This week Kate talks about early Haliburton County Schools, an 18 year old teacher - Lola Chaney - and some early students. Plus Paul talks about William Nielson Edward Hall - the first Black person, first Nova Scotian and third Canadian to receive a Victoria Cross medal for military valour. It was awarded for action in India during the 1857 Indian Rebellion.

This week Kate talks about Ebenezer Hunter who emigrated from Scotland and eventually settled on Eagle Lake in the 1890's. And built a somewhat imposing - for the times - 3 story home. Plus Paul talks about Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans - 2 gentlemen inventors from Toronto who patented an incandescent light bulb in 1874. They never received the credit they deserved. Their patent was bought by Thomas Edison who used it to create his version of an incandescent light bulb years later.

This week Kate talks about the Irwin's who were early cottagers (1920's) on Boshkung Lake in Haliburton County plus Paul talks about Colonel John By, the construction of the Rideau Canal in the late 1820's and the origins of Canada's capital city - Ottawa.

This week Kate and Paul talk about James Brown - an early settler (1870's) in Haliburton County plus a Canadian connection to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.

Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto and was first developed in the mid-1800's. This week Kate and Paul talk about the American colony on Moore Lake in the late 1800's plus the first Trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1919 - only 16 years after the Wright brother's first flight.