Old timers raise doubt as to validity of elm

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Featured Link: Newmarket Era and Express, 23 Oct 1947, p. 1, column 4
Media Type: Newspaper; Text
Item Type: Articles
Description: Newmarket's old-timers doubt ancient elm tree used as bartering place in the early eighteen hundreds and as the root of Newmarket's name. Elm tree is considered one of Newmarket's best known and most controversial landmarks.
Popular legend of the origins of Newmarket; History of Newmarket
Date of Publication: 23 Oct 1947
Subject(s): Elms
Historic trees
Trees
Newmarket (Ont.)--History
Personal Name(s): Hartry, Fred ; Armitage, Silas ; Doyle, T.F. ; Robitaille, George W.
Local identifier: Ontario.News.255287
Language of Item: English
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