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 …
I created some random things last week. First is the web page, Members of the Rochester Historical Society in 1916. This information came from a handbook of the Society in 1916. There were several pages with the members at that time and it tells where they live. I was surprised how many people were living …
Just scanned three small booklets last week as I was busy with many other things. Genesee Country Scrapbook; Vol. 14, no. 5 (1967) by The Rochester Historical Society. It has short local history articles. The first article, “Notes on Social History of Early Rochester” is about early fashions and cooking. Then there are 2 articles …
A hundred years ago when many barges were using the Erie Canal, it had pretty bad water. That was because any town or industry could empty into the canal. This article describes a student lead survey take water quality samples in 1971. This web page describes how significant advances have been made to increase the …