A Brief Historical Summary of Information Places and People
| This brief summary
of historical information was developed in 1977 by a committee consisting
of Glen Gough, Harold Taylor and Harvey Blair, who researched the early
building sites and business locations of Pickford. They have developed
historical marker signs at each location to help chart the community’s
100 years of progress.
More detailed information can be found in “A History of Pickford Area Pioneer Families, 1973” and “The Pioneer News”. |
Who, What, When, Where …
Pickford’s original area survey was done by John Mullet in 1845. He began his work on April first and had completed the job by July of that year. He marked the section lines and put in the corner post.
Shortly after the Civil War, in the year 1877, James Clegg, John Crawford and William Gough came to a wooded, remote valley called Munuscong and picked spots to make the homes. They returned to Canada, and upon returning the next year found that Charley Pickford had taken up residence on some of the land they had chosen, thus Charley Pickford gave his name to what was a few years later a tiny cluster of frame buildings on a muddy street. Shortly after came the Taylors, Greens, Millers, Raynards, Bests, Wilsons, Quinells, Harrisons, Ryes, Morrisions, Hannahs, and many others.
Most of these names are still with the town, and many descendants of these early pioneers still operate the business places and farms, walk the same streets and live on the same land as their hardy ancestors.
Pickford isn’t made up of skyscrapers or towering buildings; it is just
a friendly community consisting of neighborly inhabitants. Located
twenty four miles south of Sault Ste. Marie, and eleven miles north of
Cedarville. Pickford has a population of approximately 700 people.
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