THE HIPPIE HISTORIAN

Trains: Once Necessary, Now History

For this Friday’s romp to a historical site I thought I’d expose my readers to the train stations of Tillsonburg. I do plan on taking...

Gabrielle Bossy

Sep 21, 20133 min read

Whenever I say I’m from Tillsonburg, one of the first things people respond with is “Tillsonburg? My back still aches when I hear that...

Gabrielle Bossy

Sep 21, 20132 min read

Neil Young performing at the Riverboat Coffeehouse, 1965. Photo credit: Manfred Buchheit This week for my digital history course I was...

Gabrielle Bossy

Sep 20, 20132 min read

Check out this cool medal my sister has from my great-grandpa! He was a first place shooting champion in 1932 with the National Rifle...

Gabrielle Bossy

Sep 16, 20131 min read

Every Friday I will be traveling to a different historic site or interesting place for historians (and the general public) to visit. ...

Gabrielle Bossy

Sep 13, 20132 min read

If you’re looking for a book that really makes you question your previous notions, look no further than Christopher Browning’s Ordinary...

Gabrielle Bossy

Sep 12, 20131 min read

In his autobiography, Neil Young tells the intimate details of his life as a kid in Omemee, Ontario to a full-blown rock legend and let...

Gabrielle Bossy

Sep 12, 20131 min read

After two hours of grappling with this very question in my Digital History course, and thinking about it since, I have finally begun to...

Gabrielle Bossy

Sep 11, 20133 min read

So I am a little late writing about this Friday’s visit to a site of historical interest but here it is! This past Friday my Public...

Gabrielle Bossy

Jan 30, 20132 min read