' I i Mabel Mallett Photo The Elmsdale and Area Historical Society Left to Right: BACK ROW: Arlene Morrison, Norma McLellan , Lillian Adams , Jean O' Brien FRONT ROW: Margaret Adams , Allan Graham , Kay Williams bM< '• JVb Preface Welcome to the fascinating history of Elmsdale , West, and Brockton , strung like beads along the . The seven members of the Elmsdale and Area Historical Society hope that you will enjoy reading the 600 pages of facts gleaned from the Summerside Journal, the Pioneer , the Journal- Pioneer , the Island Farmer, the Agriculturist , the Island Guardian, and the Charlottetown Herald. It took three years of long days for the committee to read these newspapers on microfilm. A special thank-you to the MacNaught History Centre and Archives in Summerside , and especially Jean MacKay, assistant archivist, and the Provincial Archives and Records Office of RE.I. in Charlottetown for the opportunity to read newspapers covering the period from the 1860s to the 1970s. Thanks to the Alberton Museum