Precedented Times: The 1916 Polio Outbreak in Hullett Township

Precedented Times: The 1916 Polio Outbreak in Hullett Township

Curator of Engagement and Dialogue Sinead Cox shares the story of a historical quarantine in the summer of 1916. Although you may have heard (to the point of cliché) that we are living in ‘unprecedented times’ during today’s COVID-19 pandemic, communities across Huron...
I Know Where the Bodies are Buried: Deaths at the Huron Jail

I Know Where the Bodies are Buried: Deaths at the Huron Jail

“Is this place haunted?”: it’s one of the most common questions fielded by front desk staff at the Huron Historic Gaol. I’ve never set eyes on a ghost myself, but at least fifty-eight prisoners at the Huron Gaol died during their imprisonment. The jail’s...