Connecting the world at large with rural communities – the first 100 years of the Listowel Banner

In the winter of 1866, when the Listowel Banner was founded, Listowel’s population was a mere 700, almost 10 times smaller than it is 155 years later. Two enterprising men, Thomas E. Hay and Joseph H. Hacking, pressed the first copies on Feb. 15, 1866. When the paper first hit print, roads in the area…