Haunted Barns! Part 2 PRESENCES INSPIRE PRESERVATION by Peter Roe It has often been noted that ghosts haunt any location where life has existed,… Continue reading “Haunted Barns! Part 2”…
Haunted Barns! Part 1 by Richard Palmisano. Nothing defines a farm from any other property then that of the majestic barn. The command-and-control centre… Continue reading “Haunted Barns! Part 1”…
A Great Drive to See Log Barns by Jon Radojkovic Radojkovic, OBP Director I was happy when I saw the first log barn. I had expected to… Continue reading “A Great Drive to See Log Barns ”…
The Canada Farmer, 1864 by Diana Macdonald While doing research in The Canada Farmer, a fortnightly news journal printed in Toronto, from 1864 (slowing… Continue reading “The Canada Farmer, 1864”…
Barn Records and History I learned to start snooping around the barns for notes and records and found that they could be in the strangest places. Continue reading “Barn Records and History”…
Building a Log Barn in 1840’s Nottawasaga by Jim Campbell, OBP Vice President, Duntroon. In the early 1900’s my great-great-grandfather, Donald Blair, with only a Grade 3… Continue reading “Building a Log Barn in 1840’s Nottawasaga”…
Hay Trolley Hay Trolleys in the barn and restored as a collectors piece. Continue reading “Hay Trolley”…
The Return of the Barn Swallows Excerpts of an email to OBP by member Ted Spearing, edited by Jim Campbell I’m writing back in response to… Continue reading “The Return of the Barn Swallows”…
A Word of Caution by John Uren Some words of caution to your readers. It’s easy to assume, as I did, that if the… Continue reading “A Word of Caution”…
The Sad Remains of a Barn in Southern Ontario by Laura Brown, OBP Member and Our Stellar Volunteer Hello, my name is Laura Brown. I took these photos of… Continue reading “The Sad Remains of a Barn in Southern Ontario”…