Main entry:

Emo Historical Committee.

Title & Author:

The river of time : a history of Emo / [compiled by the Emo Historical Committee: Ida Olsen et al.].

Publication:

Emo, Ont. : Emo Historical Committee, ©1978.

Description:

x, 321 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Settlement -- Settlers [pioneers, pioneer life] -- Doctors -- Indian heritage [First Nations, Aboriginal or Native peoples, Indians] -- Transportation : steamboats, road building, truck road, statute labour, early road building and railroads -- Municipal development : land survey, Council of Emo, Municipal Union, secession, enlarging municipality, sidewalks, police village, quieting order -- The Emo cemetery -- Jail -- Municipal improvements -- Post Office -- Schools [education] -- Churches -- Hospitals -- Emo Public Library -- Social Activities ... i.e. Prohibition Days, Lash Women's Institute -- Sports : ball teams, hockey, curling -- Fires -- World War One : Bull Moose Battalion, World War Two, trees planted for servicemen, Royal Canadian Legion -- Agriculture ... i.e. History of farming, Aylesworth agriculture, Emo Fall Fair, etc. -- Business in Emo ... i.e. Blacksmith shop, Livery business, Prohibition Hotel, etc. -- Industry : timbering, [logging], bush camps, cheese factory, canning, mining ventures, etc. -- Folk Stories i.e. How Emo got its name -- Bits and Pieces -- At home on the trapline.

Summary:

Emo is located in Northwestern Ontario on the north side of Rainy River near Fort Frances.

ISBN:

0889250227
9780889250222

Subject:

Emo (Ont.) History.
Emo (Ont.) Biography.
Emo, Ont. Histoire.
Emo, Ont. Biographies.
Ontario Emo
Canada, Ontario, Rainy River District, Emo History.

Form/genre:

Biographies
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 132903
Call No.: ID CAN; ID:86-B7872
Status: Available