{"query": "Muskoka history?", "pos": "Frank Garfield \"Gary\" Denniss is a Canadian historian, newspaper columnist, retired public school teacher, speaker  and ordained minister born in 1944 in Bracebridge, Ontario  Denniss is the author of 43 books on the history of the District Municipality of Muskoka, (Muskoka District, at the southern edge of the Canadian Shield, stretches north from the Severn River through rocky and forested lake land, bounded by Georgian Bay on the west and Algonquin Park to the east, connecting to twin district Parry Sound.)\n\nBiography\n\nGary Denniss was born at Bracebridge Memorial Hospital on May 31, 1944, to Frank Edwin Denniss II (1908–2003), and Jessie Evelyn Arnott (1917–1991). Mr Denniss taught in the public schools in the Bracebridge, Ontario area (Wah Wah Taysee, Cochrane, Bracebridge, Vankoughnet, Huntsville, and Macaulay) until his retirement in 1998.  He continues to live in Bracebridge, where he writes, teaches piano, and officiates at weddings and funerals. Since 1991, Mr Denniss has held a leadership role in the maintenance of Bracebridge veterans' gravesites, veterans' memories  and Langford Cemetery, Macaulay Township.\n\nPublished works\n\n \"Macaulay Township in Days Gone By\" : Herald-Gazette Press, 1970, (Algoma University, Wishart Library).\n \"The Pioneer Zimmerman Family of Macaulay Township\", newspaper article, Herald-Gazette, Bracebridge, ON. April 2, 1970.\n \"A Brief History of the Schools in Muskoka\", Herald-Gazette Press, 1972.\n \"Free Methodist Hill, a Centennial History\", 1879–1979, Herald-Gazette, 1979.\n \"The Spirit of the Twelfth (1982); The story of the Orange Order in Canada\", Gravenhurst Printing, 1982\n \"Muskoka - Ontario’s First District Municipality\", 1995, GarDen Press.\n \"A Brief History of the Churches in Muskoka\", 1997, 1998 and 2003, Publisher: GarDen Press, 2003 (Algoma University, Wishart Library),\n \"The Story of Springdale Park\", Publisher: Springdale Park Spiritual Association, 1998. , by Gary Denniss.\n \"Educating Muskoka District\", 1999, , by Gary Denniss.\n \"The Educational Heritage of Muskoka\", 2001 (History of the Muskoka Board of Education), .\n \"The Past Before Us: A History of Free Methodist Camp Meetings in Muskoka, 2002, .\n \"In Loving Memory: The History of Langford Cemetery\", 2006 (collection of obituaries).\n \"Going to School in Macaulay\", 2010,   by Gary Denniss.\n \"The Holditch Family Reunion\", Sept. 2013, GarDen Press.\n \"Historic Routes of Bracebridge\", 2012, GarDen Press.\n \"Bracebridge Connections\", Vol. 1, 2014, GarDen Press.\n \"Bracebridge Connections\", Vol. 2, 2015, GarDen Press \n \"Bracebridge in the Fifties\", 2016, GarDen Press \n \"Bracebridge in the Sixties\", 2017, GarDen Press \n \"Bracebridge in the Seventies\", GarDen Press, February 2018,   \n \"Muskoka Scrapbook\" (series of eight books: Individual years, 1926, 1936, 1946, 1956, 1966, 1976 (two volumes), 1952. \n \"A Good Town Continues - Bracebridge 1915–1999\", contributed to by Gary Denniss.\n \"The Orange Lodge and its History in Muskoka\", 1999.\n \"Titch of Muskoka (a seven-part series)\"\n \"Muskoka Scrapbook - a five-part series of books on World War 1\" -1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918): Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3 , Volume 4 , Volume 5    \"Muskoka Scrapbook - Speaker Series\", sponsored by Muskoka Steamship and Historical Society\", First speaker, Gary Denniss, Sun., April 22, 2007.\n Bracebridge in the Eighties  December 2018, GarDen Press \n The Family Heritage of Howard and Sheila Vincent, , December 2018, GarDen Press\n \"The Arnott's of 36 Edward Street\", , June 2019.\n \"Muskoka Memories 101\" November 2019, \n \"Muskoka Memories 102\" \n \"Muskoka Memories 103\" October 2021  \n \"Muskoka Memories 104\"\n \"Muskoka Memories 105\"   \n \"Langford Cemetery 1873-2023\"\n\nOther Links\n\nhttps://garydenniss.ca/\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srTeIAKzUCU\n\nhttps://muskokatoday.com/2023/08/latest-gary-denniss-history-book-covers-muskokas-rugged-rich-past\n\nReviews\n \"Among local Historians, Gary Denniss is Royalty\", by Ted Currie, Muskoka Today, Nov. 3–17 issue, 1995.\n\nAwards and honors\n Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement, presented by Lt. Gov. David Onley, Feb. 21, 2013 \n Heritage Community Recognition Award, presented to Mr. Denniss at the Rene Caisse Theatre, the Town of Bracebridge, by Councillor Steve Clement and C. Hammond, June 27, 2012 \n Robert J. Boyer Award, \"honours the dedication of individuals in our community who work to keep the natural and cultural history of our region alive\", presented to Gary Denniss by the Board of Directors, Muskoka Conservancy, May 17, 2013.\n\nReferences\n\nExternal links\n\n  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/muskoka/macaulay/langford/index.htm\n  http://www.bracebridge.ca/en/live-here/Cemeteries.aspx?_mid_=1499#\n  http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/index.php/pages/programs/recognition-programs\n  http://gravenhurstmuskoka.blogspot.ca/2014/03/congratulations-to-muskoka-historian.html\n  https://www.churchesinyourtown.ca/communities/bracebridge/sermons/speaker/gary-denniss\n\n1944 births\n20th-century Canadian biographers\nCanadian educators\n20th-century Canadian historians\nCanadian male biographers\nCanadian schoolteachers\nCanadian people of German descent\nCanadian people of English descent\nFree Methodist Church ministers\nHistorians of Canada\nLiving people\nPeople from Bracebridge, Ontario\n20th-century antiquarians\nWilfrid Laurier University alumni\n21st-century Canadian historians\n20th-century Canadian male writers\n21st-century Canadian biographers\n21st-century Canadian male writers"}
{"query": "When'd the Armells post office close up?", "pos": "Armells is a ghost town in Fergus County, in the U.S. state of Montana.\n\nHistory\nA post office called Armells was established in 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1937. The community took its name from nearby Armells Creek.\n\nReferences\n\nGeography of Fergus County, Montana\nGhost towns in Montana"}
{"query": "Establishment date of Sandefjord?", "pos": "Sandefjord () is a city (or town) that is the administrative centre of the large Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The town is located at the head of the Sandefjordsfjorden, along the Skaggerak coast in southern Vestfold. The large town also includes coastal areas on both sides of the Mefjorden on the Vesterøya and Østerøya peninsulas. The  town has a population (2022) of 45,816 and a population density of .\n\nThe city is known for its rich Viking history and the prosperous whaling industry, which made Sandefjord the richest city in Norway. Today, it has built up the third-largest merchant fleet in Norway. The Sandefjord Museum is located in the town, the only museum in Europe that is dedicated to whaling. The 9th-century Gokstad Ship was discovered at the nearby Gokstad Mound, on the eastern edge of the city.\n\nThe Church of Norway has several churches in the city of Sandefjord including Sandefjord Church, Sandar Church, Bugården Church, and Vesterøy Church.\n\nSandefjord has numerous nicknames, including the Viking \"capital\" of Norway. It is also known as the undisputed summer city of Norway. The city is also known as the \"whaling capital of the world\" or the \"whaling capital of Norway\". It has also been dubbed the \"Bathing City\" (Badebyen), due to its many beaches and former resort spas. It is still considered a resort town, due to high numbers of visitors during summer months.\n\nHistory\n\nSandefjord has been inhabited for thousands of years. Excavations indicate that people have inhabited Sandefjord for around 3,000 years. Rock carvings at Haugen farm by Istrehågan in Jåberg are dated to 1,500–500 BCE.\n\nThe Vikings lived in Sandefjord and surrounding areas about 1,000 years ago, and numerous Viking artifacts and monuments can be found in Sandefjord. One of the most important remains from the Viking Age was found at the grave site Gokstadhaugen (Gokstad Mound) in Sandefjord. The Gokstad ship was excavated by Nicolay Nicolaysen and is now in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.\n\nThe town of Sandefjord was established as a ladested in 1680, giving it rights as a seaport. On 1 January 1838, it was established as a self-governing municipality under the new formannskapsdistrikt law. Sandefjord functioned as a seaport defined by the twin industries of shipping and shipbuilding throughout the 1600s and 1700s. It was formally recognized as a market town (kjøpstad) by King Oscar in 1845\n\nOver time, the city-municipality was enlarged. On 1 January 1889, a part of the neighboring municipality of Sandeherred (population: 318) was transferred into Sandefjord. In 1931, an area of the neighboring municipality of Sandar (population: 66) was transferred into Sandefjord. In 1950, another area of the neighboring municipality of Sandar (population: 226) was transferred into Sandefjord. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1968 the city-municipality of Sandefjord (population: 6,242) was merged into the surrounding municipality of Sandar (population: 24,898), creating a much larger municipality which was also named Sandefjord. Prior to the merger, the city and municipality were one and the same, but after the merger, the city was just one small part of a much larger municipality.\n\nEtymology \nThe name Sandefjord was first mentioned in chapter 169 of Sverris saga from the year 1200. It was then referring to the fjord which is now known as Sandefjordsfjord. The municipality (originally the city of Sandefjord) is named after the local fjord, now called Sandefjordsfjorden since the city of Sandefjord grew up at the head of the fjord. The first element of the name comes from the old Sande farm (). The old farm name is the plural form of  which means \"sand\" or \"sandbanks\". The last element comes from the word  which means \"fjord\".\n\nGallery\n\nSee also\nList of towns and cities in Norway\n\nReferences\n\nSandefjord\nCities and towns in Norway\nPopulated places in Vestfold og Telemark"}
