This is one of an occasional series. Some of the newspaper columns by Arch Merrill never made it to his series of books. This column talks about the early days of Bausch & Lomb and also brief mentions of the founding of other Rochester factories. When $32 Rent Worried Bausch That Was 102 Years Ago …
This is one of an occasional series. Some of the newspaper columns by Arch Merrill never made it to his series of books. This column is about the fateful Genesee Valley Canal. The Canal That Once Linked Rochester and Olean By Arch Merrill Originally published: June 24, 1951 THE old Genesee Valley Canal is scarcely …
In this column by Arch Merrill, he writes about area “short lines;” that is, railroads that were very small but connected to the major lines. Merrill Now Has A Railroad Pass ‘Good Until the Next Flood’ By Arch Merrill Originally published: Oct. 11, 1953 THERE was a time when people did most of their traveling …
In this column by Arch Merrill, he uses some old pictures as the basis for his story. Opening of School Term Was a Picnic! By Arch Merrill Originally published: Sept. 10, 1961 THE PICTURES ON THIS PAGE may bring back memories to some former pupils of old Washington Public School 26. Those onetime charges of …