A free presentation will take a look at the incorporation of the Town of Tillsonburg 150 years ago and all of the events leading up to it.
TILLSONBURG - An upcoming presentation will take a look at Tillsonburg's incorporation as a town and all of the drama surrounding it.
Matthew Griffis, the Digital Literacy and Local History Technician at the Tillsonburg Branch of the Oxford County Library, says Tillsonburg was first settled as a police village in 1824 before it became a town in 1872.
"The change of status to something like a town you would think would be a welcome thing, and it was overall. But being a political decision, it wasn't without opposition and even legal problems and that is where the action-packed drama comes in."
Griffis says the decision to incorporate Tillsonburg as a town was not unanimous in the House of Assembly.
"Tillsonburg was actually not yet big enough population-wise to qualify as a town at the time, so it took some political string-pulling to get the bill through anyway. How all of that happened and who was involved will be the subject of the presentation."
Patricia Phelps, the Curator of the Annandale National Historic Site, will present all of her knowledge on the subject at the Tillsonburg library on Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The presentation will last 45 minutes and it will be followed by a question and answer period.
It's free to attend, but you have to register online here in advance. You can also call the Tillsonburg branch at 519-842-5571 to sign up.
This event is the first installment of the new Local History Speaker Series offered through the Oxford County Library.
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