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10 years ago
EHSresearch
I wonder if Grebe Shipyard made the boats used on Riverview rides? Chute the chutes, and wasn't there a tamer one . . . Mill of the Floss maybe?
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10 years ago
EHSresearch
Hey, I just got back and I'm happy to see responses! Yes, Pulaski was 40th, was Crawford, now Pulaski. there was a "Little Red Schoolhouse" in Forest Glen in 1900s but our Forest Glen School came way before. Founded in 1846 per CHM records. Then located in Caldwell's Reserve until 1899 when CBoE moved it to Bowmanville District where classrooms were badly needed, and by this tim
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10 years ago
EHSresearch
Before it was Happy Foods, it was a Dominicks. I'm counting from 1967.
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10 years ago
EHSresearch
A one-room schoolhouse was moved from Caldwell's Reserve in 1899 to the SE corner of 40th & Peterson, schools were badly needed in that district. P. S Peterson offered the land to CBofE very reasonably. Records show it stayed at that location until 1907, then no more (at least to present, this is ongoing). In Caldwell's Reserve it was located on Leader Avenue south of Caldwell and was
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