TY - GRANT KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Land surveys KW - Land surveyors KW - Land speculation KW - Land sales KW - Land grants KW - Settlers KW - Rivers and streams KW - War 1812 KW - Land patents KW - Farm machinery KW - Farmers KW - Land development KW - Mills KW - Railways KW - Agriculture KW - Bridges KW - Dams KW - Industries KW - Rebellion 1837-1838 KW - Women's Institutes KW - Government United Canada KW - Government Provincial KW - Transportation KW - United Empire Loyalists KW - Drainage KW - Economic conditions KW - Education KW - Writers KW - Electricity KW - Engineers KW - Telephone systems KW - Communication AU - Mabel Dunham AB - A popular account of the history of the valley, by the former chief librarian of Kitchener Public Library. The treatment of the Indians of the Six Nations by land speculators, the arrival of the pioneers, and the development of the area into a modern industrial society are all vividly described. The book is illustrated with drawings by Edward Cleghorn. C1 - Dickson, William; Beasley, Richard; Clarke, Thomas; Johnson, Pauline; Jones, Augustus; Shade, Absalom; Galt, John; Gourlay, Robert; Beck, Adam; Snider, E.W.B.; Detweiler, D.B. C2 - Six Nations Indians; Canada Company; German Company; Grand River Navigation Co. C3 - Grand River Valley C3 -Grand River C3 -Block Number 1 C3 -Block Number 2 C3 -Block Number 3 C3 -Galt C3 -Preston C3 -Hespeler C3 -Waterloo C3 -Berlin C3 -Dumfries Tp C3 -Woolwich Tp C3 -Huron Road C3 -Waterloo Tp C4 - 1800-1910 C7 - Unknown(0) CY - Toronto DP - Bloomfield, Elizabeth. Waterloo County to 1972: an annotated bibliography of regional history. Kitchener : Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1993 ID - 1024 LA - English M1 - Generic M3 - Print(0) PB - McClelland and Stewart PP - Toronto PY - 1945 EP - 299 p. ill. EP - bibl. EP - index+ T1 - Grand River ER -