Perth East Historical Trivia

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Across
  1. 3. Early settlers tapped the sap from trees to make this sweet treat
  2. 5. This is what the land was called before it was claimed by settlers
  3. 6. This was one of the original wards that came together with neighbouring wards to create the Township of Perth East on January 1, 1998
  4. 8. Don’t blink as you drive along Line 76 at Road 136 or you’ll miss the hamlet sign named for this Scottish settler to Mornington Township
  5. 10. Millbank's famous clairvoyant
  6. 14. This was the original name of the settlement now known as Milverton
  7. 16. You will find a Catholic cemetery in this Mornington enclave but the school was closed a couple years ago
  8. 18. The cost for a night's stay at this now defunct Milverton hotel was $.25 in 1900
  9. 19. A chest produced by the Honderich Furniture Company was lined with this wood
  10. 20. This newspaper first published the news of Milverton and area in 1891
  11. 21. The Milverton Public Library was built in 1909 with funding donated by this Scottish/American philanthropist
  12. 22. This was one of the original wards that came together with neighbouring wards to create the Township of Perth East on January 1, 1998
  13. 23. The name of the company who purchased Honderich Industries in 1969
Down
  1. 1. This was one of the original wards that came together with neighbouring wards to create the Township of Perth East on January 1, 1998
  2. 2. This Prime Minister signed the guest book at the Milverton Library on July 25, 1961
  3. 4. The building that now houses the Kindred Credit Union was once a grocery store bearing this family name
  4. 7. The home at 46 Main Street South in Milverton was built by this family
  5. 8. Wood ashes fired in a pot over great heat created this commodity that was used to make soap
  6. 9. Adam West purchased his farm for a pair of ____?
  7. 11. This man is considered the first white man to have settled in the Township of Mornington in 1842 (6 years before the area was surveyed)
  8. 12. The earliest settlers of Mornington Township emigrated to Canada from this country
  9. 13. This was one of the original wards that came together with neighbouring wards to create the Township of Perth East on January 1, 1998
  10. 15. Adam West is credited with building the first shanty in what is now the Village of Milverton. Where was he born?
  11. 17. This is the name of the intersection between Newton and Milverton that now hosts a flashing light
  12. 18. The picnic shelter in the park behind Milverton Public School was built in 1967 to commemorate this national achievement