| "For many years a familiar and much loved landmark at the turning of the highway
between Simcoe and Port Dover. Erected 1850 or 1852. Proprietor for the first 18 or 20
years was Charles Brown Sr. Succeeding proprietors: Mr. White, George Brown, Chas. Brown
Jr., George Adams, Gabe Mabee, Edward Spencer, Chas. Brown Jr., 'Poopie' White, Ansley
Yeager, James Acker, Eddie Robertson, Charles Derrickson, Aquilla Steinhoff.
Burned in
1906. Named 'Derby House' during Mr. Yeager's proprietorship."
[Transcriber's Note:
'The Halfway House' was a gas station on the same spot in the mid-1950s. It was
eventually torn down. Today the northeast corner of highways 6 and
24, halfway between Simcoe and Port Dover, is a farmer's field.]
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