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Trek of the Conestoga

Description
Creator
Hunsberger Photos, St. Jacobs, Ontario
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
Horse-drawn conestoga wagon arriving at Doon Memorial Tower in Kitchener after travelling from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Mennonites from Lancaster settling in Waterloo County. To the left is a 1914 car and four police in historic uniforms provided by city of Kitchener as an escort for the wagon in Waterloo County.
Notes
The Doon Memorial Tower was erected on an acre of land located on the old Betzner homestead, chosen partly because of the existence there of an old graveyard. It was built by the Waterloo County Pioneers' Memorial Association formed in 1923 as a tribute to the early Mennonite settlers of the area. The monument is constructed of field stones in a Swiss style to commemorate the Switzerland heritage of many of these families.
See Waterloo Historical Society journal, Volume 40, 1953.
Inscriptions
Printed at the bottom; "Hunsberger".
Date of Original
30 June 1952
Date Of Event
30 June 1952
Dimensions
Width: 36 cm
Height: 31 cm
Image Dimensions
Image Width: 19cm
Image Height: 24cm
Subject(s)
Local identifier
L-2-9
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.4501 Longitude: -80.48299
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