Mount Horeb

Mount Horeb, located in Ops Township, got its beginnings as a small farming settlement in the 1820s and 30s. The original settlers included William and Robert Reynolds from Tipperary Ireland, Duncan Fisher and the Skuce Brothers. By 1840 a small community had been established and by the 1860s, it had grown into a sizeable hamlet with a population of about 50. The first school was built around 1850.