This is the portrait of a rural village and its environs that have developed into one of Canada's premier farming communities, nestled in the Niagara frontier. It brings together the available historical evidence of a time gone by and highlights the lives of early settlers and Mennonite refugees who have left a beneficial legacy in this community. You may know a little about several of these people, but this book offers a wider perspective of the community. The many photographs, which come primarily from the families themselves, illustrate the way people at the Cross Roads (today Virgil) lived decades ago and remind us of those past generations that worked the land so diligently. The histories of these families offer many unique insights into a period for which living memories are fading fast.