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Oro (Ont. : Township). Historical Committee
Cover
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Title page
ii
Table of contents
iv
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
Introductory pages
Oro's story -- Part One
xii
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The story of …
The township's name
3
4
The early settlers
The black settlement in Oro
7
8
9
10
Pioneer life in Oro
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Work bees
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
Farming in Oro
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
Social and spiritual life
51
52
53
54
Schools in Oro
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
Centralized education
79
80
81
82
83
84
Municipal organization
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
Township parks
98
99
100
Transportation
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
Oro's postal service
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
Communications
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
Oro Fair
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
Oro's war effort
147
148
Power in Oro
150
151
Century fams
153
154
155
Oro's Sunday school association
International ploughing match
The Horticultural Society
159
Oro's story -- Part Two
Argyle
162
Big Cendar Estates
164
Carthew Bay and 8 Mile Point
166
167
168
169
Clowes Community
171
172
173
174
175
176
Coulson
178
179
180
181
182
183
Craighurst (Morrison's Corners)
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
Crown Hill
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
Dalston (White's Corners)
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
East Oro (Simpson's Corners) - Leigh's Corners
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
Edgar (Richardson's Corners)
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
Guthrie
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
Hawkstone
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
Highway Eleven (1922) Corridor
272
273
Horseshoe Valley
275
Jarrett
277
278
279
280
281
282
Mitchell Square
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
Nevis (Galthbraith Corners) and Martin Farm
293
294
295
296
297
Oro Station (Reevie's Corners)
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
Price's Corners
312
313
314
Rugby
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
Shanty Bay
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
The pioneers
342
343
344
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Cover
image 0002
image 0003
image 0004
Title page
ii
Table of contents
iv
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
Introductory pages
Oro's story -- Part One
xii
image 0017
image 0018
The story of …
The township's name
3
4
The early settlers
The black settlement in Oro
7
8
9
10
Pioneer life in Oro
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Work bees
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
Farming in Oro
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
Social and spiritual life
51
52
53
54
Schools in Oro
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
Centralized education
79
80
81
82
83
84
Municipal organization
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
Township parks
98
99
100
Transportation
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
Oro's postal service
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
Communications
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
Oro Fair
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
Oro's war effort
147
148
Power in Oro
150
151
Century fams
153
154
155
Oro's Sunday school association
International ploughing match
The Horticultural Society
159
Oro's story -- Part Two
Argyle
162
Big Cendar Estates
164
Carthew Bay and 8 Mile Point
166
167
168
169
Clowes Community
171
172
173
174
175
176
Coulson
178
179
180
181
182
183
Craighurst (Morrison's Corners)
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
Crown Hill
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
Dalston (White's Corners)
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
East Oro (Simpson's Corners) - Leigh's Corners
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
Edgar (Richardson's Corners)
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
Guthrie
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
Hawkstone
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
Highway Eleven (1922) Corridor
272
273
Horseshoe Valley
275
Jarrett
277
278
279
280
281
282
Mitchell Square
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
Nevis (Galthbraith Corners) and Martin Farm
293
294
295
296
297
Oro Station (Reevie's Corners)
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
Price's Corners
312
313
314
Rugby
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
Shanty Bay
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
The pioneers
342
343
344
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