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Table of Contents Foreward Dedication 1 Chapter 1 â€"The Early Years 5 Aumick Lake Township Census for 1871 8 Map of Croft Township 1879 9 Map of Chapman Township 1879 10 Early History of the Township of Chapman 11 Recollections of Pioneer Life by Aline Felten 14 Chapter 2 -- Farming and Farm Stories 15 The Daley Farm in Croft Township 17 Grandview Farm 20 The Hoerner Farm 22 The Wm. Irwin Farm 26 The Eldon Jenkins Farm 30 The Robert Jenkins Farm 35 The Tom King Farm 38 The Levins, Miller, Cooper Farm 39 Poplar Grove Farm 41 The McAmmond Farm 43 History of Sleepy Hollow Farm 46 The Thomas Stewart Farm 53 Threshing 57 The James Wager Farm 60 Whalley Lake 62 The Thomas Whalley Farm 64 The Andrew Wylie Farm 67 The Woodruff Farm 68 The Farm History of Helen and Bill Woodruff 69 Jacob and Elizabeth Knoepfli 71 Chapter 3--"Friendly Little Mag" 72 Map of the Village 1879 73 Downtown Magnetawan 76 Magnetawan, a history by G.J. Grunig 83 Magnetawan's Answer to Canada's Callâ€"World War I 90 Magnetawan Fall Fair 94 The Powerhouse 96 Kennedy's General Store 99 The Log Cabin Club 102 Magnetawan Garage and Livery 105 Miracle in Magnetawan 106 A Winter Wedding 108 Chapter 4-Schools i