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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)
Letting of the locks, article (Republic, 1847-07-16)
Projected improvements at Tonawanda, Cleveland and Albany investors, article (Rochester Republican, 1848-12-07)
Another project for a new commercial city, Cleveland and Albany forwarders, article (Schenectady Reflector via Express, 1848-12-22)
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)
Affairs at Tonawanda, Hinds enlarging canal to furnish elevator basin, article (Buffalo Daily Republic, 1849-05-25)
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)
Description of Iron Works, mention of Ironton, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1874-03-18)
Pig iron, ad (Buffalo Courier, 1874-07-14
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
Smelting furnace out of blast, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1874-10-21)
That Ironton disaster, article (Niagara Gazette, 1874-10-21)
Head furnace man dies in Buffalo when furnace fails, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1874-10-28)
Railroad accident, tramps near Ironton, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1875-08-04)
Niagara River Iron Company debt approaches paid-up capital, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1875-10-13)
No prospect of Niagara River Iron Works resumption, iron trade depression, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1875-11-17)
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)
No prospect again this spring of Ironton works resumption, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1877-04-25)
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)
Gold found on farm in Wheatfield, article (Lokport Daily Journal, 1878-12-04)
Gold in Wheatfield, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1878-12-04)
Wheatfield gold, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1878-12-11)
Treat of Ironton slashes own throat, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1878-12-11)
Buffalo During the War of 1812, book excerpt (Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, Vol 1. pp 194-209, 1879)
Rumors that Iron Works will resume, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1879-01-01)
Iron Works to be sold at auction, article (Niagara Gazette, 1879-04-23)
Iron Works in trust, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1879-06-04)
Materials moved to Buffalo, article (Niagara Gazette, 1879-08-27)
Description of Village of Tonawanda, partial transcription (Commerce, Manufactures and Resources of Buffalo and Environs, 1880)
Clothes-line thieves at Ironton, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1880-01-28)
Sheriff seizes Fonner's lands for mortgage foreclosure, article (Lockport Daily Journal, 1880-05-10)
Ironton Mrs. Dorrity is left by drinking husband, tries to drown herself, taken in by neighbors, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1880-07-14)
Brockport tournament, fire and cornet bands, article (Lockport Daily Journal, 1880-08)
Reisterer succeeds Reid as Iron Works Supt., article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1880-12-29)
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)
A Railroad Riot, article (Daily Gazette, 1882-07-04_004)
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)
Human remains discovered in Goundry Street area (Tonawanda Herald, 1884 and 1888)
Niagara River Iron Co. dissolved, article (Niagara Gazette, 1884-01-29)
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)
Plush factory of Buffalo may buy old furnace buildings at Ironton, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1888-08-15)
An Iron Works Boom, article (Buffalo News, 1888-12-30)
Baird bros. to put Niagara River Iron Works into full operation, article (Suspension Bridge Journal, 1889-01-05)
50K needed for plant, workers moving here, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1889-01-30)
Thirty men at iron works, article (Suspension Bridge Journal, 1889-03-02)
Ore arriving in great quantities for iron works, article (Suspension Bridge Journal, 1889-06-01)
Iron works started up Wednesdays, article (Suspension Bridge Journal, 1889-08-31)
Works at Ironton resume, article (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1889-09-04)
Rebuilt iron works at 3x, article (Suspension Bridge Journal, 1889-09-21)
George P. Smith and A. J. Hathaway purchase Ironton tract east of railroad for building lots, article (Suspension Bridge Journal, 1889-11-02)
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
Niagara County supervisors permit city expansion; Iron works owner's wife lights furnace, article (Suspension Bridge Journal, 1891-01-24)
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)
Fire damages iron works, article (Lockport Daily Journal, 1891-07-11)
George P. Smith to Ironton Land Co., real estate transfer (Daily Sun, 1891-07-31)
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)
Oliver Street Irontonians unhappy with village and electric railroad, article (Daily Cataract, 1892-09-07)
New opera house at Ironton, article (Niagara Falls Journal, 1892-10-08)
Rosebrook Block on Oliver destroyed by fire, article (Tonawanda News, c 1893 0411)
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)
Polish boarders rob Ironton woman, article (Daily Cataract, 1893-09-12)
Can't close all of them, Ironton saloons on Sundays, article (Daily Cataract, 1893-10-13)
Niagara Radiator breaks ground opposite Ironton furnace, article (Daily Cataract, 1893-11-02)
Backer House - A popular hotel run by a woman, article (Tonawanda News, 1893-11-30)
Explosion at Ironton, article (Daily Cataract, 1893-12-06)
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)
Paynes Plot and map mention, 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)
Voluntary action of the Tonawanda Iron and Steel Works, article (Daily Cataract, 1895-07-01)
Improvements in Ironton, Grateick, article (Niagara Falls Journal, 1895-07-06)
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)
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