Early Accounts of the Tonawandas
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The War of 1812 and the Tonawanda Block House
Parts of the War of 1812 are fought right on our front porch, as tensions grow between the United States and the British colonies (including…
Letter of William Williams describing Tonawanda's prospects, transcription (1835-04-21).jpg
A marvelous 1835 firsthand account of conditions at Tonawanda from accomplished Utica bookseller / publisher / engraver / anti-mason / abolitionist…
Tonawanda Village, excerpted from The Falls of Niagara, transcription (Samuel DeVeaux, 1839).jpg
TONAWANDA VILLAGE. This is half way between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, being distant from each of those places 11 miles. It lies by the side of the…
Early sketch of Tonawanda, transcription (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849).jpg
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…
Tonawanda, transcription (pp8-9, Burke's Illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls, 1855).jpg
A sufficiently waggish description of the young village of some 2,000 souls, with mention of Cleveland financiers but not the 1830s…
Gazetteer and business directory of Niagara County (1869), Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Niagara County (1892), other books.htm
Four books scanned into one: History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties, N.Y., 1878 (p1) Gazetteer and business directory of Niagara County for…
Gazetteer and business directory of Niagara County for 1869 (Wheatfield excerpts) (1869).doc
From a collection accessed through FamilySearch.org. Includes a great ad for Tonawanda's "Vincent & McDougall, Receivers and Forwarders of Lumber,…
Description of Village of Tonawanda, partial transcription (Commerce, Manufactures and Resources of Buffalo and Environs, 1880).jpg
General progress and development to date. Advantages. Earlier failed attempts to prosper. Lumber feet by year. Accounts of Tonawanda Herald and Index,…
Tonawanda Village and Town History, transcription (from History of Buffalo and Erie County, Chapter XL, pp 412-426, 1884).pdf
(Illustrations: Urial Driggs and John Simpson) CHAPTER XL HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF TONAWANDA History of the Town of Tonawanda First…
Tonawanda Industries: The growth of second lumber port in the world, transcription and 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…
Buffalo Express pictorial, 1891, article and partial transcription.pdf
### Summary of Topics in the Document
1. **Tonawanda Island Lumber District**:
- Described as a premier location for lumber storage and…
Paul's Dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Vicinity, transcribed excerpts (1896).pdf
From pp. 163-164: Tonawanda, the second-greatest lumber market in the world, lies midway between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and it has a happy…
Tonawanda News, full paper (1896-06-01).pdf
After this date, the microfilm record of the paper is silent until November 1st, and the (remote) lighting of the "New Niagara Furnace" at the…
The Town of Wheatfield, transcribed chapter (Landmarks of Niagara County, 1897).pdf
CHAPTER XXII.
THE TOWN OF WHEATFIELD.
Wheatfield is the last town organized in Niagara County, and was set off from Niagara May 12, 1836. It…
Wheatfield section is a coming residential location, Payne, article (Tonawanda News, 1924-10-14).jpg
Myths and Travel Tales, Niagara illustrations, excerpt (Chapter XII - History of the Niagara Frontier, Wilner, pp. 533-547, 1931).pdf
(Click 1st image to view PDF). Repeats false Sacrifice to the Falls ("Maid of the Mist") story, The Place of Peace, Fate of the Peace Queen, Flight of…
Early Tonawanda, excerpt (History of the Niagara Frontier, Wilner, pp. 337-8, 1931).pdf
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The Niagara Hermit, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Visit, excerpt (History of the Niagara Frontier, Wilner, pp. 337-8, 1931).pdf
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The Tonawandas, excerpt (History of the Niagara Frontier, Wilner, pp. 777-8, 1931).pdf
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NT was one of last cities of Niagara County, article p1 (Williams, WPA, 1936-09-19, 2408).jpg
Recounts early history of Goundry, Sweeney; Settlers Burges, Pettit, Carney and more; incorporation etc.
THE TWIN CITIES: A History of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda Mrs. Elias Root (1925).htm
Mrs. Catherine B. Root (nee Boughton) completes a wonderful history of North Tonawanda in 1925, but never publishes it. She dies in 1933. Her history…
Ancestry and descendants of Henry Perkins Smith and Christiana (Long) Smith (excerpts).jpg
From this long and detailed family history, we excerpt the following fascinating accounts:
(pp 166-189) Early life of (Pennsylvania Dutch)…
North Tonawanda was early scene of Indian life, settlers, Jacobs Tavern and the War of 1812, etc, article (Lewis, Ton News, 1957-05 0672).jpg
Same material appears in a 1965 series by the same author. 1843 date of East Boston Company's arrival is incorrect (1833).
Tonawanda Island settled in 1819, Mile Reserve lots, Daniel Webster - article and transcription (Clarence O. Lewis, Niagara Gazette, 1965-03-17).jpg
AI Transcription:
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**Niagara County History:**
**Tonawanda Island Settled in 1819**
**- IN THIS COLUMN last week we started a series of…
Vandervoorts of Sweeney Street, three articles by Jane R. Penvose, transcriptions (Tonawanda News, 1982-05-28).jpg
Vandervoorts of Sweeney StreetMiss Sarah Vandervoort, age 75, was more than annoyed that September of 1882. A half-sunken canal boat lay in Tonawanda…
Sweeney Estate - Reconaissance Level Survey of Historic Resources of City of North Tonawanda (kta preservation, 2019).pdf
A very readable overview of the area's early development from 1600, with special emphasis on early village luminaries in general and the Sweeney…
