I've decided to ease the winter blues by providing some short, but very interesting historical facts about Chatham-Kent history.

I’ve decided to ease the winter blues by providing some short, but very interesting historical facts about Chatham-Kent history.

So, here we go again.

Samuel Thomas Martin arrived in Chatham in 1874 and soon became very rich and accomplished and gained the nickname Scoop! In 1878, Martin bought 600 acres (243 hectares)of land in Dover Township for the paltry sum of $75. Unfortunately, the land was only good for farming when the St. Clair lake water was low. For most of the year, it was a shallow lake.

Martin began devising schemes to pump off and keep out the water. When windmills and several pumps failed, Martin began to experiment with radically creative ideas. He invented and........

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