The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, province of Ontario, Canada /cby Norman Robertson . not excelled by others in any part of the , one of its farms (that of the late Andrew Waechter) carriedoff the gold medal in 1891 as the best farm within the four counties ofHuron. Perth, Wellington and Bruce. The first lands in Brant opened for settlement were the * freegrants, consisting of the first and second concessions north andsouth of the Duiham Eoad. These were olfered on the conditions tobe found in Appendix E, in June, 1849. All the lots on t
The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, province of Ontario, Canada /cby Norman Robertson . not excelled by others in any part of the , one of its farms (that of the late Andrew Waechter) carriedoff the gold medal in 1891 as the best farm within the four counties ofHuron. Perth, Wellington and Bruce. The first lands in Brant opened for settlement were the * freegrants, consisting of the first and second concessions north andsouth of the Duiham Eoad. These were olfered on the conditions tobe found in Appendix E, in June, 1849. All the lots on these fourconcessions were taken u]) before the rest of tlie township, which con-sisted of •scbool lands, whicli were offered for sale on August 5th,]8ol.^ Tbc ))iic( asked l)y tbc (io\(.rnment for school lands was Xanicd lifter tho celebrated Indian chief, .Joseph Brant, or Tliayen-danegea. -See A|)|)endix H. The first purchaser under this sale was \Vm. Mills,for lota 34 and 35, concession 3, on .August lith, 1S51. The firstpatent was issued to .Tulin Eckfonl. on March 5tli, 1S52, for lot 1, con-cession (). 278. tFFiff:^^ PIONEERS 281 twelve shilliugs aud sixpence ($) per acre, a figure subsequentlyreduced to ten shillings. The reader is referred back to Chapter 11. forinformation relating to the survey of the township and to Chapters XXI. for information as to the very earliest of the pioneers whotook up free grants lots. They certainly endured hardships unknown tothose who went into the bush in 1853 and 1854, little as the authorwould minimize what the latter had to endure. In 1849 and 1850, ofroads or bridges there were none; of saw and grist mills, as well as post-offices, none were nearer than Durham. These disadvantages weremuch reduced in 1853, when the last large inflow of settlers to landsin Brant occurred. Of the early pioneers, not elsewhere named, wasWilliam Smith (now residing in Manitoba), who entered the town-shiy of Brant in 1849, the first
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