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👀 Explore Heritage Cavan Monaghan…Maplehurst, 60 King Street East, Millbrook ON
About this pro …
perty: Thomas Christopher Kells, tanner and currier, purchased this property in 1827. He played a prominent role in the early development of the village and township, being instrumental in naming the village and establishing agricultural fairs that positioned Millbrook as the township’s market town. This section of King Street was known for some time as Kells Street…read more by clicking the link!
👉 Discover the Refreshed MCHS Website: https://millbrookcavanhs.org/maplehurst/
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🕵️♂️ Let’s travel back in time to…January 1947! Check out these prices from Medd’s Gro …
ceteria. Post-WWII inflation was rampant due to shortages of food, fuel, and all kinds of consumer products. War-ravaged Europe and Japan could not produce enough goods for their own people, much less for export, which caused the inflationary climate to persist into peace-time.
Thank you to Dan for providing this gem from the MCHS Archive, which is generously housed at Cavan Monaghan Libraries – CMLibraries.
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The Millbrook Post Office…it’s changed some, but it’s stayed the same in many important ways. Can …
you spot the differences between the two photos?
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☀️ Good morning Cavan Monaghan! ☀️
📸 Thank you to Lester Balajadia Photography for this …
beautiful photo of our Needlers’ Mill.
About Needlers’ Mill
Millbrook was settled around the original mill on the site, built by John and James Deyell in the early 1820s. Mills were the economic engine that drove the development of the area, with as many as 30 mills throughout what is now Cavan Monaghan Township producing everything from flour, oatmeal and livestock feed to lumber, cane and wool.
Deyell’s Mill burned down in 1857, and was replaced with an impressive three-storey structure by the new owner of the site, Walker Needler, who also owned a large mill upstream, built in 1830 by Adam Scott. When the thriving Needler’s Mill in Millbrook was destroyed by fire in 1908, a portion of that Adam Scott mill was brought from Cedar Valley to Millbrook. The grist (flour) mill operated right up until the early 1960s. A sawmill was added in 1922 and operated until 1957.
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We’re excited to announce that 4th Line Theatre is now a Gold-Level Sponsor! We have been supported …
by this generous organization in a variety of ways over the years and we are grateful for their continued partnership in this new capacity. Please consider supporting those that support MCHS!
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