Famous Residents (past and Present)
- David Willson, founder of the Children of Peace.
- Ebenezer Doan, Master Builder of the Temple
- Samuel Lount, organizer of the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion.
- John Candy, actor and comedian
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or residents:
“Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)