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Souvenir history of Niagara County, New York - Commemorative of the 25th anniversary of the Pioneer Association of Niagara County (1902).pdf

North Tonawanda and Martinsville, map detail (1875, Beers Atlas of Niagara and Orleans).jpg

Carney's Island, Distillery, Ayer Estate, Fisher, Cap. o. Shepard, Rosebrock, Kibber, Roney, A. Jerbitz, Zimmerman, Rumbolt, Dreggs, Nutting, J.…
Telephone franchises, Home Telephone to be awarded, Bell possible, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-04-18).jpg

Interference, Bell said to hamper work of Home Telephone Company, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-10-12).jpg

Franchise awarded to Rawson Electric Company, Home Telephone, article (Tonawanda News, (1900-05-16).jpg

City of North Tonawanda, 1 of 3 (George W. Millener, excerpted from Souvenier History of Niagara County, 1902) .jpg

47 Fifteenth Ave., aerial photo (1938).jpg

Many of the upper east avenues were still unoccupied in 1938.
Niagara County map, North Tonawanda as Niagara, map (1838).jpg

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-13e2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Tonawanda industries, growth of second-largest lumber port, article (Buffalo Courier, 1887-10-07).pdf

Good general, early description. Earliest settlers seem to only account for south-siders Lock built for Niagara-Creek access. Cleveland Commercial…
William H. Gratwick vessels, photos (c.1882-1900).jpg

Wooden steam barge, bulk freighter, package freighter and tugboats.
Gratwick School pupils, teachers, parents cooperate to win trophy, article (Tonawanda News, 1948-04-17).jpg

Gratwick pupils win trophy in 62-school safety drive sponsored by bike institute, article (Tonawanda News, 1948-05-12).jpg

Map of North Tonawanda, Gratwick School area highlighted (c1948).jpg

Shows Bushes Bridge, Nor-Ton Courts, "Sweeney Park", numbered avenues from 20th-24th, and a planned Tesla and Edison Street. Not yet here: Mid-City…
Gratwick School wins county bicycle safety award, April 1948, photos (Marjorie Crosby thesis, 1949).jpg

A History of the Establishment and Development of Gratwick Elementary School, North Tonawanda, New York, 1894-1949 (Marjorie Crosby, 1949).pdf

A terrible riot, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1892-06-11).jpg

Weston's foreman, William Wood, has a bio in Landmarks of Niagara County (1897): Wood, W.W. — This representative citizen of North Tonawanda has been…
Excerpts from "Fixed Bayonets - The New York State National Guard during the era of industrial unrest, 1877–1898" by Ronald Howard Kotlik, 2005.art

Webmaster's Note: This 2005 dissertation from a UB student examines the seven times the Guard were dispersed between 1877–1898 to mediate local labor…
The Evolution of an Ethnic Neighborhood that Became United in Diversity - The East Side, Niagara Falls, NY, 1880-1930 (H. William Feder, 1999.pdf

Info about NT's role in Niagara County politics, Klan activity
42nd Separate Company of Niagara Falls 50th, illustrated article (Niagara Falls gazette, 1935-11-16).pdf

Article claims company organized in 1885 in response to need to enforce Niagara Falls State Reservation of that year. H. William Feder notes that the…
Ziehl notes.txt
1903 Ziehl's General Store (Martinsville) listed in Ton News
1910 Ferdinand Ziehl of Martinsville juror, politician
1916 Louis A Ziehl Foreman on…
Herds destroyed at Martinsville, foot and mouth disease, Ziehl and Schultz, article (Ton News, 1908-12-11).jpg
