Comments on: Petch House, It Was A Lifetime Opportunity https://livinginaurora.ca/parks/petch-house-it-was-a-lifetime-opportunity/ Living In Aurora Ontario Canada Mon, 06 Jan 2014 04:16:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: mike mccartney https://livinginaurora.ca/parks/petch-house-it-was-a-lifetime-opportunity/#comment-20043 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:07:35 +0000 http://livinginaurora.ca/?p=2916#comment-20043 Hi I have enjoyed reading your postings and pictures of the Petch House. I’ve tried searching the web for more history on this house but have had no luck. A little bit of what I do know I learned from my family. The Mills family bought the property in the early 70’s, when it stood on Leslie Street, and started what turned out to be a very large Thouroubred horse breeding operation called Aurora Meadows. My uncle Alfred Mills who lived in it for many years told us that the original log cabin was apparently the scene of the last Indian/Settler skirmish in the area and was actually able to show us an arrowhead that was imbedded in one of the logs. Not sure how historically accurate this is but thought you might find it interesting.

Cheers!

Mike

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