Huron

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• Soon the Grand Trunk Railroad was extended from Toronto to Port Huron, at the foot of Lake Huron, and thence to Detroit, at about the same time the War of the Rebellion broke out. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I knew that if the same excitement was attained at the various small towns along the road, and especially at Port Huron, the sale of papers would be great. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was at the Port Huron public school that Edison received all the regular scholastic instruction he ever enjoyed--just three months. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Every morning I had two large baskets of vegetables from the Detroit market loaded in the mail-car and sent to Port Huron, where the boy would take them to the store. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He made his way through the State of New York in wagons drawn by oxen to the remote and primitive township of Bayfield, in Upper Canada, on Lake Huron. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Edison did not make a very long stay in Cincinnati this time, but went home after a while to Port Huron. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The Huron River, emptying into Lake Erie, was navigable within a few miles of the village, and provided an admirable outlet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Great preparations were made at Sarnia, the Canadian town opposite Port Huron. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The Grand Trunk Railroad machine-shops at Port Huron were a great attraction to the boy, who appears to have spent a good deal of his time there. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They bought tickets for Port Huron, the terminal point for the train. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The home at Port Huron thus saw the first Edison laboratory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Another incident of the period is as follows: After selling papers in Port Huron, which was often not reached until about 9. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The same winter of 1863-64, while at Port Huron, Edison had a further opportunity of displaying his ingenuity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He set up a line of his own in his father’s basement at Port Huron, making his batteries of bottles, old stovepipe wire, nails and zinc that he could pick up for a trifle. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• When he reached Port Huron he put what was left of his stock in a wagon, and drove through the main streets. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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