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COOKSVILLE: VILLAGE OF THE PAST. by Weeks, Verna Mae - 1996

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COOKSVILLE: VILLAGE OF THE PAST. by Weeks, Verna Mae - 1996

COOKSVILLE: VILLAGE OF THE PAST.

by Weeks, Verna Mae

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Mississauga, Ontario: Verna Mae Weeks, 1996. 315 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs, reproductions. "The village of Cooksville (now part of the city of Mississauga), located on the Dundas Highway, was once considered the liveliest village between Toronto and Hamilton, until a terrible fire occurred there a century-and-a-half ago, on the 26th of May, 1852. Six days later, the headlines written by a reporter of 'The Toronto Globe', declared: 'The Village of Cooksville Destroyed! A Whole Village in Ruins! What an Awful Spectacle!' But the village grew up again ---." Contents: Introduction; The Soldier Settler; Jacob Cook; The Chateau Clair Vine-yards; Drilling for Oil and Gas; A Century-and-a-Half Ago; The Great Fire; The Hotels of Cooksville; The Corner Store; The Village Tradesmen; The Schiller Stores; The Butcher Shops; The Bakeries; The Pharmacies; A Farming Community; The Town Hall; The Cooksville Fall Fair; Cooksville School Section No.2; Village Sports; The Railway Station; Paving the Highways; The Cooksville Brick Yard; Cooksville Post Office; Peel's First Female Lawyer; The Churches; Rosemount Farm; The Doctors; The Bush Pilot; Loyal Orange Lodge; The Cooksville's Women's Institute; The Cherry Hill House; Franze Drive; People of the Past; The Storm; The Volunteer Fire Brigade; 1st Cooksville Scouts and Guides; News and Views; Thoughts of Today. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor lean to book.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+.
  • Bookseller Capricorn Books CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Paperback
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good+
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Paperback
  • ISBN 10 0969130171
  • ISBN 13 9780969130178
  • Publisher Verna Mae Weeks
  • Place of Publication Mississauga, Ontario
  • Date Published 1996
  • Keywords Cooksville, Ontario, Local history, Mississauga, Chateau Clair Vineyards, Oil, Gas, Fires, Schiller, Farming, Fall Fairs, Sports, Railway stations, Brick Yard, Peel County, Rosemount Farm, Bush pilots, Loyal Orange Lodge, Women's Institute, Franze,

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COOKSVILLE: Village of the Past

by Weeks, Verna Mae

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9780969130178
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Mississauga, Ontario: Self Published , 1996. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A history of the Ontario community located on the Dundas Highway (Dundas and Hurontario Streets) between Hamilton & Toronto. Glossy, illustrated wraps. 315 pages with archival, B&W photos and B&W illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slight corner wear
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