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 …
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 some information about an early school in Rochester. Although called the “Female Academy,” I have this picture of the students in 1854 and there are some boys among the students. …
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. …
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 …