Follow the links below to discover the rich history of the Town of Perth: A Brief History of the Founding of Perth and Neighbouring Townships Life in Early Perth (short history) Sources of Historical Material on Early Perth and the Area History Books and Papers on Perth and Area Map of Perth 1863 Perth Regional Heritage Fair Field of Blood, Locating the Site of the Last Fatal Duel Perth Designated Historic Buildings (0.7 Mb PDF) Archaeological examination of the old St. Andrews Church Site (4.4 Mb PDF) Cycling in Perth and Area, Past & Present (0.3 Mb PDF) Civilian Settlers to the Perth Area, and their ships; 1816-1819 (0.1 Mb PDF) Civilian Settlers to the Perth Area, and their ships; 1816-1819 (0.2 Mb XLS) The Story of the Tayside Textiles Mill/Perth Carpet Factory (0.2 Mb PDF) Key Dates in the Founding of the Perth Military Settlement (0.75 Mb PDF) The Post-War Settlement and Founding of North Grenville, 1814-1820 FEW PLACES MORE DISADVANTAGED - The Crown & Clergy Reserve Dispute THE DEVIL VISITS DRUMMOND TOWNSHIP - Canada's First Mass Murder THE THIRD WAVE - The Lanark 'Society Settlers' UNTIMELY DEMISE - Death and Injury at Early Perth MYTH OF THE PERTH 'SCOTS' SETTLEMENT VOYAGE OF THE IMMIGRANT SHIP ATLAS MECKLENBURG TO LANARK - An Administrative Evolution LA GRIPPE - The Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919 MASTERS & SERVANTS - Runaway Apprentices & Housemaids ULTIMATE PENALTY OF THE LAW - The Death Penalty at Perth William Lee's Family History - The Lee Family's Arrival in the Perth Military Settlement, 1816 Liberal in Opinion and Broad in his Views, James Shaw (1798-1878) Thomas Scott - Opening the North-West Lumber Baron - Peter McLaren Livingstones of Lanark The Story of the Ontario Women's Institutes The Black Presence at Perth, 1816-1926 Dominion Day at Perth, 1867 The Wildfires of 1870 Streetcar Pioneer: George Ephraim Patterson (1838-1927) The Perth Railway Station (1859-1979) E.J. Robertson - Man of Fleet Street Knight of the Realm When Lyon fell by Wilson's Hand Clonmel Dueling Code Advice to Emigrants (1832) First Woman at The Polls Klan Gathering Yonder One Knight Girt With Sword A History of Perth in Verse, from the Perth Courier Johanna 'Joan' Matheson - Nurse in the Northwest Rebellion Merchant House of A. Meighen & Brothers The Corporation Baby Memories of the Great War by Murray Walker On the Way to Berlin by John Edward de Hertel