Tag: Gilberts
Gilberts: Further exploration of William Lees Judson’s remarkable life
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published Aug 03, 2024 • Last updated 8 hours ago • 5 minute read William Lees Judson is seen here with his art class…
Gilberts: Highgate mastodon huge find, loss for Chatham-Kent
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News In spring 1890, William Reycraft discovered some rather odd, very large bones while digging a ditch on his uncle’s farm near Highgate. Published Apr…
Gilberts: April Fool’s Day has been fooling people for a long time
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Did you hear? Justin Trudeau has resigned and is asking Vladimir Putin to annex Canada and support his war with Ukraine! Published Mar 29,…
Gilberts: Time before street lights more frightening than romantic
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News In a world full of lights, it is easy to forget the extreme darkness early area settlers endured, outside and inside their homes. Author…
Gilberts: New year gives us all a chance to get involved
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News I worry we have all become so self-centered and self-absorbed that we have lost sight of our important responsibility to our immediate community. Author…
Gilberts: Scandal marks 1910-11 hockey season for Chatham Maroons
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published Nov 10, 2023 • 3 minute read Members of the infamous 1910-11 Chatham Maroons hockey team are seen here in front of a…
Gilberts: Hidden Thames River treasure soon may be revealed
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published Sep 29, 2023 • 3 minute read This War of 1812 vessel is seen in a photo from the 1900s after being raised…
Gilberts: Chatham slow to appreciate danger of unusual summer flood of 1883
News Local News Published Jul 07, 2023 • 4 minute read This is a portrait of the former Fifth Street Bridge in Chatham that was nearly swept away by a…
Gilberts: Carnegie Library still exists in Dresden, but not Chatham
Last week, we talked about the first Carnegie Library in Canada, which was built in Chatham in 1902 and opened its doors on Sept. 14, 1903. I lamented that we…