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The office for Thompson Smith's Mill, Amsterdam. Robert Collings, Geo. Taylor, Miss Scott, Mrs. W. McKinstry (Ida Collings), Jas. Spence (Seated), Jack Davey (standing), James Scott, Sam Scott, Jack Busby, Tommy Mulligan.
Thompson Smith was a Toronto man who participated in the incorporation the Rama Lumber Transport Co. and who opened up a lumber mill in Amsterdam (near Bradford). The exact date of opening is unknown, but it was sometime between 1858-1869. The mill was a steam mill and many of the logs cut were shipped along the Holland River. Smith's mill was eventually one of many in the area during the late nineteenth century.
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Also published in Bradford Witness (Microfilm Reel #83):
April 19, 1967
Vol 102, No 16
Pg 1
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From 'Governor Simcoe Slept Here' pg 413
Adult Non-Fiction: 971.317 Bra
Local History Collection: Local History 971.317 Bra
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- Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History (Publisher)
- Thompson Smith (Subject)
- Robert Collings (Subject)
- George Taylor (Subject)
- Ida (Collings) McKinstry (Subject)
- James Spence (Subject)
- Jack Davey (Subject)
- James Scott (Subject)
- Sam Scott (Subject)
- Jack Busby (Subject)
- Tom Mulligan (Subject)
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Notes from the Joe Saint Collection
Ontario Legislation, Government of Ontario
"Looking Back Over the Century..." article
Bradford Witness
April 19, 1967
Vol. 102, No. 16
Pg 1, 4