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Alfred - Almond - Amity - Andover - Angelica - Belfast - Bolivar - Caneadea - Centerville - Cuba - Friendship - Hume - Independence - Letchworth Area - Genesee - Rushford - Scio

 

PostCard & Scenes Gallery

of Dan Nicholson

Page 15 - Rushford, Including Lake Rushford

 

 

Caneadea Dam at Rushford Lake; 135 Steps - Built in 1927.

Steps were replaced in 1944 & again in 1969.

 

 

 

The early years of Rushford Lake; not many cottages yet.

 

 

 

Rushford,NY; Down Main Street - postmarked 1907

 

Picture for postcard was taken on August 18, 1906, the 50th Birthday of NY Governor Higgins.  Gov Higgins is the closest to camera in front seat.  The postcard was mailed & postmarked at Rushford on February, 1907, 4 days after the death of Gov. Higgins.  He did not reach his 51st birthday.  This house was his birthplace which still stands and is used as a residence today.

 

Rushford Old Home Week, 1908

 

Rushford Block; postmarked 1907

 

Up Main Street at Rushford, NY

 

 

 
 

 

Alfred - Almond - Amity - Andover - Angelica - Belfast - Bolivar - Caneadea - Centerville - Cuba - Friendship - Hume - Independence - Letchworth Area - Genesee - Rushford - Scio

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