Melancthon
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James Beachell opened the area's first tavern and hotel. He later went on to become the first Reeve of the Township of Melancthon and first Warden of Grey County.
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William Silk, an early Melancthon settler., miller and carpenter.
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The Orange Lodge and the Gravel Road Cemetery.
Into the High County
The Gravel Road Cemetery. The tombstones were all crammed together in an insensitive manner when the highway was enlarged
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Another view of the Gravel Road Cemetery
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The building, once the site of James Brown's post office, was demolished in 2007,
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St, Patrick's Roman Catholic Church is all the remains of Melancthon's early days. The church remains in operation.
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A side view of church.
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The cemetery beside the Roman Catholic Church
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The cemetery beside the Roman Catholic Church
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The cemetery beside the Roman Catholic Church
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The cemetery beside the Roman Catholic Church
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A religious cairn beside the church
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The cemetery beside the Roman Catholic Church
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Abandoned house in Melancthon
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Abandoned house
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Interior of an abandoned house
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Interior of an abandoned house
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Interior of an abandoned house
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Interior of an abandoned house
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Interior of an abandoned house
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Abandoned house
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Yard beside abandoned house
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Stone foundation likely from a farm building
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Stone foundation wall and the usual debris and old tires that one finds in these sites.
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Stone foundation wall
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Stone foundation wall
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Abandoned farm building
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