HomeMy WebLinkAbout307"Article copied from the Pickering Post, Thursday, June 14, 1979, page 1.
A National Historic Plaque commemorating Thistle Ha' was unveiled on June 9,
at the Miller Farm on Concession Road VII, near Claremont.
Thistle Ha', a farm in Pickering Township, was acquired by the Scottish immigrant,
John Miller in about 1848. In 1852, he began importing quality stock; notably shorthorn cattle,
clydesdale horses and Shropshire sheep from the United Kingdom.
Today, the farm is still in the Miller family and operated by Hugh Miller and his wife.
Hugh is reported to use a team of Clydesdales to farm the land in preference to a tractor.
The colourful ceremony featured bagpipe music, and guest speakers were the Hon. Bill Newman,
Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Professor Maurice Careless, Member of the Historic Sites
and Monuments Board of Canada.
The bronze plaque, to be affixed to a monument constructed on the Miller farm,
was recommended to the Minister responsible for Parks Canada by the Historic Sites and
Monuments Board and will commemorate Thistle Ha' as a place of National Historic importance.
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