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File contains an 1862 petition to Hasting County for welfare for Sophia Crosbee of Trenton, she had five young children, her husband, Samual Crosbee Jr. died when he was thrown from his wagon on the Frankford and Stirling gravel road, which was in very poor condition.

File contains: Exhibit 18, Trenton from minute book page 201 concerning the making Trenton C. North Railway Co. its divisional points & conditions 28 July 1911; Exhibit 5, Agreement between C. North Railway Co. & Town of Trenton, lists railways agreements 1 August 1911; Exhibit 14, re. abandonment of operation of Deseronto subdivision between Trenton Order No. 52012 Board of Railway Commissioners of Canada, Ottawa 12 June 1935

File contains a newspaper article from the Intelligencer, dated 21-March-1964, titled CNR Downtown Station Built in 1903, about the demolition of the Trenton CNR Station.

File contains a printed timetable of the Rathbun Bus Service Ltd., for the company's Trenton-Belleville and Trenton-Picton routes, effective Feb. 4, 1955.

File contains a number of newspaper photos from various dates and titled "Picture Peeks Into The Past", these are pictures of boats in and on the Trent River and about boating in Trenton.

File contains a newspaper article from The Intelligencer, dated 22-July-1967 and titled "It's Only Five Minutes But it Starts Drivers Fuming" and is about the swing bridge in Trenton.

File contains manuscript and typescript correspondence, telegrams and memos received by C.H. Bonter, Chairman of the Light Committee, Trenton concerning tenders for the creation of a power plant and the installation of electric lighting in the town of Trenton in 1890. Also present is an undated newspaper article, regarding Trenton municipal opposition to a monopoly by a private electrical company in the town.

File contains a newspaper article and a photocopy of the same, with a reproduction of a sketch of Bleecker's hotel and ferry as they appeared in the 1830s. The ferry served as a crossing for the Trent at the location of the present Highway 2 bridge in Trenton.

File contains a manuscript license issued by the Province of Ontario on 13 October 1879 approving the operation of a ferry from Sidney Township in Hastings County to Ameliasburgh Township in Prince Edward County. Also present are two printed, completed bills of sale, dated 5 November 1880 transferring 64 shares in the steam paddler, Mary Ethel, built at Trenton, to the Bay of Quinte Navigation Company (Limited).

File contains two newspaper articles regarding the formation of the Trenton Flying Club in October, 1956. Includes a brief profile of Flying Officer Frances Finkle, a Belleville resident, who was the first woman member of the Trenton Flying Club to fly solo.

File contains several newspaper clippings from the Ontario Intelligencer and other sources regarding various issues including : proceedings of Trenton council meetings, bridge reconstruction, and school construction.

File contains a newspaper reproduction of a map of the location of free and metered parking spots in Trenton.

File contains newspaper articles about the Trenton Public Utilities Commission, included items such as new premises, employment, rates, meetings, and domestic usage.

File contains newspaper photos from "Picture Peeks Into The Past", showing railway photos and some Trenton locations circa 1900

File contains newspaper photos from "Picture Peeks Into The Past", showing local modes of transportation circa 1900

The file contains a newspaper article from the Intelligencer dated March 15, 1968, looking back 90 years ago to a Railroad Meeting. The subject matter was the termination point to be in Trenton.

This file contains: 1) A photocopied typed article titled "Telegraph Island Light", about the lighthouse erected 1870 in the Bay of Quinte; 2) A timetable for the steamer Varuna, circa 1920, Captain A. Hicks; 3) A photocopy of the obituary for Rev. James Rollins born 28 October 1865 in Madoc and died 7 February 1943 in Kingston.

The file contains a booklet titled "The Covered Bridge at Trenton", published on the occasion of Trenton's centennial as a town, 1880-1980.