by Jean Turnbull Elford (1982) Beginning with British rule in the northern part of this continent, land was acquired from the Indians as it was needed for new settlers. Because of legislation passed in 1763, no Indian band forfeited their land without their own and the Crown’s consent. The Indians [...]
by Mike Bradley (2015) Poets in the 1800s were the rock stars of today. One of the biggest was Walt Whitman, whose most famous and controversial poetry collection was Leaves of Grass. He started writing Leaves of Grass in the early 1850s and was still working on and revising the [...]
by John C. Carter, special to The Observer Headlines in the July 10, 1838 edition of the Sandwich Western Herald said it all: “Piratical Doings on the River St. Clair.” Editor Henry Grant vividly described an attack made upon Sombra on June 28 by what he called “Pirates-Rebels.” This was [...]
