Moreston Heritage Village Open for the Summer
Every summer, Grey County’s past blossoms into vibrant colours in Moreston Heritage Village. Beginning in the pioneer Log Cabin, a journey through Moreston takes visitors on an adventure from the
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1854 Railroad Petition: The Start of a Long and Arduous Journey
On June 27, 2015 an exhibit entitled Arrivals and Departures: The CPR in Grey County opens at Grey Roots Museum & Archives.
Millions of Cigars Left Owen Sound Prior to 1931
When I am walking home from downtown in Owen Sound, I often pass a building that once produced a product I would never want to use, and yet I sometimes wish that I could hop into my time machine (w
Eight Years of Amazing Research: Heritage Fair at Grey Roots
Since 2008 when the Heritage Fairs program, then Histor!ca Fair, started at Grey Roots over 2000 local Grey-Bruce students have participated in the program.
Archives Awareness Week
There is hardly a topic for conversation that can arouse greater division than politics. So it is, so it will be, and, apparently, so it has always been.
1851 Correspondence to George Snider, Crown Land Agent: Petition from Artemesia Township Black Settlers
Last November, the Archives was fortunate to receive an extensive collection of letters, donated by Bill Henry.
War-Time Memories of the Owen Sound Area – Circa 1915
- year “1915” is on my mind today.
The F.T. Hill & Co. Store
The F.T. Hill & Co.
Moreston by Candlelight
As an adult, sometimes it’s hard to remember the feelings of joy and wonder you experienced as a child at Christmas time, when everything was magical and anything was possible.
A Marking Sampler by Anna Gray 1853
Something new to Grey Roots is a cross-stitch embroidery marking sampler, signed “Anna Gray 1853”. The natural linen ground has a basted and whipstitched hem, while the right edge is
A Story of Dedication and Love – Mrs. Eaton and Her Volunteers at the Canadian Greys’ Rooms
There is an interesting story that must not be forgotten, and it is the one of Mrs.
Douglas Letters – The Sequel
In February of this year, the Archives posted a blog about the oldest item in our Collection
