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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Map of Nineteenth-Century Newmarket | |
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| The Earliest Days | |
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| Br�l� Walked Holland Trail Four Hundred Years Ago | |
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| The Mystery of Our First Settlers | |
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| The Trading Tree | |
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| Grinding the First Bushel | |
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| The 24th Regiment of Foot Often in Newmarket | |
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| Sword Led Way to Victory on Plains of Abraham | |
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| The Real Pioneers | |
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| Beman Was a Hustler | |
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| Teenager Saved the Colony's Gold | |
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| Some Srigleys Dropped Their H | |
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| First Doctor a Mystery Man | |
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| Eli Gorham Brought His Machines with Him | |
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| First Settler's House Still on Eagle Street | |
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| Peter Robinson Was a War Hero: A Family Compact Man | |
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| Landmarks and Other Artifacts | |
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| The Pond: The Jewel Downtown | |
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| Fairy Lake and Other Local Lakes | |
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| The Vanished Communities | |
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| Road to Uxbridge Lost | |
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| First School Had Eight Pupils | |
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| Earliest Pioneers Buried on Eagle Street | |
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| Gravestone Marks Resting Place of Renowned Fur Trader | |
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| Who Were These People? | |
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| Area's First White Child: A Matter of Debate | |
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| Newmarket Storekeeper Fought Bravely in War of 1812 | |
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| Settler Had Noble Blood | |
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| Wellington Trained This Trooper Well | |
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| Washington Wanted to Hang This Pioneer Landowner | |
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| Richest of Old Stagecoach Landlords | |
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| Doctor Arrived with Shipload | |
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| Things Happen | |
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| The War of 1812 Created Prosperity | |
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| Booze to Blame for Town's First Homicide | |
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| How Agnes Defeated the Ghost | |
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| Murder Rare in Quaker Community | |
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| Switch for Oxen Grew into Giant Willow | |
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| Gifts to First Nations Distributed at Holland Landing | |
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| Stories of 1837 Rebels | |
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| Wellington Veterans Saved Lount Home | |
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| Salt Well Boon to Pioneers | |
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| Fire Brought Renewal to Colonial Main Street | |
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| In Victoria's Reign | |
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| Bogarttown: Rival for Newmarket | |
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| Mud-Brick Mansion Boasted Wine Cellar | |
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| Butcher's Fair Made Main Street a Cowtown | |
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| Water Street at the Foot of Main: An Early Industrial Area | |
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| Fur Trader Brought Seven Hundred to Party | |
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| Mansion House: A Meeting Place for Rebels | |
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| Riding Key to Fight for Responsible Government | |
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| Friends and Colleagues Until Chips Are Down | |
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| Gold on That Thar Creek | |
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| Newmarket's Fair: Biggest in the County | |
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| May 24th Just Isn't What it Used to Be | |
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| Everybody Skated on the Pond | |
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| Stranger at Station Set Off Fenian Scare | |
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| Citizens Opposed Riel | |
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| Fascinating Folks | |
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| Buffalo Bill: Almost a Newmarket Boy | |
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| First Lawyer Had Famous Name | |
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| Holland River Named for Dutch Surveyor | |
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| Bishop's Throne Now in Museum | |
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| �Fleetfoot� Corbi�re: Fastest Mailman on the Frontier | |
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| Pioneer Colonel Was Canadian-Born | |
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| Heroes Risked All to Fight Plague | |
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| Samuel Morse and His New Telegraph | |
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| Reeve Gorham Had Faced Treason Charge | |
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| Her Church Bell First Rang Her Own Funeral | |
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| Farm Boy Became Renowned Artist | |
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| Growing Into a Town | |
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| Newmarket Has Long Military History | |
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| Village Clerk Predicted Boom Times | |
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| The Era: Most Enduring of Newmarket's Newspapers | |
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| Three Generations of Canes Were Mayors | |
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| Photo May Be One of Cane's Former Slaves | |
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| Charcoal Maker Had Found Freedom in Upper Canada | |
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| Citizens Band Founded in 1872 | |
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| Pomp and Ceremony Greeted Governor General | |
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| Stickwood Brick Built Old Newmarket | |
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| Strange Societies Appeared on Great Occasions | |
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| More Life in the Nineteenth Century | |
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| Artesian Well Went Wild | |
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| Early Railway Could Have Had Its Own Lottery | |
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| Oldest Companies Started in the Mid-Nineteenth Century | |
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| Telephones Came Early | |
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| Newmarket Regatta: An Annual Event | |
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| Politicians Didn't Keep Their Promise | |
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| Glenville Once a Thriving Village | |
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| Merchant Found Shot Through the Heart | |
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| Department Store King Started on Main Street | |
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| �Old� Town Hall Really Our Third | |
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| Boer War Victory Celebration Ended With a Bang | |
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| Minnie Murdered Susie | |
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| A New Century | |
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| The 1899 Electric Train: To Toronto in an Hour | |
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| Amusement Park at Bond Lake | |
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| Area Families Colonized the West | |
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| Sir William Mulock: Father of Penny Post | |
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| Canal Almost Finished Then Abandoned | |
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| First Toronto Santa Claus Parade Started in Newmarket | |
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| Salvation Army Soldiers Took Newmarket by Storm | |
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| Gas and Oil Beneath Newmarket | |
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| Steam Whistles Sounded Daily | |
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| First Subdivision a Flop | |
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| First Hospital on Main Street | |
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| War and Depression | |
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| The 127th Was Newmarket's Battalion | |
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| Little Town Lost Eighty-Three on Europe's Battlefields | |
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| Riding Refused to Re-Elect Prime Minister | |
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| Holland Marsh Became Canada's Salad Bowl | |
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| Redmen Won the 1933 National Title | |
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| Remember the 1940s | |
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| Six Weeks to Become an Army Town | |
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| Fifth Column Scare Triggered Wartime Paranoia | |
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| Young Flyer First Lost in Action | |
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| Later in the Century | |
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| Davises Sparked Toronto's Theatre Life | |
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| Tall Tales About Past Pranks | |
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| National Film Board Documentary Focused on Citizens Band | |
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| Hagen Taught Generations of Canadian Artists | |
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| Marsh Moonshine | |
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| Women's Christian Temperance Union Thought Water Best | |
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| Race to Build First Mall | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Sources and Notes | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |