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Peru Past and Its Claim to Halton County Fame
Hatton's Pages recalls Peru in Esquesing Township once rivaling Milton as a county town, driven by early industries from a limekiln to a tannery and soap works. It chronicles the Center and Robertson families, the Sixteen Mile Creek setting, a notable sculpted stone house, and Edwin Robertson's Moose River Mine heroism, underscoring Peru as birthplace to several prominent figures and local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Esquesing
Milton
William
Socrates
Dan McGibbon
Tees
McGibbon
McGibbons
Judah Center
Center Farm
John King
George Pearson
J. Neilson
Hill
Duncan Robertson
Robertson
Stuart
Duncan
Chicago
Donald
Edwin
Ernest
Alexander
England
Lillian Robertson
Toronto
Isabel
Edwin Robertson
Moose River
Halton
William Anderson
Canada
Scotland
U.P
Mansewood
Lizzie
Robertson and McConnell
Milton Brick
Brickyard Company
Toronto Island