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OXFORD HISTORICLL SOCIETY REVIEWS PAST â€"â€" AND PRESENT . 0o 3 . w w2 ... â€" t a~ â€" . o t x o e 9n 3 s ~TJpper left photo shows the dam that supplied the power to run the mill, upper right, «built. in 1854, to grind the grist to feed the families of the pioneers. Lower left phoâ€" to ‘is a symbol of the early days Mr. and Mrs. â€"George Nichols, â€" Burgessville, _ with their coal oil lamps, they won‘t accept hydro, they just don‘t want it. Upper photos Gar MV are on the Otter Creek at Otâ€" terville, centre of. the earliest settlement in Oxford county. The teapot Mrs. Nichols is hi)lding is well over 160 years old. 10