Communication

1972 — 228 pages including numerous black and white photographs. Published to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the settlement of the community and the sixtieth anniversary of the Kars Branch of the Women's Institute. Chapters include: The Land Settlement and Roger Stevens; Richard Garlick and the Lumbermen; The Pioneer Settlers 1820-1830; The Wharfinger and the Rideau 1830-1850; Migration and Immigration; A Rural Community; The Village of Wellington 1850-1860; Communication and Concern 1850-1860; School Days; Rafts and River Boats; Keeping the Farm. Average wear to covers. Contents clean and unmarked but for gift inscription atop decorated front flyleaf. Solid copy of this excellent and rare slice of Ontario history. Book