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Muddy York: A Toronto History Podcast

by Adam Waiser and Grayson Miller

Toronto has more than 200 years of history from Timothy Eaton to St Lawrence Market, from Hurricane Hazel to the CNE. Join Adam and Gray as we tell the stories of the schemers and dreamers who built TO. Follow us on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Toronto_History Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory

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Muddy York's episode on William Holmes Howland explores the Toronto politician credited with coining the city's famous "Toronto the Good" nickname. The show notes indicate the episode focuses on Howland's mayoral campaign and the origins of this once-common epithet that has since fallen out of fashion. The episode is…

Worth it if you're a Toronto history enthusiast curious about the origins of the city's "Toronto the Good" brand or interested in 19th-century municipal politics.

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