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Crooked Lake Review Blog: BEGINNINGS OF CAYUGA AND SENECA CANAL- I
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015. BEGINNINGS OF CAYUGA AND SENECA CANAL- I. The Beginnings of the Cayuga and Seneca Canal. By Richard F. Palmer. In several cases, local entrepreneurs built short canals around falls and rapids to replace cumbersome and time consuming carries and portages. Income was derived from tolls. Although not overly profitable, they acted as the catalyst for commercial growth and development. From our best estimate, the fall, in an extent of three-quarters of a mile, is about twenty feet&#...
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The River Letters: March 2010
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Croswell Bowen to Carl Carmer, 1938. Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Tales from Quaker Hill or The Oblong Between New York and Connecticut. March 9, 1938. Today I finally got down to going after the William Prendergast story . It is not an unknown story up here and there is a plaque on a rock, which was erected to his wife who possessed the very delightful name of Mehitabel Wing. Read how Carmer and others told this tale! Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Dear Carl" Letters from Croswell Bowen to Carl Carmer for The Hudson.
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Crooked Lake Review Blog: GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CEMETERY TOUR
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Thursday, May 28, 2015. GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CEMETERY TOUR. Tour Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. June 3, 2015 10:00 am. On Wednesday, June 3rd at 10:00 am volunteers from the Society will conduct a walking tour of the east side of Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Come learn about the notable Rochesterians interred in the oldest section of this historic 1871 cemetery, including Patrick Barry, Rattlesnake Pete, Colonel Patrick O'Rorke, Mother Hieronymo O'Brien, and James Cunningham. Upstate NYS Stagecoach Days.
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Crooked Lake Review Blog: October 2014
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Friday, October 10, 2014. Civil War Roundtable - St. Albans Raid. Le Roy United Methodist Church. Thursday, October 2, 2014. CIVIL WAR MUSIC PROGRAM IN WALWORTH. You and your family and friends are invited to Walworth Historical Society's fall open house on Sunday, October 5, from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm at 2257 Academy Street, Walworth. The Golden Eagle String Band. Will be performing a program, called The Civil War Comes to Western New York,. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Upstate NYS Stagecoach Days. Viewe...
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Crooked Lake Review Blog: January 2015
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015. BEGINNINGS OF CAYUGA AND SENECA CANAL- I. The Beginnings of the Cayuga and Seneca Canal. By Richard F. Palmer. In several cases, local entrepreneurs built short canals around falls and rapids to replace cumbersome and time consuming carries and portages. Income was derived from tolls. Although not overly profitable, they acted as the catalyst for commercial growth and development. From our best estimate, the fall, in an extent of three-quarters of a mile, is about twenty feet&#...
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Crooked Lake Review Blog: July 2014
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Friday, July 25, 2014. Western / Central New York State timeline - 1833. Sidney Smith begins publishing Rochester's Evening Advertiser. He will soon turn it into a morning newspaper to distinguish it. From the afternoon rival newspaper the Daily Advertiser. Rochester dentist and machine gun inventor Josephus Requa is. Born in Ulster County to Charity Middagh and prominent. Physician James Jacskson Requa. New York State's Canal Commission authorizes a Chenango. Connewango pioneer James Blanchard dies.
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Crooked Lake Review Blog: ROCHESTER'S EARLY AVIATION
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Sunday, May 3, 2015. Saturday, May 9th. Rochester's Early Aviation History. At Rochester Central Library Kate Gleason Auditorium. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Upstate NYS Stagecoach Days. The Old Stage Coach in Towanda.Pa. The Crooked Lake Review Blog. Is a local history blog for the Genesee, Finger Lakes and Lake Ontario regions of New York State. The opinions and/or beliefs stated by the authors do not necessarily reflect those of the blog's publishers. GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CEMETERY TOUR.
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Crooked Lake Review Blog: November 2014
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014. SPECTRUM GALLERY ARTISTS TALK. I am pleased to let you know that I will be having. An artist talk at my new show in The Spectrum Gallery. At Lumiere Photo ( 100 College Avenue, Rochester, NY ) -. This Thursday, November 13th, from 7 to 8:30 pm. I will be in a dialog with author Anne C. Coon and together. We will also sign copies of our new book “. Slice of Life”. Please join us for a chat, and a look at the new show…. I hope to see you there! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Crooked Lake Review Blog: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. What did Upstate New York. Look like when the Erie Railroad. Went through in 1849. New York History Review has beautifully reprinted Harper's New York and Erie 1851 Railroad Guide. It's a wonderful description. Of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important things on the New York and Erie Railroad through New York State. This book is a gorgeous reprint - first published in 1851. Diane Janowski, Publisher. Saturday, June 27, 2015. Hello my name is Michael Hurley. The o...
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Crooked Lake Review Blog: September 2014
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Monday, September 29, 2014. THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S BULLY RAIL JOURNEY. A Moment in Railroad History:. Theodore Roosevelt’s Presidential Special to Chautauqua, NY in 1905. The Sayre Historical Society has published Richard Palmer’s newest railroad history focus- ing on the preparations made for President Theodore Roosevelt’s 1905 train excursion over the Lehigh Valley and Erie Railroads to Chautauqua, NY. Sayre Historical Society P.O. Box 311. 103 S Lehigh Avenue Sayre, PA 18840. Mr Palmer is the author of.
