Moody Farewells' Tavern
Channel: Oshawa1812
Date: 2012-07-24

Moody Farewell was an early settler in the Oshawa area. First farming in the area he then opened a large frame Hotel on the North West corner of Harmony Road just North of Kingston Road in 1812. As one of the few rest places along the Kingston Road it was a busy place during the war.

It is recorded that it was a place of "joviality & good cheer". It was both a stopping point & place of entertainment for the military men passing through on the way from Kingston to York which is now known as Toronto. 

Travelling Circuit Riders & ordinary citizens would have also patronized the establishment on their travels along the rough roads or paths of the time. It would have been a busy place also serving as hub of community activity & source of news on the war.