decade 1850s

John Raeside Gemmill and the Sarnia Observer

by George Mathewson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) John Raeside Gemmill had lofty hopes when he started (the Observer). From a home-based printing plant at Davis and Christina streets he cranked out a lively weekly that struck a chord immediately. Within a month, one of every 12 residents in the [...]

Ron Smith2015-08-23T01:27:31-04:00June 22nd, 2015|Comments Off

First Council Meeting

by Dan McCaffery for the Sarnia Observer (2003) The first meeting of Sarnia council had all the earmarks of a Laurel and Hardy movie. It happened in 1857, four years after the Observer was founded, when the community’s population surpassed 1,000, allowing it to move up from ‘village’ to ‘town’ [...]

Gordon Hannan2019-03-22T09:54:57-04:00May 31st, 2015|Comments Off

Previous 34