'dlllaw Wallah. Jatue* ltisse•tts
Jmwer �1'atax,u, Dixie IVatauu, Morgan
stlsh• Hawittuu, \1'w. I3. inch, and Jewell
Company Developed at an Early Date. waII e'a'r w u,su•riih u;th Ma
�trlt•ktard, aftd as'' - the' Urs
duw'u by the harL,.r Afterwa
Harbor lee was k,•1K le t'[ -:tie t
Galt had left, was Ivry c:ose;y cote i curve 1111' Stunt)* family. William Rut- Jude a uby tlu' ;'tuLrkE.e t
uected with the- deveioLweut of the ledge' and wife, and Andrew Whites his ame a._,•: 1
Whitely death -bad lei a t:arhlg
counts, had had a life of adventure and flintily, Terse pre,yir all yews', it cher over, ou the b��1f atsA'c the
before coming to Canada. "In the would seem. along the new road. The and built himself. ;!ern• :t hose.:
Days of the Canada Company'' thus nest year the Canada Company built which wally Geese.h •1••auf* le
ekit•ribes Lia appearance: "Ills dress the •steamer " Iletiesetling"-ihr name ill their day took 2, sr.'
of "Canada Kest" until on the was charaderiatic. Ile aesuwtd a was changed later to the "Gotierlch"-
'� stern shore o ice Hovels tees ('anadian aspect be wearing homespun au,i Capt. R. U. DuNap. brother of The li t ct. F :.,r air
s garments,
grey, with n large check; the Duster. was given command. Be1'aritawr�t rlectl•fur mewl
JL �~ 'Welled, at the wooly of the Sienese the ,Lig scotch -featured head -piece, tiers thea found the trip Into the newt -
crowned at fur ti.nC nus he
rutty River, a *pot which Vn,esl suit- with a sbnck of red }air, was town les toikuwe, and quite a trade 1 Egmont (.101)1141e:
ai, K re` (;t
able for their purpose. Campiug guarded by the broadest of ta,nuets, in trans(.rtation was worked up be- now Ridg,, , we
there. ibey
erected n cabin to 'terve, or. on oMAslon, with a t Re wutd t'.
toque. rd- tw+.•n Gn,lerich and ports on Iake 'Dunlop. The eve •
cit a 't�dblg�Oat arse etulo•dad tasselitvf, ae Cann.liau as the home- Erie and Detroit River. One of the by the *Wee Liz
cargo ' of their little vessel -goo r
such at might prove attractive to the
dhows.
Suave mouths Ater twu
Lew town of Galt with the nes flume
-Tract as their objtttirr. Our of thew,
Julie (;alt, weut nurthe..are to Geer-
giau Max, where he found tout the
gtwbuatt( "Thr Litt," had Petro leaved
at hiseli$pural. lu it be sailed alueg the
stores of the hay, thee >,uuth aluug the
&bore. of the great .laky. The seeuud
eau, d)r. Dunh.p, ulckm*1 d "Tiger"
Duulup, beau -t• of exploita ill India, .
left Gait to*u with a party of survey -
urs and weedameu to wake a path 1
through the miceodds%lurma toward. 1
the Canada (:umpauy's Lauda ue the
*bores of Lake Huron, the "Mer
Deuce" of Champlain's_ lettere. Due -
lop reached the lake shore, and chime
a site fur a building on the brow of a
Lill eiveriookit g_lfotb the lake and the
• river Meneaetung. There e-ereti__
what we* later culled Dunlops
"castle." The building tvtnp+lt•ted, he
• watched for the coming of Mr. Galt,
who, in "The Bre," was scanning the
sburea through a tele ups to lied
:race of bis friend. 'Sou he tow- "a
smell t•learing in the forest: and. uu
tete brow of a rising ground, a cottage
delightfully situated. \Chile Ile was'r
detesting whether Ibis could be tle-kr
cation of Dunlop, the vessel was met
by a canoe having uu board a strange
tumbivatiun of Indians. velveteen* spun. Round his huge shoulders be,
and whiskers, and Galt "eon dl*- 1 wore a plaid; gloves he dr fleet In ihr distri. t tti tales'' adcautYgr la),, the $tat In the ttritt hull teenther
torrratl within route of red hair the his rpl*td. but of the uppx,rtuuiUes utl'ereil 1•y this won with stank dile -.
core r features of tete led rn dreadbof ootsttprorlanued a whelesouae new busiuems war (:.vs' crate.. . 'liege election
e possibilities under f t r' t hu were only hilly .su:rnt 'lie n. ' ile
The stutterers a•ho had accompanied is the bu*h. - ubuilt a port a .- the "Liar) Auttr." waw held at Potestla Fr•Lrra uu. and
Dunlop proceeded to lay out the [own, , :ketch, rolled Lim y and�luttadrst of fur the purjrotte--- --,-
Duurdiug to a plan that hadubeen interpolated Among the man}- who. helped, rattlt was t. Dulls (us' ie_t'e•our1 mud
pre- hi* h'* until the oft-repeate.l 'Huron !tett bn1 * pu fur tiapt, veyane et lt,t p Nan
pared in the Curupauy's oilier. The Traet' beenwe iu his mouth a never- ftp the town and ai„t't evens liteee Ali tutu a e road it sit
:u appear-
.pared
was named for Lord Guderich, t,rratiuu as sonorous as the ton swell ,irlw. l' t,'rFte.t Traum h. }'rank iht•c Luce for the red it ass' :u bagpipes ye•t ; a
t'hatitetlor of tit* -. Exe•!tcfluer, tarn of the 'lite Duller' uten, whose betiu- aant l'etrr ealieg r. P or utt , t*atdu uerr w'lth „
'tele*. try !'rime alibiatrt of England. ties he would discourse by the hour." Mu ruspsri G,Nxi ii Sts', 1sete sue btrtder elm mad se!to[ in
The name of the river•wai ebauged to A trading -post major 3i with Oi,d 111�rr Dunlop
ansa- vhturloW )tars.iuu tit the
Siaiel R Wst tam erected under fluted atiGalt uu+l Dunlop almost with pa ' Kau -suave
fill. 1n honor of Sir Peregrine the direction tit these wen; tern, front the tlr. t. .,r Y
Maltkind, Lkut•t�:tut-Governor of lb -rough the forest, a road was bine.. i],t r a
Upper Canada, nearly nue hood it tnfttlte l� titan Yr
Galt and Dunlop rt.l Miles long. coo- Voitu and brow ht his family ghlbuuse t x• +aS b.;..;,' (ter pup
There two urttinf; 7.akeB Hurrw aid Vittorio. t y there. iron', ;i .., , s the steles of t:air-
men, Galt uud Dunlop. so The carman company las out tow lib-. *Thr Maga contracted be- t•r.,.•t, t;e..,.,t ,,, the tlrst Slrw
intimately connected with the' found- teal with funds uud "for the Wnkltg in SL's).
t eside•u[s u( (ler toa-y foul- plus+• iti r ter N..1, .'
tug of Goderieit are thus described: of this itulortntit teatime's Galt was 'F.- Tan priies Go e. Mr. 1\
(:alt, in pbSaiilur, las a msgnTHceur't`itt}�wtat l;uutl}u and Mies itt t,u Js,tLrr• t welts
��ri R leaelti epee Evu
,, imen of humanity, Leing almost but try titlingTithr'e set tiers Iwhom e: `�rrlr tit "•i ' oiler Cin sta.,`ewu
eJuurreyttutu 1u._titvirrlth•.
V Juutur ad to Ilteruft for tot u, the
brand lu 1, nd ht w_1tr male crrruuy e l ymr lu + ,Glop. The lx Mug
proportion. 1u complexion to accomplish the work" The road � Lite herr that a n ,,c,
he wus fresh -colored, lila hair was was tlni,tbi.i In Jnly. IV -N. r oad lav of Sir. 1 ::rnLury'a hut+; en
black and his a lowed his exuse l gs • ,errs and wv1( it I
Ska -keen." Ile was The!utpl Settlers V three Gaudin reek. i't-. ,e, high that it gar
!enxinus 10 find In Canada ipxut `homes 1' w. bruthe•rm ltelug frwrrird to tarty Getvur decute. au.
Gy the hundreds of emigrants leaving p 'n the {,•mplcrion of the road riaterr. ., have Y CoillNu)-
tt'• the land. R ettlers ..nuts' In )apldly, of oil's';* t .
and believed that the Amorlq the firer toArrive t s The first white valid burn In Guo- i,tt' 'nu: Lu0 111 to per
the of trar•t would- be an Ideal spot A Alex. tree. wus Jobe liftmen, rue of Sawn,. eeltet:.,rby 'se was deat' ir-
fur the *t•ttlwould 1 po Jletireger, wile brought with Lim neve einem.; he tun prevented 4) the U. i, regutu::tir. sera so meat' lr-
right stock. people of the era) yoke of emit• whk•h were nrrdrill- u i'iimlaeuy with one Liuudred aorta Sir."Atuepn,_ r rrturnitig uUk;•r,
William Ihfnlo a• o a-orktng mai the company's roads. In sc•d Ltur}cV to cu-
p' h Bf• name is the sane year cantle John \\•ligan, who of lite ti -r :, ptute.
familiar to residents of Huron, and built oR the harteir tint the first tan- ea, first death in for rrttlewer,; ui:e.elu,sl , ,l Str•cuau was
(t•h.,, remaNrind In the ,w_.._, afteret wa. by- doe*uiug; Iles• t'kt1W a: lhx'tur declared
Jlu1 }11.1011, who, *hen akatt 4 to rtMttc}:
rill vu fur fie Tr,sdd•tl Tifses of 'J7
1l.e-r, fell through the ite." Ilit}.,,
Galt Watgiis Hb Poet t, tete to ihr
le mph.: of the splendid work dung 1Kri1.1+•t iia"' the liebelllla of
lie Y,,;;„w a , took[* eve are
„ by John Galt, him senders were out t.. ,•eat+ ahk•h rhea took Wats' are
apprevtattd by the Company; he ora. trove "Iiaty„are „t 27,” by the Weser
tuttttttualty hampered by- the pettiness Lizars.
of the t'ofupxnny-•* rtstuirewents. Au "In Mo.!, yr„Ver, while people
accountant was sent out, ostensibly t•, were .14vismi, tui•;uu to secure reruR-
usrint him, but ill reality to act as u option '"f *Its; they deemed their
spy and report to the herd ulXltr ill ria4L. ;,,,:: ;,,
kugland. 1u esonliet(1un with thio "t elm man rebel to his
fellow Dnolup, perpetrated- uue of his,
practical Jukes. •'Ur took vengeance
upxt (;a 1 * as', - ere �t i they- ac:
cuwtl/tit,' by persuading a servant
aud Major t(triekluud to hua-1 litter
ear I'_t; W. E. Gooding and
•bamp etc sal:, ill a small
the wruth of the Grand
g westward, then turning
e north,eiky' followed the shore
-•head, a of Laulw,tue i ll
Joe Gretie,. At their tine meeting Mr.
t tan. Jleajawiu Penton* was uuanimuu*ly
ells tae chosen Mayor. ()there who were
stalsee, elected in the same way to the ()tike
u es were Ira LOWlii, 1821; Robert Gib -
•until bans, 1ti6 -_'S5; I'. A. Mcdougall, lea()
lake, In 1td0 the Mayor was fur the first
re lu time elected by popular -vote. The
mous honor fell to Malcolm ('uttu Cameron
I(afterwards member of Parliament
fur West ilurun and Lieut. -Governor
er of 2 of the Northwest Territories). who
1d in filled the office for four years. Fulluw--
lonel lug him these ttutlemeu have been
o
1
A GAT? ERixt: tit' reni -
Thi. pk'tttre *as taken at thel'e4nt }'arm \larch 9th, teed. and shows ens
members
hratinrthe thirtieth 'eanniversary ticaallinR The
th.Yte•Iiitnteer.•hdt ring thend 'Te Star. anePenlhai 1;
Cad residents will reeogrtise many of tire lays'+- \1'1:,, baud In the most eo,{•-',
list of names Of the mets in the group
111 what is elected to the position of thief neighs-, i ('aptatn trate:
!c.a•rttn.l !til .oJawes Watson.
•s•tlup or IMI3-67 -lohn Valentine 'Penile. laugh Johnston, i
1,S(111--4`ttrirtoprlter Crabb.
i 7o-TI-+fti m. T. Hayes.
I•Si1-74-.7lorsier Herten.
1)t73 --Juba Devisee.
1s'" fljaipcs Finlay.
tiaau++el_Yullut:p:_A�._-____.-.--
1''TO,ti(�K, I„ Doyle.
hit(! -hat -.Horace 1}urtuu.
isst►7 �. -(etas. A. Seager.
Ivet9-9.1-Juba Butler.
1-97-4)r. J. it. 1hannun
Thompeeo.
Where Champion
Road Building Machinery
Is Manufactured
Cttf'�i1EI;r GRADER
ELEVATOR$ Power or Hi/Fee-drawn
SCREENS 1 ROLLERS'
\r.\SiilNI;-PLACTS __ SWEEPERS
f$TOR AGE BINS -; DISTRIBUTORS'
SNOWPLOWS
EVERYTHING FOR THE ROADMAKER
The Dominion Road Machinery
Company, Limited
HEAD OFFICE
GODERICH -- ONTARIO
THF PiONEER MANUFACTURERS OF ROAD MACHINERY
IN CANADA•.
e -noir} .,,,,, •„ b,• mood. ludtee.l, nu
r•Ppl} lrhakue•w (,i, rircuttfetant*a *111
f.t,",,1.w��ecen to the unturtu-
"!n 1;od.-1•,•h rte arms consisted
*uL't+t while the luu,xrut *rrwin twi.i.; ,it Pit'-l'.'"ells• Rey -thee and
Ti rr' was g Bikes:' it;: 7iiiir- ilease for the occasion
Kguiding the wretched new- Lc there, Veen.,
vomer through Hie dense woods to God- 'Tiler,• we, ice, a plentiful crop of
-rich." Galt,,aho was "tau big a man. eni,rtir,. „1;,1 ..,iyr,.ts, Drill was held
ter the t'unlalu5,” at last severed his in the ;arae Nee at Read's hotel and
eut111et`tl.r, With it. .t party waa soon flit. b„t. uL., 1,,k.,1 on were much edi-
r"ruted uuiuugst the settlers fu strung tied Ip .nee ,li,l,tse of calor and
e•pp,s tea to the Cowisrny. Dr. Dun- 2 eixnkeet ., ;,,,gni This re&lnrrnt has
Asp became the head tit this party and !leen 1,,,1
att••tupte,l to start 1111 011111/201 1014 town I 'The I ' duo„ to uran Expos' as'
••i• village. in Colborne, Just actual the kin,•' I ., llnr.•u Droves,' and 'Thr
river. Th$s Tillage, which be named 1 I:I.,.,,i, 1
Guirbrald, was Joie out vu much the i Alyea) the calf to
Ili .. .,,,nt,duut with good-
.
1i.., t i,. r:. ; c hat lone fishermen,
pia• a,et pn;;,,i {,-„e at to to theft only
v}s11e .•n.suie, e.,,tt t••at nu diact'e'di1
ru the %eo.r,„t.tl.le }otortlnn. Their
lxnd.q{{,. tt,.r,. nota$ and the t.on-
iniur• .,;,,•,I teat '
thin,,. iv;N;�, w -pea the SUdel and
sante plau as f:udrrirh; hut. the latter
),iaee harp had top g,.u,1 a start, uud,
lifelike, most of the settlers still owed
-•mnethtug on their Imola uud dared
11.1 oppose the (-I,wpx111,1' top openly, *o
•:nlrbri,ld did not fulfil the hopes of
its friends.
111 Peet William iV, aseen•led the _Unseal affair rt,n,e,d tension between
rhruur and the et•eht an* dols yet•- reit 111 ,,;., ,.,,, 1'nite'L Stater,
!prated }ti f;rl.lerlch, . The nerount pt i:tab-r;, ie
this ceiehnation la interr,ittft 111.2111.,• cpml.u„ .- . d two raiuntthe
.uf thee nest mention of n Godertch ;•nodi„ ` roe Kills ant/ the
hand. "Mr. l'rtor i•tti'ntIed the tint-!-, Can• John W.
�111ti1, 1 roa,mandpr Of the
h,ttrh�tir• rostnun and Rare n loyal and nano, l;,u,�, at„. A. )i, sieges totter -
Tor epn'es•h- 11e then read a wards '1'rie.ur„r of the 1'ro'luor of
pr.x•lrunatiuu whirl[ wet rmeivetl with nn,nri,., ti,.
nine rpun.ks of Rrltlsh cheers: The eri-h ' *plain of the C.xt-
.nrty formed n envie by joining!land«,' \t'11,Ier • ,18 r
thfr1.' 1' ralrb *' lliu t•h
and sang. Y:od $11 re fhp King.' serene an+ the n„t.,, vim, on Lake Huron
IarnI,l by the (lalerleh hand, which for the ink.. slnndroe.
esu1 r unp•.w.i of two Addles and a I Meparxi tint”, th. brigade ramp for
tatuletirine the a, <, 1 nee.]
IGhM here
A t'ostotMee Fatah • "1'n' disrriet Ase he's”
n''
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In 1' .''t a worst offlee *xs rstmbl2ali d' the fiats and s„n mae• on'tthe lutelaht*
In the town, with Edwin (trlmn as on tin• h„r alef., , tlth
(s,stmester, 'itpfare that lime. malls Mintit esepati „f the ta7
were eery irregular, "I'ieasanl limler2,11 , ,,,.v r ineoy
'Jtn}ge' Read early established himself a clips r, ae. ,,,.ver
lnn'rn”' * ' as
His irifatma*ter to the enmmnnity. This (heed town. ,12 in t9AB twin”' a 'nil-
Ha
that he kept a leather Isar In ons •N heat tlloe the nen ms' I
adder to carr,- ietterr to and from a•Be �11M d•�•lte1 To...,F ta enetI.ryr A tut 1
tfalerMh. Vl?n•r, It was reasonably n'unlvn f f t tss epi, as the .
• rhe -onntT is chasm now. I
1404410 --Robert f
1900-01Whl*o,n. (1
11kw--M. Graeme Cameron.
19d3-04-_£. N. Lewis.
)941. -Wm. T. Murney. •
1916 ---Tilos. TUt.
Man -Ater. Jos, Elliott'. I
1tM1Wt9.-_1Dr, A. H. Macklin, l
19if•1l-M G. camernn. •
IAL^ -15• -('leas. A. Reid.
1914 -'Robs, McLean.
1917-.R. C. Slunnings,
19i!i-=_.E. R. Wigle.
19'l-31--1I)r• W. F. Callow
Bial s'7--•41--ie-AeMtaeilwan.
The other civic nf&wrs in POO were i
lector; lies', Char. Fletcher, aupertn
trutkut of Almelo; R. G. Cuuuingtenu
and (cru. )`rarer, auditors; P. A. die-
Dutlgalt. MD., curuurr; Hoary Held.
\1'w. field, Duncan Lambert and John
Sicle.au, et/notables.
The cuuut•11 of 11427 la tututuatel
of .H. J. A. Macl:wan, Mayor; Omar
t'. Lee, Reeve; Rota. Turner. Deputy
Meter; and Wuucillurs !t 11. Cult,
1\'n. Bettie, J. W. t'raigle, Phar. H.
Humber, David Sproul anti W. el.
Mclw'an. The Town Clerk turd Tries
-
urer is L. L. Knox; the Asseeaur, IE.
'1'. Edward*.
The railway- tuuuecting Buffalo with
tioderlch was opened ill 1857. Ni•
turally it wus an lmp,rtaut event.
The (lovertlur[leneral, Lord Elgin,
rislte.l the town, there vias a clylc ("option,- the the Court House was opened.
end a big banquet was held in a build-
ing specially erected In the Court
House !'ark for the occasion.
Another vice -regal visit well re.
tendered t» Uoderich was the visit
of lord Dufferin In 11;74. Many of
our residents eau, recall the great arch
of barrel*, and the reception at the
l'enlral School when the children
stool in llue, row behind row, and
�atiY..le+'T1tkt�K .wa!SEt, oris',_.___
**Welcome, Lord Ihffferin,
!mud let our •ru"4•
ler ring.
We welcome thee.”
lord Stanley of Prtvton vialtel the
town during his term' of otlhv. w•h,•u
John !Sutler was Mayor, and the Earl
of Aberdeen honored the town with his' .
pretence when 1)r. J. it. Shannon Waif
Mayor.
ere
All these many peaty Gt„1-
erkh had been growing and beeomlug
better known- Its' beautiful auntie'swere attrat•ting tourists comparativelyearly In its blistery. as the tollowing
Iextracqt from "In the Days of the
(Canada Company” 'rill show:
'"These sunsets were ro famous that
travellers made the detour to that
tit -of -the -way corner of the Poet/ to
h
- God,•rteh tx•cuwi a grain
xhi{,plug port. Fish -....et aud
bad &m-
eows. a thriving business.
After the
railway iv:meeting Ooderkh with
buffalo Lad been completed, buyers
from the American city purchased all
the fishermen could give thew, paying
uuly s5L cents a pound. Townspeople
laid 5 cent* a pound retail for the
eine, kine) of fish. Cheap? Yes, but
these were the days when • twelve-
hem-,Ia)•'s labor bruught etude less
than one dollar.
Town
Industries of the Ton
Lumbering, ayu, Uuurlahed ill the
early days., rod for innate yeera Gud-
rrkle Warted a thriving rhipbuildlug
plait. There were factories iu by-
guue years %bleb will be *.lased by
wavy of our old buy* and girls: the
boiler factury whose die waa rlt-
!renting to the boys of the neighbor-
hood, ltuneiittau'Y foundry, the old
rats block*, 1'aswure's tarring*. shop,
Arwstreug Bros.' pump and fanning
mill works, Ilurtou's carriage ahup.
Tlrumaiou'a saw --„till, Bub Thorny
IM
eon's at'kamith shop, the old teeter
shutter, and tither institutions of ear-
lier tiuses.
Guderich tueuy has many important
Is the Godt h ttsuP leg Mill,
alike
wax t*tablsbed la 1835 and has been
thruughuul the greatest par( of its
it -arcrr lu the hands of the Iinehenau
family. It trrmhiues the old plant
owned by Frauds 2lwueth Gut at of
iluehauau &Rubinson• The salt busi-
u0Ywt, which broth in 1M1h1, is retire-mm..-
4dtoday by the tiodertch Salt Cofer
tally find the long-established salt
block In eennrt•tlun with the Wewtrru
t'xnade Flour Mille. This last con-
cern 1* alae. b)' succession, one of God- ,
mice's oldest industries, and is today
the trainee industry of the town. -The
Big VIII” was established here in. 1475
and after a cumber of changers ill own-
erahtp Is • now,. In a much enlarged
etwte. owned by the Western Canade
+--
icesMIlls-t'u.-atop has a tIIIIS cat•*--
(Continued Ott page 4)
enjoy thee."
Thos. Kydd, clerk: Angles M'Ka*, col- e
As the country around
feared. much wheat was Crown, and
A. i). McLEAN
r
McLEAN BROS.
The Oldest Established Merchants of Goderich
The Tailoring and Furnishings business which they carry on was started by
their father, the late A. P. McLean, over 60 years ago and has steadily been
improved. They are also the oldest
#i'mi-Erahg ("Zi ui1nring
dealers in Canada. The fact that they have carried this high-class merchandise
nth success in a town of 4500 shows that the people wish high-class goods
WHEN IN GODERICH DON'T FAIL TO VISIT McLEAN BROS.
AND MAKE THIS PLACE YOUR HEADQUARTERS
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McLEAN BROS.
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GODERICH ONTARIO