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Myles Joyce to seek 7th term, Buttermilk case, article (Tonawanda News, 1969-06-18.pdf
The so-called "Buttermilk Trial" of Mayor Myles Joyce (who is pulled over for drunk driving, and claims he was drinking only buttermilk) appears to…
Closure of North Tonawanda Pool is the end of an era, article (Samantha Christmann, Buffalo News, 2023).htm
As a kid in North Tonawanda, every summer morning in 1988 was the same ritual. I would stretch on my purple swimsuit, still damp from the night…
Bintz Pool examples from other cities, photos.jpg
Wesley Bintz made a career out of building municipal swimming pools across the United States. These examples show how the basic design was adapted to…
On the Avenues and Beyond by John Kolecki, 2007, book review (Dennis Reed Jr, 2023).htm
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,…
The Town of Wheatfield (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…
Theodore S Fassett, owner of Tonawanda Island, dead at 60, 420 Linwood Ave, article (1908-09-02).jpg
Alleged grave of Hannah Johnson, Sweeney Cemetery, photo (NOT her grave), photo (Dennis Reed Jr, 2012.jpg
Identified by an old-timer as her grave. Not believed to be true.
Public Market, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works in the background before its 1911 expansion.
North Tonawanda and Martinsville, map detail (1875, Beers Atlas of Niagara and Orleans).jpg
Carney's Island, Distillery, Ayer Estate, Fisher, Cap. o. Shepard, Rosebrock, Kibber, Roney, A. Jerbitz, Zimmerman, Rumbolt, Dreggs, Nutting, J.…
