Early sketch of Tonawanda (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849).jpg

Early sketch of Tonawanda (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849).jpg

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Title

Early sketch of Tonawanda (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849).jpg

Description

Briefly mentions slow start of the area due to flooding problems, and the importance of the state ditches of 1840. Also: exhaustion of local "fine oak," agricultural prospects, and a new Cleveland investor.

Date

1849

Citation

“Early sketch of Tonawanda (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849).jpg,” North Tonawanda History, accessed March 29, 2024, https://nthistory.com/items/show/2021.