I found this timeline of New York State in a book from 1983. It was obvious that it was copied from an earlier work as it only goes up to 1900. It is interesting how many canals were built in the State. Some didn’t last very long as the railroads quickly took over most of …
This is something that I have wanted to do for years. “Pioneers of Mendon” was a series of newspapers columns that was published in the Honeoye Falls Times from Sept. 30, 1920 to May 25, 1922. It was written by Anah (Babcock) Yates who was active in the local chapter of the Daughters of the …
Last week I scanned two booklets that promote Rochester. First is Living in Rochester from 1969. It is only 32 pages. The text is by by Martha Herbrecht Darcy of Darcy Communications but there isn’t much text. This does have some nice photos and some interesting graphics that make up for the lack of text. …
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 an Indian feast. I am pretty sure that the Indians in this area didn’t live in wigwams. His cartoon is meant to be funny not historically accurate. Beside including wigwams, he also …