Kings County Vignettes

"Kings County Vignettes" is a series of booklets published by Kings Historical Society. Each edition contains a number of short articles dealing with various aspects of historical Kings County. Within the "Vignettes," you will find interesting historical facts, fascinating mini-biographies, the history of many Kings County communities and much more. The list of contents below gives some idea of the eclectic mix of subject matter.

The booklets are available for $7.00 each from the Historical Society and they are also on sale in certain book stores in Kings County. Ordering information can be found on the Book Shop page.

To show you the kind of articles to be found in the "Vignettes," we have selected a few which we think you will find interesting. Clicking the titles shown in blue will take you to those articles. We hope you enjoy them!

Volume 1

  • Kings County Place Names
  • Dempsey Corner
  • Clermont
  • Auburn
  • St. Mary's Church, Auburn
  • Welsford
  • Dr. Silas T. Rand
  • Covenanter Church, Grafton
  • Church Street
  • Abraham Gesner
  • Buried Communion Set
  • Strange Story of a Stanza
  • The Allison Hill
  • Staddles, Wellington Dyke
  • Boot Island
  • St. Eulalie, Grand Pré
  • Blomidon
  • Battle of Blomidon
  • C.G.D. Roberts
  • Greewich - Noggins Corner
  • Historic Fox Hill Cemetary

Volume 2

  • The Old Kings County Courthouse
  • Dominion Atlantic Railway
  • The Cornwallis River
  • Acacia Villa School
  • Evangeline Beach
  • Naming of Port Williams
  • Thomas Brenan Jacques
  • Starr Stories
  • Theodore Harding Rand - Bowing Dyke
  • How the Chicken Became King

Volume 3

  • Klondike Ward
  • On The Brow of the South Mountain
  • Ebenezer Bishop
  • Letter from a Sailor - 1890
  • Retrospect - A Poem
  • Avonport Women's Institute, 1937 - 1943
  • Acadians in Georgia, USA
  • John Frederic Herbin
  • Brief History of White Rock

Volume 4

  • Milburn - Henry - A Loyalist
  • A Comparison
  • The Family Herald
  • The Sterling Silver Spoons
  • Mrs. Douglas (Bessie) Murray & Mary Ann Norris
  • Harbourville
  • Baxters Harbour
  • Brickyards of Avonport
  • Here Lie George & Lizette Payzant
  • Treasure Hunter Finds Doubloons on Fundy Isle
  • Samplers
  • Hydro-Electric Power for the Valley
  • Sory of Heartless and Cruel Hardship

Volume 5

Volume 6

  • Wolfville Centennial - Poem
  • The Redoubtable Mrs. Johnson of Greenwich
  • Wolfville Main Street on Saturday Night
  • Wolfville in the 1930s - Poem
  • White Rock Swinging Bridge
  • Scotts Bay
  • Seaside Park
  • Kelly Villa
  • The Year of the Frost
  • The New Ross Road, Murphy and the Turtle
  • The Water Trough in Forest Home
  • The Snowball with Nova Scotia Connections
  • Sampson of the Annapolis Valley
  • Nancy C. Lamont
  • History Is All About Us
  • Micmac Prayer - Poem

Volume 7

  • Petty Officer William Hall
  • Harold Lothrop Boreden
  • Robert Holden Ryan
  • George Lawrence Price
  • Mary Clark Peake
  • Mona Parsons
  • Roedean Girls
  • Camp Aldershot
  • The 88th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
  • The Women's Volunteer Corps
  • Greenwood
  • Kings County Contribution
  • H.M.C.S. Kentville
  • Dominion Atlantic Railway
  • Only a Private Soldier - Poem
  • War Heroes and Memories
  • Memories of The War Years

Volume 8

  • The Farmers Telephone Line
  • The Blenkhorn Axe Factory
  • The Nova Scotia Carriage Co. - McKay Car
  • Saw Mills of Kings County
  • Ogilvie Flour Mills
  • DAR Machine Shop
  • My Memories
  • Blacksmith Shops
  • Medicines Fron the Valley
  • Cambridge Jam Factory
  • Other Industries

Volume 9

  • Maritime Union
  • Parrsboro in Kings County
  • Port Williams Bridge Sold for 800 Pounds
  • Kingsport History Notes
  • The Wesley Knox United Church, Woodville
  • Tea Meetings in Morden, Early 1900s
  • To Love and To Cherish
  • Memories of Evangeline Country
  • The Dykes of Acadie
  • Automobiles
  • A+ is for Apple
  • The Carriage Oak Inn
  • A.L. Hardy: The Soul Catcher
  • They Were From Here: Important Politicians
  • The Kipawo

Volume 10

  • A Teacher Remembers The Saxby Gale
  • The Battle of Grand Pre
  • Grand Pre Dykelands
  • History We Wear
  • Apple Blossom Festival
  • Kentville Publishing Company
  • Gerald Ells, Photographer
  • What Made Roscoe Tick
  • Last Stones
  • Advent Christian Church
  • Grand Pre Irving Station
  • Lady Stirlings Hillfoot Farm

Volume 11

  • Taking the Cure: A Lifetime at the Nova Scotia Sanatorium
  • Kings Historical Society – 25th Anniversary Tribute to Volunteers
  • "Dear Mother": Letters from the Sanatorium
  • Camp Aldershot
  • The Kings Historical Society Celebrates Twenty-five Years in 2004
  • The Old Covenanter Church in Grand Pre
  • Plants and Pioneers
  • The Acadian Legacy in Kings County