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Harriston is a community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. In 1999, Harriston was amalgamated with other communities to form the town of Minto. Harriston is located at the headwaters of the Maitland River, and has several shops and restaurants. Its population is about 2,000. ==History== In the summer of 1845, the first non-Aboriginal settlers arrived in the area. The Crown did not make land available for sale in the region until 1854. The town was named after Archibald Harrison, a Toronto farmer who was granted land along the Maitland River in 1854. Harrison's brothers George and Joshua built several mills in the area and the community soon grew. A post office was established in 1856. The southern road leading to Harriston was gravelled in 1861, opening easier access to the larger markets of Guelph, Hamilton, and Toronto. By 1867, the village contained many businesses including wagonworks and blacksmith shops, and the population had grown to about 150.〔Judy Tuck, ''A History of Harriston'' (Mildmay, ON: Town Crier, 1978).〕 The town became a prosperous commercial and farm-implement manufacturing centre following the construction of the Wellington Grey and Bruce Railway, completed to Harriston in 1871.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Southern Ontario Tourism Organization )〕 A telegraph link to the community followed soon thereafter. A second rail line (the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway) intersected the village in 1873. Harriston was incorporated as a village in 1872, and as a town in 1878. In 1882, the Grand Trunk Railway began shipping through Harriston. For more information, see: (The Founding of Harriston: Ontario Historical Foundation plaque ). In 1874, Harriston hosted a significant political rally, attended by approximately 1,000 people. Speakers included the provincial Premier, Oliver Mowat, and R.H. Taylor, secretary of the English Agricultural Labourers Union.〔(Stephen Thorning, Harriston hosted huge political rally in 1874, "Wellington Advertiser" (undated). )〕 A Carnegie Library opened in Harriston in 1908, designed by architect William Edward Binning. Economic downturn and demographic changes caused significant hardship for the town during the 1970s. In September 1981, the Toronto Star featured a front page article entitled, "The Slow Death of a Town named Harriston." The article's author, Fran Macgregor, notes, "Harriston used to have three grocery stores. Now there are two." As of the early 2000s, there was only one grocery store. From the mid-2000s to 2014, the settlement did not have a gas station. In 1995, the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario began to reduce the number of total municipalities in the province. On January 1, 1999, the Town of Minto was created through the amalgamation of the towns of Harriston, Palmerston, the former village of Clifford, and the surrounding rural area of the former Minto Township. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harriston, Ontario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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