Early Days of the Tonawandas
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- History of Erie County - Town of Tonawanda chapter includes Carrs (Kerrs), Van Slyke, Anguish, War of 1812 anecdotes including Mrs. Francis (A daughter of Robert Simson) too sick to flee her log tavern on the north side of the creek and only north side building not burned in 1813. Carney's unexpected finding house in 1816 on Tonawanda Island. Dam and lock in 1823 as first improvements.
- 1777 map shows future NT still part of Iroquois land? Outside of New York State at least.
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Letter of William Williams describing Tonawanda's prospects, transcribed (1835-04-21).jpg
A marvelous firsthand account of conditions at Tonawanda in 1835 from bookseller / publisher / engraver / anti-mason / abolitionist and civic-minded…
Early sketch of Tonawanda (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…
Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase, complete book (Orasmus Turner, 1849).pdf
Embracing Some Account of the Ancient Remains ... and a History of Pioneer Settlement Under the Auspices of the Holland Company; Including…
Tonawanda, excerpt (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 Bostonians.
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
Description of Village of Tonawanda, book excerpt (Commerce, Manufactures and Resources of Buffalo and Environs, 1880).jpg
General progress and development to date. Lumber feet by year. Accounts of Tonawanda Herald and Index, as well as many lumber concerns such as J. A.…
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…
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
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.
History of the Twin Cities by Mrs. Elias Root.htm
Mrs. Elias Root published her "complete" and "authentic" history in the Tonawanda News in a series of articles in 1947. - - - - La Salle and…
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)…
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…
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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