|
Reverend Smart
William Smart came to Canada from England when he was 23 years
old. He arrived in Brockville in October 1811 and immediately
began to organize his congregation. He held his first services
in the new District of Johnstown Courthouse. By July 9, 1814,
his first church was built on in Brockville. The present church,
built in 1879, is the third one built on this site.
Charles Luckey
Charlie Luckey was born in 1867 on his family farm in Newbliss.
When he was 26 years old a terrible crime was committed. On December
14, 1893, he became the last man to be hung in Brockville, as
he was accused and convicted of murdering his family.
Professor Squires
On Dominion Day, 1874, Professor Squires, the notable aeronaught
from New York, came to Brockville to demonstrate an amazing new
device - the helium balloon. Swarms of people gathered in and
around Courthouse Green to watch as Professor Squired ascended
in his balloon. Unfortunately, a gust of wind blew it off course
and the balloon was caught on the spire of Wall Street United
Church.
Mrs. Kincaid of the I.O.D.E.
On August 19. 1912, the General Brock chapter of the Imperial
Order of the Daughters of the Empire, presented a monument of
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock to the town of Brockville. Located
on Courthouse Green, the monument marked the centennial anniversary
of the Generals death. The bronze bust and granite base were built
by Ottawa sculptor Hamilton McCarthy and took seven years to complete.
Brockville Trust Bank Robbery
During the late evening of May 3rd, 1958, three men entered the
Fulford Building through a side door. With drills and picks the
three men broke through three solid brick walls and a half- inch
thick steel wall of the north wall of the main vault. They gathered
every piece of jewelry, cash and bonds possible. Upon escape Rene
Martin left his bank book behind in the bank. On May 5th, Martin
was cornered in the streets of Montreal and arrested.
William Comstock
William Comstock began to manufacture patent medicine in Brockville
in 1854. His Brockville factory was located in the Comstock Building
on Courthouse Avenue. His firm produced Dead Shot Worm Pellets,
McKenzie's Dead Shot Worm Candy, and most famous of all, Dr. Morris's
Indian Root Pills.
Who was William Comstock's strongest local competition in the
patent medicine industry? George T.
Fulford, who made Pink Pills
for Pale People.
The Brockville Infantry Company (1862)
A volunteer militia infantry company was formed in Brockville
in 1862 by Captain Jacob Buell. In June of 1866 Irish-American
Fenians raided across the Niagara River into Ontario and from
Vermont into Quebec. Premier John A. Macdonald called out the
militia soldiers to protect Canada. The Infantry Company and Brockville
Rifles were called upon to protect Brockville.
MORE
— HISTORY TIDBITS
BACK
TO TOP
|
