1887 - Rate payers petition to “keep Miss Price as teacher for another year” at S.S. No. 2 Bertie (Bowen Road School). (Many Voices, Fort Erie, Ont.: Fort Erie Museum Board, 1996, p. 158)

1994 - For the first time ever one million commercial vehicles cross the Peace Bridge in one year. Frank Broderick, a UPS driver from Alma N.Y., is honoured for setting the milestone. (Many Voices, Fort Erie, Ont.: Fort Erie Museum Board, 1996, p. 146)