Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Erie County, New York (Volume 1), Part 67

Author: Truman C. White
Publication date: 1898
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George Clark & Co. opened a store in the town in 1816 and a little later Samuel Hawkins established another, which he sold to Reuben Nichols in 1818. In 1820 Bela H. Colegrove settled at what became Colegrove's Corners, and was the first physician in the town; he became quite celebrated as a surgeon. In 1821 Chauncey Hastings settled in the village and built a store; two years later he erected a hotel and for many years conducted both. Not long after 1820 George S. and Thomas Collins built a carding mill south of the village and fifteen years later established a woolen factory. Town and village now advanced rap-

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idly and the territory was soon nearly all settled with progressive farmers. After having their hopes of railroad connections more than once disappointed, what became the Buffalo, New York and Philadel- phia road reached Sardinia in 1871. While this gave the farmer better facilities for getting to market, it did not greatly benefit the village of Sardinia on account of its passing at a considerable distance to the east. The hamlets of Protection and Chaffee are on the line of the road. In 1878 the Sardinia and Springville narrow gauge road was built across the southern part of the town, but it was not a profitable enterprise and was taken up about 1884.

The town of Sardinia was erected from Concord March 16, 1821. The law creating the town made it include all of township 6, range 6, the southern part of the new town being thus made to extend five tiers of lots farther west than the northern part, embracing Springville and all of the southeastern part of the present town of Concord. On the 22d of May, 1822, a change was made by another act, by the provisions of which the projecting territory described was set off to Concord, giv- ing both towns their present boundaries.

Sardinia farmers have largely abandoned the old methods and crops and now give most of their attention to dairying, the manufacture of high grade cheese being very extensive. There are nine or ten cheese factories in the town, most of which are successfully operated every year.

Following is a list of the supervisors of Sardinia, with their years of service :

Elihu Rice, 1821; Benoni Tuttle, 1822; Morton Crosby, 1828; Horace Clark, 1824; Bela H. Colegrove, 1825; Horace Clark, 1826-30; George S. Collins, 1831-32; Henry Bowen, 1838-35; Matthew R. Olin, 1836-87; Elihu Rice, 1838; George Bigelow, 1839; Bela H. Colegrove, 1840-41; Frederick Richmond, 1842; George Bigelow, 1843; Frederick Richmond, 1844; Bela H. Colegrove, 1845-46; Thomas Hopkins, 1847-48; Joseph Candee, 1849; Henry Bowen, 1850; Joseph Candee, 1851-52; Mitchell R. Loveland, 1853; Bela H. Colegrove, 1854; Seymour P. Hastings, 1855; Mitchell R. Loveland, 1856; James Hopkins, 1857-58; George Bigelow, 1859-60; James Rider, 1861-62; Welcome Andrews, 1863-65; George Bigelow, 1866-67; Welcome Andrews. 1868-69; G. C. Martin, 1870; Roderick Simons, 1871-72; George Andrews, 1873-74; Addison Wheelock, 1875-76; Hiram D. Cornwell, 1877-78; Addison Wheelock, 1879- 80; Luther Briggs, 1881-82; Charles M. Rider, 1883-84; Charles B. Russell, 1885-86; Albert Hale, 1887; Robert Hopkins, 1888-89; David Butler, 1890; George W. Cook, 1891-92; R. W. Savage, 1893-97.

Sardinia Village .- When Chauncey Hastings opened his store in this village in 1821 there were only three or four houses in the place. Some

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years later he opened a second store where his son, Seymour P. Hastings, was in business for a time. In 1847 the elder Hastings built a store on the corner of the two principal streets, where Bigelow, Holmes & Nichols, Warren W. Simons, Kingsley & Cook and George W. Cook carried on business. In that building Sidney D. Kingsley es- tablished the post-office in 1870 and continued about fifteen years; his successors have been George W. Cook, Frank E. Long, Robert Hop- kins, Elmer Simons, Clark F. Crosby, Olney W. Andrews and Milton H. Pitcher. Horace Bailey built a store in 1846, where he was in busi- ness until about 1863, and was succeeded by W. W. Simons, James Rider, Beebe & Gordon and H. W. Lanckton. Chauncey Wetherlow established a grocery about 1860 and sold out to W. B. Andrews in 1867. A. J. Emerson opened a hardware store in 1878, and George H. Mills began the drug business in 1882, and was succeeded by Charles C. Robley. Chauncey J. Hastings succeeded his father in the hotel, and the house has been kept by various landlords since that time. Horace Clark built a saw mill in the village in early years, which had various owners before 1870, when J. S. Simons took it and added a planing mill and a cheese box factory; the property is now owned by George W. Strong. A carding mill was established about 1872 by S. D. Kingsley, which passed later to E. J. Cornwell. In early years there was a tannery in operation, but it is now abandoned. The grist mill here, which was built about 1835 by W. W. Cornwell, passed to Bolen- der Brothers, who were succeeded by Charles Long and he by Judson D. Carney. The woolen factory before mentioned is now idle. At one time there were seven or eight stores in the village, and among the former merchants were H. W. Lanckton, James Rider, Julian S. Simons, H. C. Davidson, Howard Freeman, A. J. Emerson, Edwin A. Marsh, Frank E. Long and Judson Andrews. Martis Bolender had a grocery and O. P. Goodspeed a grocery and shoe shop. Andrew J. Adams was long a carriage maker, and Hiram Flint has been in the same business.

The Sardinia Censor was started about 1890 with George A. Smith editor; he was succeeded by Thomas B. Crocker, who continues the publication. For several years there were two district schools, one at the upper and one at the lower end of the village. In 1882 the two were consolidated into Union School District No. 8 and a frame school building erected. The school now has two departments and two teachers.

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and planing mill, 1 hardware store, 1 grist mill, 1 newspaper, a carding machine, 1 wagonmaker and several shops.

Chaffee .- This is a small village and station on the railroad, which has grown up mainly since the road was opened. The post-office was established in 1879 and in the same year E. M. Sherman opened a gro- cery and was appointed postmaster; a later merchant and postmaster was H. A. Rifle. Other merchants were Emory Smith, Robert L. Williss and W. B. Clark, all of whose stores were burned July 4, 1895. The hotel was built by Frederick Bigelow in 1880, and rebuilt in 1897 by D. H. Shaw. The Commercial House was built by the proprietor, Gail Grey. A planing mill and cheese box factory was built and is operated by R. W. Savage, and a saw mill and feed mill is run by Frank E. Eddy. The village has, besides, two general stores, one hardware store, and the two hotels.

Prattham is a hamlet in the western part of the town; the only busi- ness interests are a saw mill and a cheese box factory. Madison Cor- ners is a rural hamlet in the north part of the town and also contains a saw mill and a cheese box factory. Protection is a station on the rail- road and partly in the town of Holland, which see. What was formerly definitely distinguished as Colegrove's Corners, is now substantially a part of Sardinia village and its business interests have been already mentioned.

Religious services were held on Sardina territory immediately after the war of 1812, but a house of worship was not erected until 1825, after a Baptist organization had been effected. The first settled pastor was Rev. Jonathan Blakely. This church is still in existence.

Methodist services were also held in Sardinia soon after the close of the war, but no records are in existence. A church was built in 1842, which is now used for a store. In 1882 the handsome edifice now in use by the society was erected. The village of Chaffee has two churches, Baptist and Methodist, both of which erected houses of wor- ship in 1896.

A Roman Catholic church was organized and a house of worship built in 1869 at Prattham. It has had a prosperous existence.

TOWN OF TONAWANDA.

Tonawanda is the northwest corner town of Erie county, and is bounded on the north by the river and county of Niagara, on the east by Amherst, on the south by Buffalo, and on the west by Niagara River.

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It comprises township 12, range 8, of the Holland Company's survey, and a mile strip along the river lying in the State Reservation, and contains about 12,555 acres. It was formed from Buffalo on the 16th of April, 1836, and originally included Grand Island, which was set off in October, 1852. The principal stream is Ellicott Creek, flowing through the north part of the town and emptying into Tonawanda Creek, which forms the northern boundary. The surface is generally level. The soil is a clayey loam along the Niagara and a sandy loam in the in- terior. The western, central and northeastern parts are mainly devoted to agriculture, while much of the remainder is platted and occupied by suburban residences. Large quantities of. garden truck are grown for the Buffalo market.

The first town meeting was not held until the spring of 1837, when the following officers were elected:

William Williams, supervisor; T. W. Williams, town clerk; John T. Bush, Daniel Smith and a Mr. Fosdyck, justices of the peace; James Carney and Jeremiah Phalin, assessors; William Best and John Simson, commissioners of highways.

Owing to the destruction of the early town records it is impossible to give a complete list of the supervisors; the following are all that can be ascertained :

William Williams, 1837-88; Jedediah H. Lathrop, 1839; Theron W. Woolson, 1840; Jacob Wire, 1842; William Zimmerman, 1843-44; James Carney, 1846-47; J. H. Phil- lips, 1848-50; Theron W. Woolson, 1851-54; Warren Moulton, 1855-56; Paul Rob- erts, 1857-58; Christopher Schwinger, 1859; Emanuel Hensler, 1860-61: David Koehler, 1862-63; Benjamin H. Long, 1864-65; Frederick Knothe, 1866-67; S. G. Johnson, 1868-69; Benjamin H. Long, 1870; Christopher Schwinger, 1871; Frederick Knothe, 1872-73; William Kibler, 1874; James H. De Graff, 1875; Philip Wendell, 1876; A. B. Williams, 1877-78; Oscar H. Gorton, 1879-80; James H. De Graff, 1881- 82; Joseph R. Holway, 1883-86; Godl. C. Christ, 1887; James B. Zimmerman,1 1888- 94; John K. Patton, 1895-97.

Settlement was commenced in the southeast corner of Tonawanda in 1805 by John Hershey, John King and Alexander Logan and on the Niagara River in 1806 by Oliver Standard. Other settlers of 1806 were Ebenezer Coon, John Cunningham, Joseph Guthrie, Thomas Hannan and Joseph Hershey. In 1808 Henry Anguish became the first settler in Tonawanda village, where, in 1811, he opened the first tavern in the town. Frederick Buck, James Burba and Robert Van Slyke were also very early settlers; the latter became an early tavern-keeper.

Among other early settlers were:

Robert Simpson, on Ellicott Creek, in 1811; John P. Martin and a Mr. Stevens, on

1Mr. Zimmerman died in 1894 and William J. Rogers was appointed.

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Wright's Creek, about 1812; David Carr (or Kerr), on Tonawanda Creek; Charles Carr, Alvin Dodge and a Mr. Miller, on the old "Guideboard" road; John Foster, the first Methodist exhorter; James and John Berlin, James Robinson, Richard Rog- ers and Henry Simondon, on the Military road, and William Best, the first surveyor and father of R. Hamilton Best, sheriff in 1862-64.

About 1811 a block house was built in Tonawanda at the mouth of Tonawanda Creek, and in August, 1812, was occupied by sixteen sol- diers; it was burned by the British in December, 1813, as were also all the buildings in the vicinity except the house of Mrs. Francis, a daugh - ter of Robert Simson. James Burba, who had settled in the southwest part of the town, where he kept a wayside inn, was murdered by three soldiers of the regular army in 1814, one of whom escaped; the others, Charles Thompson and James Peters, were tried, convicted and exe- cuted at Buffalo in June, 1815. This was the first civil law trial and execution in Erie county. John Foster subsequently purchased the Burba property and also kept a hotel.

In 1816 Edward Carney, father of James, settled on Tonawanda Island. About that time a school was opened in the village, the teacher being Ephraim Kelsey. Soon afterward Peter Taylor opened a tavern there. A contract let by the canal commissioners in 1823 to Judge Samuel Wilkeson and Dr. Ebenezer Johnson, of Buffalo, for the construction of a dam across the mouth of Tonawanda Creek and three-fourths of a mile of the Erie Canal, gave a substantial impetus to Tonawanda village, which was laid out that year; these contractors also built a toll bridge over the creek. The canal was opened in Sep- tember, 1825.

The Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad, the first steam railway in Western New York, was opened through Tonawanda in 1836 and the Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad in 1854; both of these roads are a part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad sys- tem. The Niagara Falls branch of the Erie Railroad was built in 1870. Besides these there is the Buffalo and Tonawanda Electric Railway, built in 1890-91, and the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway, built in 1895.

The following became prominent and active residents of the town :

Gottlieb Ackerman, Christopher Ackerman, Simon Bellinger, Benjamin F. Betts, G. C. Christ, Capt. John W. Cramer, James H. De Graff, David R. Faling, Jeremiah Faling, George Fries, Jacob A. Fries, Joseph R. Holway, Paschal S. Humphrey, Charles F. Kibler, Christian H. Kibler, Charles Kohler, Frederick Landel, Peter Misner, Nich- olas Munch, Frederick Munch, John Nice, Garret W. Payne, Frederick Phanner. John H. Phillips, Philip Pirson, Alsace Rinebolt, Martin Riesterer, E. H. Rogers, Jacob

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Seib, Adam Schuler, Conrad Schumacher, Emil Schnitzer, J. J. Stegmeier, Theodore Schneider, John Simson, William B. Simson, Andrew R. Trew, Philip Wendel, Levi Zimmerman, James B. Zimmerman, Martin Zimmerman, Martin J. Zimmerman, Edward Heffron, Elijah Van Rensselaer Day.

Tonawanda Village, situated in the northeast corner of the town, was laid out by Albert H. Tracy, Charles Townsend and other Buffalonians in 1823, at which time there was a log tavern kept by Peter Taylor, and another on the north side kept by Garrett Van Slyke, who also maintained a rope ferry across the creek. The construction of the Erie Canal in 1823-25 gave existence to quite a collection of buildings, but soon afterward the excitement subsided, and for many years there was little improvement. Roswell Driggs was an early tavern-keeper, and in 1827 Urial Driggs, his son, opened the first store, which he con- ducted for nearly sixty years. Joseph Bush soon established himself in the grocery business and continued about forty years; he was also the first postmaster, the office having been established about 1828. Later postmasters were Rufus Fanning, Jacob Kibler, Selden G. John- son, Christian M. Eggert, Roswell W. Driggs, Stephen O. Hayward, Henry B. Stanley, Mrs. Henry B. Stanley, H. L. Joyce, Robert L. Koch, George C. Schwinger, Gottlieb C. Christ and Fayette A. Bal- lard.

The first lumber dealer was Henry P. Smith. About 1840 a saw mill and planing mill were established by John Simson, who, with oth- ers, was instrumental in causing the Cleveland Commercial Company to make an earnest effort to develop and improve the harbor. This was about 1849. The company purchased 500 feet of river frontage, built an elevator with a storage capacity of 250,000 bushels, laid out several new streets, gave a large public square to the village, and sold numer- ous lots on long credit. But many of these enterprises soon failed; the elevator was burned about 1857 and the company moved to Buffalo.

About 1865 Tonawanda began to be an important lumber center, though it did not assume remarkable activity in this respect until after 1870. Col. L. S. Payne erected the first steam saw mill in 1847, and in 1850 Merritt Crandall started another. Soon afterward Simson, Woolson & Whaley built mills, Butts & Co. and others engaged in the stave trade, John A. McDougall & Co. engaged in the timber and lum- ber business, and Brunson & Co. became dealers in square timber and in 1857 bought a cargo of lumber from Canada, and B. F. Betts inter- ested himself in the lumber trade. In 1865 A. B. Williams and A. G. Kent purchased the mill of Merritt Crandall and later those of Fred-

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erick Smith and Robert Koch; Mr. Williams continued in the business many years. William Everson had another early planing mill, which passed to Homer & Daniels, and from them to George E. Hill. By 1875 the lumber business had become the most important industry in the place, and during the past twenty years has grown to enormous proportions. The quantity of lumber handled increased steadily until in its magnitude the "Lumber City "-as Tonawanda and North Ton- awanda are sometimes called-now discounts all American points, except Chicago, as a lumber market. Michigan and Canada have long supplied the timber for this important business. Most of it is shipped in by lake, yet since about 1890 large quantities have been received each year by rail.

The lumber trade originated in the village of Tonawanda, but within recent years has been largely transferred to the present city of North Tonawanda. The two places really comprise a great lumber district, and so closely are their interests in this industry connected that they may be considered as one. The following table shows the amount of lumber, lath and shingles received by lake at the Tonawandas, and the lumber shipped by canal, since 1873:

Received by Lake Transportation'

YEAR.

Lumber, feet.

Lath, pieces.

Shingles, pieces.

Shipped by Canal. Lumber, feet.

1873

104,909,000

1,258,000

1,112,000

80,273,285

1874

144,754,000

1,506,000

10,822,000

115,752,111

1875

155,384,805

5,559,200

13,088,500

120,650,792

1876

207,728,327

6,137,700

18,907,500

165,545,742

1877

221,897,007

5,126,000

23,249,400

188,400,335

1878

206,655,122

3,629,300

21,435,500

173,085,467

1879

250,699,013

5,606,400

30,122,000

206,442,542

1880

323,370,814

1,249,600

22,920,000

291,000,000

1881

415,070,913

282,000

24,271,000

328,886,395

1882

433,241,000

419,000

38,312,000

326,800,681

· 1883

398,871,853

6,061,850

55,217,000

324,528,266

1884

493,268 223

16,367,000

66,185,000

384,455,535

1885

498,631,000

7,952,000

52,004,000

355,230,391

1886

505.425,400

11,883,000

52,825,000

347,932,845

1887

501,237,000

4,096,000

53,435,000

341,925,473

1888

569,522,850

16,617,000

64,903,000

320,149,453

1889

676,017,200

11,506,000

68,712,000

350,220,300

1890

718,650,000

13,039,600

52,232,300

373,569,621

1891

505,512,000

8,209,800

52,561,000

293,211,900

1892

498,000,000

6,243,245

42,809,300

286,329,307

1893

430,248,922

13,232,600

25,257,400

216,116,532

1894

406,907,136

8,495,450

31,468,700

202,110,990

1895

421,372.458

8,547,050

41,310,650

195,886,000

1896

469,246,500

7,195,350

35,823,200

185,580,352

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Among the prominent lumber dealers of Tonawanda were:

P. W. Scribner, who located here in the year 1814; Goodinger & Bellinger, who commenced trade in 1878 and in 1882 were succeeded by Fassett & Bellinger; the Eastern Lumber Company, incorporated May, 1886, with a capital of $300,000; Scanlon, Bush & Co. rafters; and J. S. Thompson, Lockman & Woods, Peter Misner, J. A. Bliss, R. J. Wilder, Romer & Vielhauer, R. E. Fowler, M. E. Hewitt and James Woods. Some of these also operated shingle and planing mills.

In 1888 a project for the improvement of Tonawanda harbor was adopted, and since then about $300,000 have been expended in dredg- ing, etc. Although the work is not completed, yet the harbor will now float almost any vessel on the lakes.

On January 7, 1854, the village was incorporated with the name Tonawanda and with four wards, one of which was on the north side of the creek. The first officers were:

John R. Wheeler, president; Theron W. Woolson, Henry Hill, Jesse F. Locke and Henry P. Smith, trustees; Elijah Cooley, Gideon Hulbert and Thomas J. Keith, assessors; Franklin T. McCuller, clerk ; Hiram Newell, treasurer; William Hay, col- lector; Levi Waite, poundmaster.

In 1857 North Tonawanda withdrew from the corporation, and since then Tonawanda has remained a separate village The population in 1870 was 2,125; in 1880, 3,864; and in 1890, 7,145. A brick school house was erected on Adam street in 1844; in 1870 a Union free school building was built on Clinton street; this was burned December 26, 1896; and in 1897 a new structure, to cost about $65,000, was com- menced. The Delaware street school was built in 1893, as was also that on Murray street. Besides the village has schools on Douglas, Grove and Young streets. In 1892 the system was placed in charge of a school superintendent.

The Wyckoff water pipe works were started in 1857 by I. S. Hobbie, who was succeeded by Hobbie, Ayrault & Co., Ayrault, Carlton & Co., and, in 1866, Ayrault Brothers & Co. A brick yard was established by Edward Hall in 1870 and another by William Simson in 1880; both have been abandoned. Martin Riesterer & Son started one in August, 1891. In 1867 George Zent started a brewery, which was sold in Feb- ruary, 1883, to the Niagara River Brewing Company. Sommer, Schaefer & Co., in 1873, started a cider, vinegar and yeast works, which they en- larged in 1887; the plant was burned in September of that year and re- built, covering an entire block, and is one of the largest of the kind in the country. In 1883 William M. Gillie built a machine shop and foundry, and later J. Boardman fitted up another. Among the boat

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builders were A. B. Williams, I. M. Rose, Henry Whitefield, J. M. Annis and Thomas Mulhall. Charles G. Martin started a blacksmith and wagon shop in 1864; other mechanics in this line were Elijah Day, Hubert Schmitz, George P. Gillie, C. O. Perrine, J. S. Kearn and Peter Dahl. John Mahar has an engine and boiler manufatory and Thornton & Chester a flouring mill. Foundries were formerly operated by T. E. Webb and S. A. Van Brocklin.

The Tonawanda Board of Trade was organized by the citizens of both villages on February 23, 1884, and for several years exerted much use- fulness in advancing the commercial interests. The Tonawanda Lum- bermen's Association has long carried out a worthy work in connection with the lumber trade.

Besides the stores of Urial Driggs and Joseph Bush there was one opened by Selden G. Johnson in 1848; other merchants in Tonawanda were the following:

William Kibler, James A. Pinner, Joseph Powell, Christopher Schwinger, Louis F. Green, Simon J. Locke, Sherman & Campbell, O. H. Gorton, Lyman G. Stanley, Chales H. Scoville, Christian Diedrich, Nice & Hickey, A. H. Crown, Joseph Wolf & Son, Christian Miller, William H. Hepworth, A. L. Karner, L. Silverstone, J. H. Kohler, James B. Huff, William Dick, Fred Hamp, William Hardleben & Co., H. B. Koenig & Co., John Maul, Zuckmaier Brothers, J. Lang, Gustav Freitag, Pfanner Brothers, Adolph Luther, Mrs. R. M. Coshway, John G. Hubman, E. H. Hewitt, Dr. W. D. Murray, M. C. Betts, George D. Lawson, William W. Parker, J. H. Risins, Andrew Ultsch, Henry Diedrich.

John T. Bush became a lawyer in Tonawanda in 1836 and his brother, William T. Bush, in 1837. Later lawyers were:

W. W. Thayer, D. H. Long, George Wing, Willis J. Benedict, Elias Root, F. L. Clark, William B. Simson, Charles W. Sickman, John K. Patton, Dow Vroman, Glen G. Dudley, Charles S. Orton, William J. Rogers.

The first resident physician was Dr. Jesse F. Locke, who came about 1838; following him were:

Drs. Frederick F. Hoyer, Ware, Gail, Leonard, Dieffenbach, W. D. Murray, H. B. Murray, Simson Cook, C. Rollin Cobb, R. C. Taber, Duncan Sinclair, John T. Harris, J. R. Simson and H. M. Edmonds.

The first newspaper was the Tonawanda Commercial, which was started May 2, 1850, by S. Hoyt; it lived about one year, and was fol- lowed in September, 1853, by the Niagara River Pilot with S. S. Pack- ard as editor; he was succeeded in 1855 by Stephen O. Hayward, who in November, 1860, started the Niagara Frontier. This was finally discontinued, and in 1871 Mr. Hayward commenced the Tonawanda Enterprise. The Index was started in 1875 by J. A. L. Fisher, and in

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April, 1880, passed to George S. Hobbie, who changed it to the Daily News; this and the Herald, started in July, 1875, is now published in North Tonawanda. In 1888 A. E. Bishop established the Tonawandan, which was sold to C. H. Drew, who changed the name to the Tona- wanda Press; in 1890 it passed to Frank L. Lane and in 1891 was ab- sorbed by the News. The North Tonawanda papers now cover this village.

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Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Erie County, New York (Volume 1), Part 67

Author: Truman C. White Publication date: 1898 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1017

Author: Truman C. White
Publication date: 1898
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1017