Contents, Southampton Vignettes


Foreword: A GLIMPSE OF SOUTHAMPTON HISTORY
Preface, second edition: A DEEPER LOOK AT THE PAST
Preface, first edition: IN THE BEGINNING
1   BEFORE THE FOUNDING
2   METIS HERITAGE
3   THE FOUNDING OF SOUTHAMPTON
4   ALEXANDER McNABB AND THE GREAT 1854 LAND RUSH
5   PIONEERS OF THE WEATHER SERVICE
6   A VILLAGE IS BORN—BRIDGES FALL
7   THE RIVER HARBOUR: SHELTER FROM THE STORM
8   THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
9   EXCURSION TO THE ISLES
10   AN ILL WIND THAT BLEW NO GOOD
11   IN THE HEYDAY OF THE TRAIN
12   THE GREAT FURNITURE MAKERS
13   SAUGEEN MINERAL WATER COMPANY
14   WILLIAM KNOWLES' DREAM OF A SUMMER RESORT
15   A TOWN HALL FOR ALL
16   FAIRY LAKE: FIRE AND ICE
17   WHEN BASEBALL REIGNED
18   RACE TO RESCUE THE RICHIE
19   ARCHIE PERKINS' 40 YEARS IN BUSINESS
20   AL McGUIRE, AUCTIONEER
21   JOHN WEICHEL, HISTORIAN
22   IN PRAISE OF SOUTHAMPTON'S BEACH
23   SHIPWRECK ON THE BEACH—HERITAGE RESURRECTED
24   LIGHTHOUSE SHOWS THE WAY—HERITAGE RESTORED
Epilogue: GOLDEN THREADS
Appendix A: Legacy of the 150th anniversary—heritage preserved
Appendix B: Articles in the 2008 Shoreline Beacon—heritage published Appendix C: Local newspapers on microfilm
Appendix D: Topics in the Weichel research binders
Photo Credits
Sources
Index


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Southampton Vignettes:
    a brief history of a
    Lake Huron town,

    2nd ed.
ISBN 978-0-9809468-8-8
134 pp., 140 illustrations,
    bibliography, index
$25, from Robin Hilborn,
    Box 1203, Southampton
    ON  N0H 2L0
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