by admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Historical Analysis
In the 1920s the Town of Palmerston was in its prime, the archetypal railroad town. At one point, forty trains per day passed by the station and the under the old iron bridge during their trans-Ontario journey towards Listowel and Harriston. At the time, it seemed as...
by admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Historical Analysis
The election of the Perth provincial representative received extensive coverage in the Palmerston Observer for the better part of two months in 1943, with articles spanning the dates of July 8 to September 2. Although it was impossible to know at the time, the Second...