@article{414, keywords = {Community histories, Reminiscences, Government Municipal, Occupations, Mennonites}, author = {A. Allan}, title = {Reminiscences of early Waterloo}, abstract = {An historical sketch of Waterloo County during the second half of the nineteenth century, including references to the communities of Freeport, Blair, Ayr, Doon, Preston and Berlin and to community leaders such as Jonathan B. Bowman, James Cowan, Absalom Shade, Jacob Hespeler, Joseph Sherk, John Betzner, George Clemens, the Brickers, the Hilkers, Charles and William Hendry, Frederick Guggisberg, William Dickson and Rev. John Bayne.}, year = {1925}, journal = {Waterloo Historical Society}, volume = {13}, number = {Journal Article}, pages = {139-143. ill., }, }