City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . y in BritishNorth America, was made in the fall of 1826,by Peter McGregor, who erected a log exact location is a question of humanmemory, never to be absolutely dependedupon. Hon. G. J. Goodhue, in his later years,was convinced it was on Talbot street,between York and King, but the bulk of located nearly three-quarters of a milebelow The Forks. There a Mr. Apple-garth had erected a very comfortable loghouse, plowed some ten acres of the riverflats, and undertook to raise hemp for theEnglish market, a bounty
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . y in BritishNorth America, was made in the fall of 1826,by Peter McGregor, who erected a log exact location is a question of humanmemory, never to be absolutely dependedupon. Hon. G. J. Goodhue, in his later years,was convinced it was on Talbot street,between York and King, but the bulk of located nearly three-quarters of a milebelow The Forks. There a Mr. Apple-garth had erected a very comfortable loghouse, plowed some ten acres of the riverflats, and undertook to raise hemp for theEnglish market, a bounty being paid at thattime to encourage its growth. For somereason, never explained, Applegarth left, andthe land with all its improvements becamethe property of Walter Nixon. Until thesurvey of the town site, that was the highroad from Westminster to London. Imme-diately after the first settlement commencedin the village, the steep hill west of West-minster bridge was graded so as to permitteams to pass up and down. The Wharnclifferoad was surveyed in 1831. After the build-. jrJi^^ ^ 3£y ^r VIEW FROM CRICKET SQUARE, SHOWING PINE STUMP FENCE, 1860.
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