Beginning with the story of a famous wild west sharp shooter who may or may not have been in Collingwood, we turn our attention to several of our own wild west originals, who called Collingwood home when it was a rough and tumble frontier town and the gateway to the wild, wild west. We talk about Kitty and her darn motorcycle as a reminder that there is always more to the story of a person’s (or town’s) life than what you see today. And finally we invite you the listeners to join with us in celebrating two recent good news stories from the museum. 

March Madness is over and out of all the very worthy contenders our own artifact and story about Nurse Dawson has come out victorious. You can find the link to all the videos on our facebook page: www.facebook.com/collingwoodmuseum.  

And lastly, this podcast has been honoured to be included in Feedspot’s list of top Canadian History Podcasts. You can find all the great podcasts (ours included) at: https://blog.feedspot.com/canada_history_podcasts/

Episode Picture:

The International Hotel before 1875 [Collingwood Museum Collection X970.916.1]

Research:

Barbara Arp, ed., Reflections An Historical Anthology of Collingwood (Collingwood: The Corporation of the Town of Collingwood, 1983), 3, 15, 17, 191.

Cotton, Larry. Whiskey and Wickedness, vol. 4, Town of Collingwood, Angus, Stayner, Creemore, Wasaga Beach and Clearview Township, Ontario 1830 to 1900. (Deep River: Larry D. Cotton Associates Limited, 2005), 98.

Shaw, Melissa. “Annie Oakley came to Collingwood's fair in 1898 ... maybe” CollingwoodToday.ca, December 1, 2019. https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/remember-this/annie-oakley-came-to-collingwoods-fair-in-1898-maybe-1892375