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in a rich agricultural region with abundant water power, the settlement developed quickly. By 1861 it contained saw and grist mills, a foundry producing agricultural implements, wagon works and a tannery, and the following year a post office was established. Tara became a thriving commercial and manufacturing centre and, in anticipation of the arrival of the
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In 1855, a sawmill opened by H. W. M. Richards, becoming the first manufacturing industry; a grist mill was added to it in 1857. Two years later, a large foundry and agricultural implement works was started by W. A. Gerolamy. Other earlier businesses included a steam sawmill, a woolen mill and a
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potash factory. The first post office opened in 1862. The railway reached Tara in
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The Tara Santa Claus Parade is held every year on the first weekend of
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Tara's elementary school is the Arran-Tara
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397:Tara has four churches:
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680:Robertson, 274-276.
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611:"Township of Arran"
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1115:Communities
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297:2011 census
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1207:Port Elgin
1172:Maple Hill
1152:Kincardine
1147:Inverhuron
1132:Eden Grove
1096:Saugeen 29
1003:Kincardine
924:References
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188:Population
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1247:Tobermory
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1022:Townships
430:Education
210:Time zone
180:Elevation
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1177:McIntosh
1137:Ferndale
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137:Province
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1197:Paisley
1182:Mildmay
1167:Malcolm
1162:Lucknow
1142:Formosa
1127:Chesley
1065:Saugeen
984:Ontario
831:"About"
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375:In the
348:Ireland
329:History
253:N0H 2N0
141:Ontario
127:Country
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1232:Tara
937:OCLC
913:2020
885:ISBN
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