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Embracing Some Account of the Ancient Remains ... and a History of Pioneer Settlement Under the Auspices of the Holland Company; Including Reminiscences of the War of 1812; the Origin, Progress and Completion of the Erie Canal, Etc., Etc.,…

Commerce, Manufactures and Resources of Buffalo and Environs, cover (1880).jpg
Later part of the book has a ton of great and detailed lumber and other ads.

Gratwick, Smith and Fryer Lumber Co., promotional booklet (1880).jpg
This illustrated booklet details the business of the Gratwick, Smith and Fryer Lumber Company, showing how they were able to be successful by controlling all phases of lumber cutting, transporting and refining for market. Their Tonawanda dock, yards…

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History of Wheatfield (Chapter XII from 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 lies on the southern boundary of the county, west of the center, and extends farther south than any…

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https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433032949152

Greater Buffalo NY Industrial Commercial, book (1914).pdf
Hundreds of illustrations of Buffalo institutions and factories. Tonawandas section:71: Lumber views, Sweeney Building72: Tonawanda Iron, Buffao Bolt, Felton School73: Bennet, Eastern Lumber Co., Buffalo Pump74: Niagara Falls (Adama Power Plant)77:…

Our Lady of Czestochowa, yearbook cover (1945).jpg
Includes photos and a history of the Polish settlement in North Tonawanda.

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PSTOS-Pipeline-2012-08.pdf
Includes the following essay, photos of Hope-Jones, and two lengthy addresses by the inventor. Who was Robert Hope-Jones? Hope-Jones, 1859–1914, was a brilliant innovator, whose inspirations in the field of organ design and building contributed to…

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From the 376-page illustrated report's Introduction: The North Tonawanda Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) is an approximately 546 acre area located along the Niagara River and Erie Canal in the City of North Tonawanda, encompassing all of Tonawanda…

Reconaissance Level Survey of Historic Resources of City of North Tonawanda (kta preservation, 2019).pdf
A mostly readable overview of the area's early development from 1600, with special emphasis on early village luminaries in general and the Sweeney family in particular. The urban development of their land, and its use as Pine Woods Park is detailed.

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It’s disorienting to contemplate how different the Avenues would have appeared to young Master Kolecki in 1925. If you’ve seen photographs of the era, you realize they might as well have been taken in Slovenia. It’s a decidedly more rural existence.…
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