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Mack, Susan Muriel
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Table of Contents
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Foreward
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Acknowledgements
Biography of the Author
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Chapter 1. The Township and Its Beginnings
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Chapter 2. Early Settlements, 1832-1852
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Chapter 3. Pioneer Life
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Chapter 4. From Path to Pavement
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Chapter 5. Bridges in Stephen
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Chapter 6. The Ausable River
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Chapter 7. Municipal Government
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Chapter 8. Life in the Horse and Buggy Era
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Chapter 9. Agriculture
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Chapter 10. Early Trades and Industry
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Chapter 11. The Mail Must Go Through: Post Offices
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Chapter 12. Towns and Villages
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Part 2: Crediton East to Grand Bend
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Chapter 13. A Light in the Darkness
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Chapter 14. From Log to Brick to Central School
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Chapter 15. Communicating with the Outside World
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Library Services
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Chapter 16. Members of Parliament
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Chapter 17. Go West, Young Man
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Chapter 18. The War Years
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Chapter 19. Stephen Township Today
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Family Profiles
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Appendix
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Stephen Township Chief Municipal Officers 1842 to
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Bibliography
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Index/Contents Family Profile
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Cover
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i
ii
iii
iv
Table of Contents
vi
vii
viii
Foreward
x
Acknowledgements
Biography of the Author
xiii
xiv
Chapter 1. The Township and Its Beginnings
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Chapter 2. Early Settlements, 1832-1852
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Chapter 3. Pioneer Life
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
Chapter 4. From Path to Pavement
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
Chapter 5. Bridges in Stephen
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
Chapter 6. The Ausable River
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
Chapter 7. Municipal Government
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
Chapter 8. Life in the Horse and Buggy Era
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
Chapter 9. Agriculture
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
Chapter 10. Early Trades and Industry
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
Chapter 11. The Mail Must Go Through: Post Offices
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
Chapter 12. Towns and Villages
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
Part 2: Crediton East to Grand Bend
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
Chapter 13. A Light in the Darkness
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
Chapter 14. From Log to Brick to Central School
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
Chapter 15. Communicating with the Outside World
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
Library Services
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
Chapter 16. Members of Parliament
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
Chapter 17. Go West, Young Man
376
377
378
379
380
Chapter 18. The War Years
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
Chapter 19. Stephen Township Today
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
Family Profiles
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
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441
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466
467
468
469
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471
472
473
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475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
Appendix
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
Stephen Township Chief Municipal Officers 1842 to
514
Bibliography
516
517
518
519
520
Index/Contents Family Profile
522
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