Wilkinson Scrapbook Article #62

In this article from William Wilkinson’s scrapbook “One Hundred Great and Near-Great Events, Person and Places in Rochester History” (1947) he shares his cartoon and a description of Rochester from a former City Historian. The following description of Rochester by the late Edward R. Foreman, a former City Historian deserves a page in this book. …

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Wilkinson Scrapbook Article #60

In this article from William Wilkinson’s scrapbook “One Hundred Great and Near-Great Events, Person and Places in Rochester History” (1947) he writes about the Native Americans that lived here in western New York. — THE SENECA INDIANS — In the days before the white man came all the country around the Genesee River belonged to …

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Wilkinson Scrapbook Article #59

In this article from William Wilkinson’s scrapbook “One Hundred Great and Near-Great Events, Person and Places in Rochester History” (1947) he writes about the cobblestone houses in this area. You also get a bonus cartoon this time with one of his people with a big nose. Throughout the Genesee Valley still stand many cobblestone houses …

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