Tally-Ho:
ORIGINAL NAME IRON BRIDGE
by: KAY GRIGG
It was almost one hundred years ago when a few families sailed up the Miss-issagi River (Indian name for Big Outlet) to settle in this little community to clear and cultivate the land. Previous to 1879 it was the happy hunting ground of the Indian in his nearby settlement, but the Taits and the Tullochs were the first to brave the primitive living conditions and name it Tally Ho.
Soon they were followed by the War-nocks, Aliens, Nicholsons, Gardiners and Forrests, although the late Isaac Nicholson had previously visited the area when he had been engaged in survey work a few years before.
The late Alex Tulloch was known to be the first white child born in what was to become Gladstone township and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Etta Kane who is now a resident of the village, claims the honours of being the first in nearly Day township. Bamagesic and Vincent (pronounced Vas-saw at that time) were the familiar Indian names in those days and no doubt manv of the settlers learned many skills and home remedies from them. The first mail delivery was by boat up the river from Blind River.
One can only marvel at their ability to progress when we look at the stately structure of the old bridge still standing which was their first great accomplishment across the river. An old wooden bridge was the original structure. In 1886 when the first steel one was built, these folks had no idea of the strength of such a structure and notices were hosted either end of the bridge statins: that "any vehicle travelling across any faster than a walk would be prosecuted". It has since survived without a groan, the many tons of steel, cement and other equipment, transported to Sault Ste. Marie from eastern Ontario until 1949 when the Department of Highways saw fit to remove the bottleneck in the highway and built a	new one, just south on Highway 17.  When the Postmaster General felt the necessity of a Post Office to serve the area in 1882, he felt the need of a new name for the little community. As a tribute to the new bridge, the village was named Iron Bridge. The village was not incorporated until the year 1959.__
The late Robert Arnill and Harry Sar-geant were the first hotel and store keepers and both buildings remain standing. The late Thomas Grigg who bought the Sargeant property made a great ueai of extension to his buildings and he was the first switchboard operator when the need for a telephone was realized. He was also the owner of the first radio in the area.
So Tally Ho as many would like to recall has grown from these few families to 800 and to an era when the daily -chores can almost be accomplished by the touch of a button. Gone too, are the trips to town with the washtubs of freshly churned butter and the pails of fresh eggs to trade for the yeast cake which would produce the old fashioned aroma of fresh bread or for the purchase of the yards of lace which went into the fancy petticoats of yesteryear.	1 
The original name of the town was TALLY HO, as it was a meeting place of the lumberjacks of those years. In the spring the woodsman would come out of the bush to TALLY up with their employer's for their winter work.
	This was done by means of a stick on which 
cross notches were cut, and then split longitudinally — one half kept by each party, and the date written on each portion of the stick.
In 1886, the Postal authorities felt the name TALLY HO rather undignified, and suggested the name of IRON BRIDGE as the new bridge had been completed in that year. The name was adopted, and the town has been known as that ever since.