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Niagara Hotel and the unreliable stagecoach, article excerpt, transcribed (1833-09)
Agricultural Tour No.4, Tonawanda, article, transcribed (Genesee Farmer and Gardener's Journal, 1837-06-17)
Tonawanda Village, excerpted from The Falls of Niagara, transcription (Samuel DeVeaux, 1839)
Sad Reversal of Fortunes, Hezekiah Mosby (Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, Christian Secretary, 1839-05-17)
Dr. Jesse Locke whips man playing possum at tavern, article (Boston Cultivator, 1843-03-04)
Ellicott creek flooding washes away canal bridge and buildings; cuts a channel through Goose Island, article (NY Spectator, 1843-04-18)
Erie Canal flood washes away an acre of land, notice (Boston Recorder, 1843-04-27)
Tonawanda Island for a fishing and sporting club, article, transcribed (On Dits in Sporting Circles, 1844-04-13)
Account of Indian mound, armory on Tonawanda Island, excerpt (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849)
Early sketch of Tonawanda, transcription (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849)
Horatio Jones triumphs over witches in Tonawanda Creek (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849)
Tonawanda Island description, N. P. Willis (Ephemera, Complete Works of N. P. Willis, c. 1850), transcription
Tonawanda, transcription (pp8-9, Burke's Illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls, 1855)
Moss Island and the Hermit of the Falls, excerpt (pp68-69, Burke's Illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls, 1855)
Chadwick-Fonner, notice (Lockport Daily Journal & Courier, 1869-12-20)
Foreclosure sale in Lot 6, John Chadwick v others, article (Lockport USJ, 1870-05-31
Fonner-Johnson stayed pending Fonner-Chadwick case, article (Buffalo Daily Courier, 1872-06-20)
John Fonner to John Chadwick, Deed Covenant against Grantor (NY Land Records, Vol.141, p.547-8, 1874-07-25)
John Fonner to John Chadwick, Deed Covenant against Grantor (NY Land Records, Vol.141, p.547-8, 1874-07-25).jpg
John Fonner to John Chadwick, Deed Covenant against Grantor 2 (NY Land Records, Vol.141, p.547-8, 1874-07-25).jpg
Franklin Warren v John Chadwick, charges defendant owes money and used property for two years, summary (Niagara County Supreme Court, 1876)
Chadwick, Johnson and Sherman v. Fonner, report (Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Supreme Court of New York, Vol. 13, 1
Chadwick v Fonner judgment affirmed with costs (1876-01-17)
North Tonawanda pioneer residents, incorporation and village institutions, lumber, iron, brief sketches of Wheatfield residents, illustrations, transcription (excerpt from History of Niagara County, pp 376-381, 1878)
Kent's Opera House Grand Opening, article (Tonawanda Herald, 1878-01-17)
New trial in Johnson-Fonner property dispute scheduled at Lockport, article (Tonawanda Herald, 1878-04-18).
Fonner-Johnson judgement affirmed, article (Buffalo Morning Express, 1878-04-20)
Buffalo During the War of 1812, book excerpt (Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, Vol 1. pp 194-209, 1879)
Description of Village of Tonawanda, partial transcription (Commerce, Manufactures and Resources of Buffalo and Environs, 1880)
Sheriff seizes Fonner's lands for mortgage foreclosure, article (Lockport Daily Journal, 1880-05-10)
Brockport tournament, fire and cornet bands, article (Lockport Daily Journal, 1880-08)
Foreclosure sale, Lucy P. Hale v John Fonner, Elizabeth Fonner et al (Lockport Daily Journal (1881-04-06)
Foreclosure sale of Fonner's western swath of Lot 10, article (Lockport Daily Journal, 1881-04-27)
Frederick Smith steam mill on Sweeney, Zacharia Taylor, woodcut and article - (Tonawanda Herald, 1881-12-01)
Fonner v Johnson order vacating satisfaction of judgement, article (Buffalo Morning Express, 1882)
Tonawanda Village and Town History, transcription (from History of Buffalo and Erie County, Chapter XL, pp 412-426, 1884)
History of Erie County, Chapter XL, Town of Tonawanda (pp 412-426, c1883)
Black Hannah Gone, article obituary, transcription (Tonawanda Herald, 1883-06-28)
Goundry, Ironton and Gratwick schools, Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, excerpt (1884)
John Chadwick in court over cow with Old Man Behring, over alleged barn arson with Oldenburgh, articles (Tonawanda Herald, 1883-1885)
Tonawanda's Trouble, article (Buffalo News, 1884-05-30)
New merry-go-round, article (Buffalo Weekly Express, 1884-09-11)
New merry-go-round, article (Buffalo Weekly Express, 1884-09-11).jpg
Chadwick arson allegation backfires, Oldenberg sues, article (Buffalo Courier, 1885-09-06)
A case of unhuman treatment, miscarriage after turned away from Backer House, article (Amherst Bee, 1886-10-21)
A novel action, suit over miscarriage, turned away from Backer house, article (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1886-11-24)
A cruel hotel-keeper in jail, article (Buffalo News, 1887-09-02)
Tonawanda Industries: The growth of second lumber port in the world, transcription and article (Buffalo Courier, 1887-10-07)
Tonawanda Island, Its Origins and Early Occupants, article and transcription (Buffalo Courier, 1887-10-09)
James Ennis buys White Star hotel, notice (Buffalo Courier, 1890-03-18)
Early Tonawandas banks described, excerpt (Tonawanda and North Tonawanda 1891)
Buffalo Express pictorial, 1891, article and partial transcription
Gratwick, descriptive sketch (excerpt from the book, North Tonawanda and Tonawanda - The Lumber City, 1891)
Ironton addition, Payne bio, North Tonawanda Land Co., description (excerpt from the book, North Tonawanda and Tonawanda - The Lumber City, 1891)
Martinsville and Sawyer's Creek, description (excerpt from the book, North Tonawanda and Tonawanda - The Lumber City, 1891)
Scanlan claims State Ditch rights, article (Albany Argus, 1891-06-18)
George P. Smith of Tonawanda, State Ditch, article (Buffalo News, 1891-06-19)
Going to Ironton, 18 acres of Carr farm purchased by Plumb, Burdick and Barnard nut and bolt works, article (Buffalo Courier, 1891-08-08)
Excerpts from "Fixed Bayonets - The New York State National Guard during the era of industrial unrest, 1877–1898" by Ronald Howard Kotlik, 2005
North Tonawanda, description (Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Niagara County, New York, 1892 (pp.108-110)
Meeting to determine Gratwick and Pine Woods Schools, article (1892-01-10, Buffalo Courier)
A terrible riot, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1892-06-11)
Lumber shovers strike culminates in an ugly riot, article (Buffalo Courier, 1892-06-12)
Union Riot at Tonawanda, New York Herald, article (1892-06-12)
Lumber shovers strike culminates in an ugly riot, article (Buffalo Courier, 1892-06-12)
It is a lockout now, article (Buffalo Courier, 1892-06-13)
Fires at Tonawanda, Gillie, Goddard, Schwinger destroyed, article (Buffalo Courier, 1892-09-05)
Lumber Shovers in Angry Mood - Assail Non-Union Poles, article (New York Times, 1893-05-18)
Tonawanda Labor Troubles - Troops Quell Lumber Hands, article (New York Times, 1893-06-16)
On guard! Buffalo's 65th guards Tonawanda Island from striking Poles, article (Buffalo News, 1893-06-19)
At Tonawanda, Scribner pleads with governor for protection, article (Jamestown Journal, 1893-06-22)
Tonawanda strike over, article (New York Times, 1893-06-24)
Under martial law - The state of affairs in the Tonawandas, article with photos, transcription (Buffalo Morning Express, 1893-06
The Lumber War - Views of Tonawanda Island, article (Buffalo Illustrated Express, 1893-06-25)
An Agreement, lumber labor trouble, article (Buffalo News, 1893-06-26)
The Situation at Tonawanda, article (New York Times, 1893-07-06)
Illustrated Industrial Edition, featuring many detailed business profiles; eight pages (Tonawanda News 1893-08-05)
Illustrated Industrial Edition 8, article, illustrations (Tonawanda Evening News, 1893-08-05).pdf
The Pump Works, article (Tonawanda News, 1893-08-21)
The Pump Works, article (Tonawanda News, 1893-08-24)
Backer House - A popular hotel run by a woman, article (Tonawanda News, 1893-11-30)
Gillie, Goddard and Co, Gratwick notice (Tonawanda News, 1894)
A History of the Establishment and Development of Gratwick Elementary School, North Tonawanda, New York, 1894-1949 (Marjorie Crosby, 1949)
A social event, Hydrant Hose ball, article (c1894)
Chadwick called untrustworthy by many Tonawanda heavies in unrelated trial v Hewett, plaintiff (Supreme Court of New York, 1894)
Land deeded to De Kleist on January 1st 1894, foreclosure sale notice (Tonawanda News, 1902-10-18)
The Realm of Music, North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory, article and transcriptions (Tonawanda News, 1894-01-04)
Music's Realm, article, detail (Tonawanda News, 1894-06-04)
Acres burned, Weston, article (Lockport Journal, 1894-12-24)
John Chadwick ordered to pay for assault on Mrs. Pryor producing miscarriage, article (1895)
More houses in the manufacturing district, Ironton Land Co., article (Buffalo Courier, 1895-06-12)
Meeting of North Tonawanda's Big Land Company, article (Buffalo Courier, 1895-06-13)
Tonawanda merry-go-round firm making electric men, transcribed article (Buffalo Express, 1895-07-26)
Electric Canal Boats, article (The Electrical World, 1895-08-10)
Big Riot, article (Buffalo Express, 1895-10-07)
Horrible Work of a Mob, article, partial transcription (Tonawanda News, 1895-10-07)
Two Killed, article (Buffalo News, 1895-10-07, 7th edition)
Vicious Melee, article (Buffalo News, 1895-10-07, 6th edition)
All Brutes, article, partial transcription (Buffalo News, 1895-10-08, 5th edition)
At Tonawanda, article (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1895-10-08)
Behind bars, article (Tonawanda News, 1895-10-08ish)
Double murder on a canal boat, article (New York Herald 1895-10-08)
Ended in Murder (Buffalo Courier, 1895-10-08)
Inquest resumed, article (Buffalo News, 1895-10-08)
Jury's Report, article (Tonawanda News, 1895-10ish, 0361)
One more - Slattery arrested, article (Tonawanda News, 1895-10-08ish)
Story of the Crime, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1895-10-08)
The Tragedy, article (Tonawanda News, 1895-10-08)
To the Point, condemnatory resolution, article (Tonawanda News, 1895-10-08ish)
Who Did It?, article, some illegible (Buffalo Express, 1895-10-08)
A Midnight Secret Session! article, partial transcription (Tonawanda News, 1895-10-09ish)
Did They Plan to Kill Him?, article, Goddard testimony, contract language (Buffalo News, 1895-10-09)
Tonawanda Tragedy, article (Buffalo Courier 1895-10-09)
Was He Warned?, article (Buffalo Express, 1895-10-09)
Was It a Plot?, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1895-10-09)
Buffalo Boatmen Roped In, article (Buffalo News, 1895-10-10)
Deliberate murder, article (Buffalo Courier, 1895-10-10)
Indictments, article (Tonawanda News, 1895-10-10ish)
Captain Phillips's slayer, article (Buffalo News, 1895-10-12)
Phillips' Slayer, article (Buffalo News, 1895-10-12)
Murdered by a mob, article (Elmira Dailyy Telegram, 1895-10-13)
The Tragedy at Tonawanda, photo article, 3311a (2922) (Buffalo Express, 1895-10-20)
It wouldnt do, Mr Keneflek declines to release riot witnesses, article (Buffalo News, 1895-10-24)
The Carborundum Plant at Niagara, article (The Electrical World, 1895-10-26)
Feeling Is Bitter, article (Buffalo Courier, 1895-10-29)
Still A-Rowing, article (Buffalo News, 1895-10-29)
Electricity on Canals, article (The Electrical World, 1895-11-02)
Good News - Falls Power Coming, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-02-17)
Jurors Selected, backstory, article (Rome Sentinel, 1896-03)
Edgewater Hotel Burns, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-03-10)
Canalboat murderers to be tried, article (NY Daily Tribune, 1896-03-16)
Hyde in Court, article (Buffalo News, 1896-03-19)
Mrs. Lorenzo Phillips in town for trial, guest of Mrs. M.J. Wattengal, notice (Buffalo Courier, 1896-03-19)
Capt. Hyde on Trial, article (Buffalo Express, 1896-03-20)
The Jurors, article (Tonwanda News, 1896-03-24)
A Midnight Attack (Buffalo Courier 1896-03-25)
Evidence being submitted, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-03-25)
Her Sad Story (Buffalo News, 1896-03-25)
Miss Phillips's Tale, article (Buffalo News, 1896-03-25)
Trial Underway, article (Buffalo News, 1896-03-25)
Heard the Shots - But Who Saw the Slayer of Captain Phillips? (Buffalo Courier 1896-03-26)
Her Sad Story (Buffalo News, 1896-03-26)
Looks bad for Hyde, article (Buffalo Courier 1896-03-28)
Twin Cities Flooded, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-03-30)
Is It Hyde or Jekyll?, article, illustrated (Buffalo Courier 1896-03-31)
Captain Hyde's Fate, article, illustrations (Buffalo Courier 1896-04-01)
Jury came in, article (Buffalo News, 1896-04-01)
Good News - Buffalo Steam Pump, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-04-02)
Perew will fight, article excerpt (Buffalo News, 1896-04-07)
Pleads guilty, article (Buffalo News, 1896-04-07)
Sentenced, article (Tonwanda News, 1896-04-10)
To a living tomb, article (Buffalo Courier, 1896-04-11)
50 Percent Increase, article about local industry (Tonawanda News, 1896-04-18)
The Story of the Phillips Murders as Told by Jack Quirk, article (Tonwanda News, 1896-04-27)
Told by Quirk (Buffalo Courier, 1896-04-27)
Perfected is the work on Philip Perew's invention, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-05-11)
Violators of Raines Law, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-05-16)
He Called, William Jennings Bryan visits Tonawandas, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-05-16)
Tonawanda News, full paper (1896-06-01)
A Disastrous Blaze, Tonawanda Bicycle Company, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-06-06)
Big Fire at Tonawanda, Gillie Goddard destroyed, article (Democrat and Chronicle, 1896-06-06)
A Disastrous Blaze, Gillie, Goddard destroyed, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-06-06)
They Will Rebuild - Gillie, Goddard and Co., will not quit business, article (Buffalo Courier, 1896-06-07)
A Monster - New Engine for Iron Works, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-06-29)
Fine laboratory at the iron and steel works, article (Buffalo Courier, 1896-07-06)
Healthy - Sanitary Conditions, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-07-30)
Madness - A bankrupt business man takes morphine, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-09-10)
Their Plant Seized - Gillie, Goddard and Co., on Fillmore, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-09-30)
Anniversary of the riot, article (Buffalo Courier, 1896-10-08)
Hustling, Gillie, Goddard and Drurys Big Machine Shop, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-10-15)
Tonawanda failure, Tonawanda Bicycle Company, article (Buffalo News, 1896-10-20)
New Furnace at Tonawanda Iron and Steel Works, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-11-06)
Tomorrow It Comes, electricity to be transmitted from Niagara Falls to Buffalo, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-11-13)
Canal Boats to Be Propelled by Electricity, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-11-27)
Niagara Power Transmission Up to Date. - II. CATARACT POWER FOR STREET RAILWAYS IN WESTERN NEW YORK (Electrical World vol28 no22 pp653-655, 1896-11-28)
Robbery and arson at the Backer House, article (Buffalo News, 1896-11-30)
Tramp goes to the pen, Backer House robbery suspect, article (Buffalo Courier, 1896-12-01)
Leading them all, lumber market, article (1896-12-02)
George Rand President ofTwo Banks, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-12-10)
P. Scanlon bio from Landmarks of Niagara County, article (1897)
North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory, photo, article (Illustrated Industrial, HST, 1897)
Grasping, Gratwick possible Pan-Am site, article (Tonawanda News, 1897)
Sensational Rumors of Startling Developments in Lumber Exchange Bank Affairs, article (Tonawanda News, 1897-07-13)
Market to be voted on, article (Tonawanda News, 1897-08-12)
Pine Woods School Improved, article (Tonawanda News, 1897-09-07)
Parnell and Tonawanda Tug of War, article (Tonawanda News, 1897-09-07)
Striking Canallers, Pan Am Exposition News, article (Tonawanda News, 1897-09-13)
The Log Cabin (Hotel), White Star Hotel owned by Capt. James Ennis, article (Ton News, 1897-10-08)
Mention of maps filed at Niagara County Clerk, article (1897-12-13)
Genealogy of Benjamin Long, booklet with photos (1898)
Payne defeated, Republicans won at North Tonawanda, article (Daily Cataract, 1898-03-09)
Organ-grinder's monkey harrassed in Ironton, article (Buffalo Express, 1898-07-03)
Fire in North Tonawanda, Tonawanda Lumber and Saw Mill Company, article (1899)
Jewelry firm dissolved, Mundie & McCoy, article (Buffalo News, 1899-10-17)
Canal trolleys, NT man has invented plan, article (Buffalo Courier, 1899-10-29)
John Chadwick land to be auctioned, article (Tonawanda News, c1900)
Thompson Site for New High School, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-01-05)
Remarkable Election of Thompson High School Site (Ton News, 1900-01-08)
A test, invention will be tried in canal, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-01-12)
An Electric Man, article (Strand Magazine, Vol. 20, 1900-02ish)
Philip Perew's scheme, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-02-02)
Company incorporated to operate Philip Perew's patent, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-02-05)
Tonawanda News Moves into Webster Building, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-03-12)
The Work of the Tonawanda Power Company, article excerpts (American Electrician, April 1900, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 155-162, col. 1-3,1-2)
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