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    These high-resolution photographs are only a few of close to 200 that were taken by BP Imaging for the Town of Oakville in 2005. Town of Oakville Heritage Planning has shared these as well as another

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    June 1, 1983 - Ellis Davenport & his 1988 Pontiac Firebird, Southeast Corner.

    Aerial view of Wettlaufer farmland on Burnhamthorpe Rd., looking North.

    This intersection was called Post's Corners, later Postville.

    Back lane on the Wilson farm in Sheridan, Trafalgar Township. The farm was south of what is now the Queen Elizabeth Way.

    In 1857, the village name was changed from Hammondville to Sheridan in honour of the Irish playwright, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Information is taken from "Thy Humble Dwelling: a History of Sheridan

    Early land registry records and Trafalgar census records from 1851, 1871, 1881 use the family surname spelling, "Hagar". However, the 1861 census and the family gravestones in the Palermo cemetery us

    The 1881 Census spelling of Post is "Poast". Thompson Egbert, son of Ephraim and Jane, is listed as "Thomas" and in the 1871 Census, Ephraim is spelled "Ephrom". A relay of horses was kept at the Inn

    We originally thought the men were working on Trafalgar Road so we first gave this record the title of "Pulling Stone for Trafalgar Road". In 2016, we learned the road was actually Highway 25, now Br

    Road Grader Being Pulled By A Steam Tractor, 1913.

    Road spraying machines were used to spray the gravel roads with water in order to keep the dust to a minimum. This photo is from sometime between 1910 and 1919.

    George Wettlaufer had been born in Perth County and kept a general store at Hawksville in Waterloo County before moving to farm in Trafalgar Township on the 2nd Concession and Highway 25. (In modern

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    For further information about the house, click on the link to the undated Town of Oakville Heritage Assessment Report for the property. This is underneath the photograph, under "Other Web Sites". The

    The newspaper text and 2nd photo of the teams at the quarry are not included here. They are shown on page 57 of the Nelson Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History in Halton Images, linked to this record

    Family member Neil Hoover has created a website, linked here with his permission, so you can explore the Alton, Hardy and Wilson family heritage further. Click on the link "Alton-Hardy-Wilson" to the