What's New? (PAGE 1C - ARCHIVES 10/5/06 - 12/31/07)
Unknown Year, Photo Postcard View of Richburg--Gallery, Town of Wirt
Update, Old Burns Cemetery aka/Bull Road Cemetery; Town of Burns
December 2007 Newsletter of Thelma Rogers Historical Society & Dyke Street Museum
Update, JOHNSON CEMETERY - WELLSVILLE
"A Fine New Residence" - State Street & Highland Avenue- Wellsville
Allentown Produces Many Race Drivers--Gene "Gino" Swarthout, 1960s-early 1970s Race Driver
H. Ross Glover Graduates from Canaseraga High School at Age 82!
District School #7 - Rose Hill School
ALLEGANY COUNTY RECORD? James Lee Glover fathers EIGHTEEN children in Burns, NY from 1891-1926;
Glover Family Obituaries
Allegany County Draft Contingent Enters Service 3/10/1943
Greenway Trail Users Group Holds First Meeting 11/2007-Great time had
by all at Open House of Allegany County Courthouse! New Photos Added -
Brian Lynch Picture Gallery Rev. War File of Simeon Brant, of Cuba, NY; buried
at Angelica Water Navigation in NY State Before the Canals
Annual Genesee Valley Greenway Event takes place in Belfast, NY
A few memories of Sawmills, Cheese Factories, Railroads, Some Personalities & some opinions along the way......by one who lived in the Ceres area, Charlie Barrett.
Updated - HOLY CROSS CEMETERY - BELFAST
1850 CENSUS - TOWN OF ANDOVER, NY; Transcribed by Mary Rhodes
1850 CENSUS - TOWN OF SCIO, NY; Including much of present day Towns of Wellsville, Willing and Alma - Transcribed by Mary Rhodes
THE COLD JUNE OF 1816
Civil War Pension Papers from the Pension File of JAMES L. MESLER OF ALMA, NY; names mentioned: Wyckoff, George, Dickerson, Wilcox, Quick, Rocktaschel and many more....
Picture added to Town of Genesee Photo Gallery
Wellsville's Pink House Stories and Information
A Few Current Happenings Around the County - Viewer Recommendations.
Update & Photos - Dean Family Cemetery - Town of Centerville
Osborne Family Cemetery - Town of Centerville
Andover Grange #1098 History
Newly Discovered Pioneer Cemetery - Town of Centerville;
My TAYLOR Ancestors and other assorted information and surnames - Ronald G. Taylor
Photo Visits 9-22-07 at Sesqui-centennial Events sponsored by "150 Committee" at: Dyke Street Museum;
Donald Baldwin Museum; Elementary School,
Modeler Exhibit "BLOWN TO ATOMS" -
Tragic Death of Charley Key, Shooter for the DuPont Powder Co. – Man and Team Go Up with 800 Quarts of Nitro-Glycerin.
October 2007 Newsletter - Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historial Soiety - Wellsville,NY
12 pages of obituaries from Gary Coats of Allegany County area Relatives; Surnames: Benedict, Coats, Crandall, Gorton, Green, Hibbard, Ingley, Jandrew, Kenyon, Reynolds, Scoville, Smith and more....with INDEX
New photos added: TOWN OF WILLING PHOTO GALLERY
"Cuba Sights"; A few "memories" from a former resident....
HISTORY OF THE ALMA CHURCH by Bernice Dickerson Hoagland; Near an end as a church?
Monday Club Photo - Year Unknown
HISTORY OF THE WILSON FAMILY; By Stephen Wilson, Jr., January 1895
A Gallery of Brian Lynch - Pictures of YesterYear; Wellsville & Allegany County - Page 1
PART 1 & 2 - TOWN OF GENESEE 1865 NY STATE CENSUS
POWER FOR THE LAST CENTURY - Roller Rink Had
Roots in Electric Generation
Angelica's Blacksmith -- Today
19 pages of obituaries from Diane Converso of Wellsville, NY; Older area pioneers including the last Wellsville Civil War Veteran - with INDEX
ADDIE THORNTON ELWELL - TEACHER FOR HALF CENTURY - WELLSVILLE, NY
60 YEARS WEDDED - 11-21-1914 - Mr & Mrs Henry Lewis married & pioneers at Wellsville in 1854
Isabelle CUMMINGS Remembered - Riverside Academy Teacher
1865 STATE CENSUS, TOWN OF FRIENDSHIP
527 Obituaries; Clippings by Mrs. Howard Barney
2007 Cuba Lake Raceway - Drivers of the 50's & 60's Luncheon Report and Photo..........
NEW 2007 BALLOON RALLY PHOTO GALLERY
Emmit G. Latta in the Papers of Abraham Lincoln--A persistent Young Supporter of the Union
A Fascinating Family - LATTA - Genealogy Information, Inventions, Newsnotes and much much more.........Friendship, NY Family
INVENTIONS of Emmit G. Latta of Friendship, NY. His bicycle (Velocipede, drawings, information) and other items ......
A couple of new views of Short Tract, ca. 1909-Dan Nicholson Postcards
Map of Allentown Cemetery
Update-Christ Episcopal Church of Belvidere Cemetery List - Town of Amity
Bio Sketch of Capt. James Lemen - 1891
Civil War Vet "Unknown" Photo now IDENTIFIED!!
A few new photos added to Town of Friendship Photo Gallery - Pitts/Strong Family
"Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY" Patriot & Free Press column, July 11-17, 2007
"TAYLORS AND QUICKS GIVE ALMA HILL NOVEL ROLE OF HAVING DOUBLE FIFTH GENERATION FAMILY TIES" (1948)
26" Piece of Railroad Track found from Original B. E. & C. Railroad Days; Used prior to 1893
RUSHFORD TOWN BAND - CELEBRATING 150 YEARS IN 2007 !! Stories & Pictures
Photo - Scio, 1908 Postcard - Drugstore of C.E.Chapin
New photos added to Wellsville Town's "Tidbits of Time" Page
Unknown Photo Page - Civil War Photo - 1st NY Dragoons (130th Regiment)
Cuba Lake Raceway - 5th Annual 50's Stock Car Racing Luncheon Invitation
HOUGHTON SEMINARY - 1885 Statement of Position
Partial Listing - Potter's Field - Allegany County Home Cemetery - Angelica
B.R.A.G. has Bolivar DVD Available
BLOOMING FRIENDSHIP! A Rural Hamlet with a City's Boom. The
Friendship Railroad to Richburg, The New Oil Capital - The Countryside - A Town Set to Music - On the Erie Track Line. 1881
Photo on UNKNOWN Page - WELLSVILLE-BROAD STREET BIBLE SCHOOL CONCERT BAND, 1912-NAMES NEEDED!
September, 1924 Accident; FOUR MEN NEARLY LOSE LIVES AT REFINERY
INTERESTING OIL STORIES - GLEANED FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS
June 2007 Newsletter - Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society - Wellsville
More photos - Cuba Lake Raceway 50s! Help needed identifying drivers, Please
WILLIAMS FAMILY OF CENTERVILLE, Allegany County; also, Catt. Co.; until moved in 1842 westward. Descendents of Robert Williams of Roxbury, Mass.
Revolutionary Soldier - One Of First Settlers in County
"Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY" - Patriot Column for
5/23/07
"Business" --from The Oil Echo, Tuesday, March 28, 1882
Among the Strawberries; An Afternoon at A.N. Cole’s “Home on the Hillside” - 1885
Enormous Oil Production - Bradford Field - Allegany Democrat 1888
"Not Dead, But Sleeping"; THE OIL ECHO; "The Representative Journal of the Allegany Field" - 1882
Richburg Newspaper Last Edition
Rise and Fall of Richburg; 1897 Clipping
Street Railroad to Bolivar in Contemplation.
Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY - The Patriot Columns - MAY 2 -
MAY 9 - MAY 16
Wilber Haver Post #502 G.A.R., Angelica
Philip Wylie: An Appreciation; "Wylie was one of the most popular and influential
writers in the country from the 1940s through the 1960s. He was a rather quiet and shy fellow so many residents of Rushford never realized the fame of their summer visitor. Wylie always relished the peace and tranquility of small-town life."
WELLSVILLE
ENTERPRISE - Some Interesting Facts and Figures for the Public - “The Reporter” Man Interviews the Big Wholesale House of Scoville,
Brown & Company - The Astonishing Amount of Business Transacted by the Firm.
New Photo on UNKNOWN PHOTO PAGE
Belfast Civil War Veteran List & Monument
THE ERIE'S LEASED LINES - NARROW GAUGE PROBLEMS
Birds Eye View of Cuba
1882 An Important Year for Allegany County Railroad Development
Richburg Hill Well Was Basis for Rush To Area Rich In Oil.
The Start of ALLEGANY COUNTY AUTO RACING PHOTO GALLERY
Tuttle Road Cemetery - Town of West Almond; Rev. War Veteran
Many Many Railroad News Articles and Short Clips from 1880s Newspapers....
SHOCKING ACCIDENT! A Woman Knocked Down by a B. E. & C. R.R. Train and
Fatally Injured. --Oil Echo, Richburg NY 1882
Allentown - RED HOT; Allentown, the metropolis of the Allegany Oil Field, is making fast its reputation as an oil
town.
Ramsey Car Transfer Apparatus - used to transfer standard gauge cars of the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad to the Tonawanda Valley & Cuba
Railroad
MAY 2007 NEWSLETTER - THELMA ROGERS GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY/DYKE STREET MUSEUM
"The Last of the Peg Leg"; Goodnight to a nearby tiny Railroad (1880)
A Surname List, Town of Wirt (Biographical Summaries for Past Residents)
KELLOGG & Many associated surnames which descended to and through Allegany County. Large book printed in 1903 and digitized by Google. “KELLOGGS IN THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW”
"Discovering the History of Allegany County" April 25, 2007 column
AS TOLD TO ME – A Lady Tells a ‘Fish’ Story
A Tale of a Traveling Turtle (1887)
Scio Farmer at 80 Recalls Exciting Richburg Oil Rush
A Class In the Allegany Field Who Find It Very Hard to Make a Raise
What novel reading will do for boys
"ROW AT RICHBURG" - AT DISREPUTABLE DRINKING HOLE!
SIZER WATER; SAINT & SINNER ALIKE PARTAKE OF NEW CURE!
Withey/Rogers Cemetery - We Ask Viewer Help - Town of Willing Cemetery Desecrated during Road Construction of Route 19 South?
THE YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER - 1816, ALLEGANY COUNTY, NY; Compiled by Margaret Wood, former Andover Town Historian
"Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY" Column from Cuba Patriot 4/18/2007
Biography of Comrade William McDonough - With photo of Whaling Ship served upon...adventurous Andover Citizen!
Coats Furniture Co. Advertisement with picture of Chairs and Table.
1952 Printed PROGRAM - Lists Names & Car Numbers & Some of the Rules! - Shared by Terry Monroe.
Obituary - John P. Herrick, 1961
Early Railroad Profits - The Enormous Dividends of the Narrow
Gauge Lines in the Bradford Oil Regions.
UNCOVERING THE COATS FAMILY—AND THEIR FURNITURE! - A Couple of Wellsville Firsts-Compiled by Ron Taylor, 2007.
RAILROAD - A NECESSITY; Short Words and Big Work! 'On to Eldred' Now or Never
(April 25, 1881)
UPS AND DOWNS OF OILDOM - John P. Herrick; June 30, 1895
RUSHFORD'S IMPROVEMENTS IN 1884 - Rushford Spectator, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1884
RAILROADS - Excerpt from John S. Minard, "Allegany County and Its People. A Centennial Memorial History of
Allegany County, New York." 1896
THING OF THE PAST -- NARROW GAUGE RAILROADS OF THE OIL COUNTRY. Buffalo Illustrated
Morning Express, January 30, 1898
APRIL 11TH COLUMN, "DISCOVERING THE HISTORY OF ALLEGANY COUNTY, NY" - The Patriot
MORTGAGES VANISHING BEFORE THE BOOM IN THE ALLEGANY OIL FIELDS (1899)
Helene Phelan MAP Showing Underground Railroad Activity in Allegany County, NY
Excerpt from books shows KING FARM & Allegany County,NY connection to Underground Railroad
Photos at LANE CEMETERY-Town of Centerville
"HISTORY OF CERES" Handsome Volume of 150 Pages, and Reflects Much Credit on the Author, Miss Maria King (Book
Announcement, 9/18/1896)
ALLEGANY COUNTY JAIL (1895) - "From the County Seat"; "Snap Shots Caught on the Fly by a Breeze Scribe"
REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS. Interesting Interview - With "Uncle" George S. Crandall, One of Genesee's Oldest Citizens. ("From the
CERES MAIL")
CUBA OIL FIELD. IT BEGINS TO BOOM! Oil's Well at Last.
Index to Special Publications - Andover News
Employee Loyalty at Alma Gas Pump Station - Empire Gas & Fuel Newsletter, 1956 on 75th Anniversary
BIOGRAPHY OF WARD M. HOPKINS - from "Who's Who of Allegany County, NY" 1937-1938
A Comparison of 1862 and 1932; Better or Worse?
NARROW GAUGE RAILROADS; Some interesting Facts, 1882.
Melvin Sortore Death Recalls Underground Railroad Story (1951, Wellsville Daily Reporter Clip)
BIOGRAPHY OF MAY ALLEN BOYD - from "Who's Who of Allegany County, NY" 1937-1938
INDEX to Who's Who in Allegany County - 1937-8
Updated Information, Riverside Cemetery-Belfast,NY 4/1/07
Interesting Editorial, 1881, "Railroad" by Miles A. Davis, Editor and Publisher of the Cuba Patriot
6 Months in Erie County Penitentiary - Running House of Ill Repute! 1885 Wellsville
AT RICHBURG - Oil Talk, 1881
INTO THE FLAMES! Railway Train on a Track of Fire - 1884
April 2007 Newsletter-Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society - Wellsville
Grenada & Lebanon Veterans List from Andover, NY
Persian Gulf War Veterans List from Andover, NY
Purple Heart Holders List from Andover,NY
Patriot Column of the Week-March 28-April 3, 2007-"Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY"
RUSHFORD ABLAZE!! DECEMBER 20, 1883
EASTMAN KODAK USED LOCAL OILMAN FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING; PHOTO COLOR IN ca.1940
PHOTO GALLERY - TOWN OF RUSHFORD
A DESCRIPTION OF UTOPIA
PHOTOS FROM THE UTOPIA FARM IN THE TOWN OF WIRT
AN ANSWER TO "WELLSVILLE'S WORST" ARTICLE; "WELLSVILLE’S FOURTH – A Fine Day, a Large Crowd, and a Thin Entertainment – But Lots of Fun"
Many New Obituaries added to the "OBITUARIES PAGE"
Joncy Falls at Angelica, NY; ca.1906 Postcard & a link to photography site of Scott Ensminger, "The Falls Guy". He has over 30
water falls of Allegany County documented.
W. ROY WAGNER KILLS TWO STATE POLICEMEN - 1927; Arrested, Tried, Executed!
FIRE TOWER ON ALMA HILL; Peak Populated Height in State
Straight - McDougal Hotel at Costello’s Corners - Built 1840-1, Burned
1910 - Town of Willing
"Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY" Patriot Column for 3-21 to 27, 2007
NEW UNKNOWN PHOTO - RUSHFORD MASONS TO IDENTIFY-1920
BIG FIRE AT RUSHFORD; For the Fourth Time It Is Swept by Devastating Flames - April 15, 1885
BELMONT'S INDUSTRY - 1886 Story of Toothpick Manufacture
WELLSVILLE'S WORST!! - A SLIM 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION
ca. 1884 - CUBA, NY RAILROAD LAYOUT - Map
OBITUARY-- Kendall Wilder -- AN OLD SETTLER -- One Who Had Lived Under Every President. 1885
Clarksville Cremated! Destructive Fire in that Village - Feb 4, 1886
Incidents at Clarksville - Oil, 1885; Warner Well Shot
Clarksville Oil - Operations in that Growing Field (1885)
MOSS LAKE - A Trip Down the River -(1887) - A Little Lake Surrounded by a Wide Moss Covered Beach
AMONG THE OIL WELLS - An 1883 Letter to the Editor about Allentown by D. P. Fitch
The Erie & the Narrow Gauges
Railroads - A short editorial in 1883
Patriot & Free Press Column for 3/14/07; "Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY"
MAP of B. E. & C. Railroad System; by Michael J. Connor
Proposed Trolley Line (1899)
WILL OIL ENGINES SUPPLANT STEAM
Trolley Line to Wellsville (1907)
A Crow that Talks!!
SHORT TRACT OIL POOL -A short History of Oil in Towns of Granger & Allen.
BOOMING BOLIVAR -1/31/1881
3 Andover News Items: (1) Crook Comes to Grief in Andover - 1927; (2)
Strange Find of Cuba Lake Road; Old Burial Plot Uncovered by Road Builders; Some 100 Years in Ground (5/14/1926); (3) Andover has over 70 Occupations
Destruction of Beautiful Robertson Home Kindles Memories of Old Wellsville Days - 1951 Fire
WILD BEAST RAVAGING NEAR CANASERAGA - 1926 Andover News Clip
The Scio & Allentown Telephone Co...........1881
POOR MAPLE SUGAR SEASON (1902)
Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Company & it's Predecessors - NEWS ITEMS, from Various County & Other Newspapers; Railroads Included: Friendship Railroad, Allegany Central Railroad, Central New York & Western Railroad, Lackawanna and Pittsburg Railroad, Lackawanna & South-Western Railroad (pub.3/7/07)
GENESEE VALLEY CANAL SALE
"MOSES VANCAMPEN RUNNING THE GAUNTLET"
"WHEN THE SHAWMUT WENT TO BELFAST"
ALMA HISTORY from: Gazetteer and Business Directory of Allegany County, N.Y. for 1875 Compiled & Published by Hamilton Child (Syracuse)
ANDOVER HISTORY - FROM GAZETTEER & BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF ALLEGANY COUNTY, N.Y. 1875
"the Boulder" marks the burial place of Copperhead
MARCH 2007 NEWSLETTER-Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society
2/28/07 "Patriot and Free Press" Column; "Discovering the history of Allegany County"
THE FLOOR GAVE WAY!! June 24, 1858 story of near disaster.
AN ACIENT POSTAL GUIDE - ISSUED 1822; “The post offices of the United States with the names of the postmasters and the counties and states in which they are located and the distances
from the city of Washington, and the capitals of the respective states.” Is that not some title? This book was issued by direction of the Postmaster General and printed in 1822.
Obituary-Updates; LUCAS, GOODRIDGE, & more...... LAW Family Reunion Photo, 1912--Unknown people
with request for identification. Magner's Carriage Works - One of Wellsville’s Leading and
Successful Manufacturing Industries Fire Destroys Old Landmark, Lanphear Home on Alfred Station-Andover Road; Built in 1817
Two Young Ladies Escape a Fearful Accident 1896 A Tale of "Panning for Gold" in
the Microfilm!! --Newspaper Date 7/24/1883; The Headline: “Twenty Five Years Ago
Today - A Page from Wellsville’s Early History” "Back Home to Angelica" - Reprint of 1956 historically based writing from"The Rural New
Yorker" Magazine- "Away for too long a time, I finally make a return" February 2007 Newsletter of
Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society-Wellsville
Levi S. Enos, Inventor of Many Things
Roaring Tornado Hits 106 Settlement; Baby Carried 300' through the Air; Denning, Blue Families--May 4, 1942. Strong-Minded Women Etch Mark on County’s History
DO YOU THINK THIS WILL EVER CATCH ON? Telephone coming to Wellsville? 1883
"These photos are in connection to the Hooker Family of the Town of Allen and the Town of Granger. Also the Harris Family of The Town of Centerville. I have no names for
these folks." Unknown Photos-2/12/07
Photo Gallery - Town of Clarksville Community
Schools of the Town of Clarksville - Brief histories of District Schools with photos.
Sawmills at Clarksville - Brief log of information and couple of photos.
A New County called LINCOLN!! - Movement in 1888 to Create from Allegany & Steuben Towns.
Clarksville Oil History - Clarksville Pool
Town of Clarksville Veteran List (WW II, Korean, Viet Nam)
Cheese Factories - Town of Clarksville
Church Histories - Town of Clarksville
Moon Shanty Bridge - Humor if you weren't there!!
Patriot Column, "Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY" 2/7/07
OUR THIRD RAILROAD - WHAT WELLSVILLE SHOULD DO ABOUT IT; Wellsville, Coudersport & Pine Creek Railroad - 1882 Argument for completion sooner than later--------
Who was John S. Minard & Why Should We Care
DEATH IN THE FLAMES - OLD MAN BURNED IN HIS BED - (Nelson Budd - 1882)-Town of Alma,NY
"Mom" Eggleston - "MOTHER OF MANY" - Party given to celebrate delivery of 600th Baby on 5/5/1934!!
"JUST KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES"; Home Page for JONES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INFORMATION & THE JONES FAMILY, as
related to Hospital
Stories, Diaries, Photos & Such; From Utopia Farm, East Notch Valley-Town of Wirt; Surnames: LESUER, WELLS, SEAMAN, KENYON, LANTS,
AXTELL, APPLEBEE, MAXON, RANDOLPH, CHAMPLIN, STANTON, ROWLEY, WILLARD, RENWICK, CASE, BRACY, DAVIDSON, PLACE
Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY; 1/31 Column from The Patriot Newspaper.
COUNTY POST ROADS, POST OFFICES, AND TOWNS OF ALLEGANY COUNTY; by William E. Howden. Story of Travels in pursuit of the 1840
circa Post Office Towns and Settlements. Many names and their locations discovered.......
OBITUARIES PAGE updated with Surnames: KENYON, ALLEN, SHINE, FULLAM, COOK, STOUT, DICKERSON
Town of Allen Highway Crew; Unknown names; c. 1890-1910
SGT. MAJOR CHARLES J. HAYES, UNITED STATES MARINE; Although Mr. Hayes passed away over 65 years ago his story lives on.
Beautiful Country Home in 1892, Town of Grove. Town of Grove Photo Gallery.
1/24/07 "Discovering the History of Allegany County"; Identify the Town, buildings, person?
American Legion Dinner for World War I Veterans is held at Wellsville,NY in February 1959; Help ID the attendees..
February, 2007 - Newsletter of Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society, Wellsville
SMITH, FOX, AND RELATED FAMILY PHOTO GALLERY- TOWN OF GROVE
The Start, BLACKSMITHS-TIMBER-SAWMILLS-NAILS; Many stories to surface in this area...
LORING, YORK & BURDICK FAMILIES and related surnames: CRANDALL, WITTER, HUBBARD, RICHMOND, SAUNDERS, PECKHAM AND VINCENT.
Whitesville Cheese Factory Photo
More pictures added: SINCLAIR PHOTOGALLERY-Wellsville pub 1/20/07
Discovering the History of Allegany County, NY - Cuba Patriot Column 1/17/2007
The Start of ALFRED PHOTO GALLERY; a place for viewers to share views of Alfred,NY History
Over 250 Postcard Pictures of Allegany County; From the Collection of Dan Nicholson
Angelica Raceway; Excerpt from "Angelica, Our Kind of Town"
Two short articles about local HORSE RACING HISTORY
NEW Cemetery Listing: HOPKINS FAMILY CEMETERY - Rushford Road, Town of Centerville
Update - Alger Cemetery, Town of Hume pub 1/11/07
The following Andover items were Updated 1/9/07: "Buried in Andover" Veteran List; Gate of
Heaven Cemetery List; Hann/Hand Cemetery List; Hillside Cemetery List;
Korean War Vets List; St. Johns Cemetery List; Unknown Where Buried List;
Valley Brook Cemetery
Many OBITUARIES added and updated.
"Birdseye View, ERIE STATION - Wellsville, NY" Postcard
RUSHFORD Historical Society -January Meeting & Blacksmith Bldg. Restoration Project
NATURAL ICE --Harvesting was a big business; now almost vanished .....1/7/07
TRACK LAYOUT -B&S Railroad - DRAWINGS OF WELLSVILLE, NY TRACKS; c.1911 pub.1/1/07
Friendship, NY - SIDNEY RIGDON; "Even in death his connection to the founding of the Mormon religion is not
forgotten"
"THE NEW POSTAL CAR" & "FIVE DEAD IN WRECK AT TIOGA CENTER" 1881 Erie RR Articles pub.12/30/06
Lunn Family Reunion, South Bolivar - Unknown Year
Painting of Baroness Anne-Marguerite-Henriette Hyde de Neuville; Could it have been a painting at Angelica in 1808?
Another SHAWMUT Railroad Station Postcard-12/22/06
"Death of an Old Settler"-William Knight, Scio
Bellamy Cemetery/aka-Petrolia Cemetery-Town of Alma; Added list with a few more names. TOMBSTONE PHOTOS ADDED.
1951 Wellsville Raceway-Andover News Articles
Graves-Gale House--A Spotlight on History - Shongo, Town of Willing
Obituary - McCarty, Dr. Frederick Eugene (d.1942)
New Pictures; TOWN OF HUME - Now 2 Galleries
New Items added to Auto RACING HISTORY Section-Added Raceways: Hunt Raceway, Mills' Sportsman Raceway, Hornell Raceway, Cuba Raceway; Whitey Gorsuch Album, and more......
Startup of Wellsville Raceway & a few 1950 Race Stories
Additions to B & S RAILROAD section; Maps, Photos, clippings pub.12/9/06
Erma Babcock Obituary - Swain, Nunda, Canaseraga d.1962
New OBITUARIES added; Including Middaugh, Yale, Quimby etc.
Maple Grove Cemetery - Town of Friendship, NY; Charlie Barrett Listing, 1991
December 2006 Newsletter - Rogers Historical Society & Dyke Street Museum - Wellsville,NY
Large PHOTO ALBUM Gallery of Harold WELLS; Oramel, Town of Caneadea 1927-1933
Photo - Genesee River Dam at Belfast, NY - Feeder for Genesee Valley Canal in 1800s
DEXTER G.A.R. HALL - Wellsville's Island Park 1909--Postcard Photo
Pennsylvania Railroad SYSTEM MAP and Time Table -Schedule in Effect April 29, 1923
B & O Railroad Time Tables; Includes Addison, NY & Galeton, PA; issued 4/25/1948
Hon. Asher Wetmore MINER; Friendship and Cuba, NY........1870 Elected President of First National Bank of Friendship, serving until his death in 1992;
Stockholder & Director of 1st National Bank of Cuba, 1st National Bank of Salamanca, 1st National Bank of Franklinville, Citizen's Bank of Arcade, and 1st National Bank of Exeter, Nebraska.....more..
"ILLEGAL BOOZE"; Enforcing the 18th Amendment in Allegany County pub.11/27/06
News Papers in Andover, NY; A Summary History
Rochester and its Early Canal Days; Reminiscences of the author, while engaged on the New York State Waterways; the Erie,
Genesee Valley, Black River and other lateral canals.
The Williams Family of Andover & The H.H.Williams Co., etc.
A Souvenir of "Villa Belvidere" 1806-1906; Home of F. B. Keeney and Family A brief biography of the Church Family and of "The Villa" offered by
the Keeneys in 1906 at the 100 year anniversary.
Picture Gallery - Clark Family, owners of the Belvidere Estate 1910-1947
"Rights of Passengers" Railroad clipping from 1875-humor in legal ruling of Passenger Right of Lawsuit
"Riding the Bumpers" clipping of Railroad tale from 1876
WCTU in Allegany County - Brief History
Skating Party Comes to Grief; What Came Very Near Being Fatal Accident Occurred When the Ice at Pond Gave Way-Andover Ponds-1932
Horse Race Results - Andover Driving Association - October, 1905
A. O'Donnell's Foundry, Machine Shop - Andover
Small Cemetery - Jones Family Cemetery; Town of Allen
Large Update - RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, TOWN OF BELFAST; Many additions pub.11/14/06
Wellsville, Addison & Galeton RR BIBLIOGRAPHY; reprint from Railroad.net; submitted by Richard Palmer
Erie Railroad Company "Motor Car" Postcard View
Schools of Town of Independence
A few Pennsylvania RR Stations - Postcards & Original Pictures -of Allegany County & Adjacent Locations
A few Erie Railroad Depot Postcard Pictures-Collection of Richard Palmer
Civil War Monument - Town of Granger, Short Tract Cemetery
Bvt. General Thomas Jones Thorp and his wife Mandana C. (Major) Thorp (Civil War-Town of Granger)
Alexander K. Thorpe G.A.R. Post #86 - Belfast, NY
SHONGO CEMETERY-Town of Willing; Two adjacent cemeteries make up one. pub. 11/10/06
Reynolds Cemetery - Phillips Creek, NY-Town of Ward; Small cemetery on what is Now State Land.
Mrs. James Parker Caught by a Wild Cat Freight and Instantly Killed; March 16, 1890; "Another Victim of the Cars"
Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Honor Roll - Compiled by Ron Stafford - people who made it go.
Orphan Railroad; Orphan Diesels....a tale by John Stewart - Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Railroad
"In Favor of Small Towns".......a letter from a long-time member of the community.(Andover)
Unknown Town; Can anyone identify?
Timetable #1 1880; Photo of 1880s Train "Somewhere in Allegany County", perhaps near Rushford....TV&C RR"
Timetable #8 1882; 2 MAPS - Attica to Cuba & Rushford to Cuba --TV&C RR
"Crossing the Rushford Summit (Cream Ridge"; TV&C RR 1882...MAP of Col. Clare Rogers.
Cannons and Cannon Brothers Store; A story of Andover Merchants
COMPLETE BOOK (40pg): "Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Railroad; Sole Leather Line" by Edward A. Lewis is published here by permission of the author.
pub.10/31/06
Crossing the Clarksville Summit (MAP); Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad (1882)
The Pocket List of Railroad Officials, Second Quarter, 1942 (PS&N)
Nov 2006 Newsletter - Rogers Historicial Society/Dyke Street Museum pub.10/28/06
December 24, 1869 - Column from Hornellsville Tribune; "LOCAL & MISCELLANEOUS", "HERE & HEREABOUTS"--Cheese, Fire, School, Temperance,
Alfred University, Jail Escape, Death, Dance, Andover Business, Oil Discovered, Almond Business & Auction, and more...all in one column!
If You Look Younger With Your Hat On, You May Remember Some of These Old Timers; 1882-1890, Pennsy Railroad History; Many Local Names.....
Time Table Tonawanda Valley & Cuba Railroad; To Take Effect May 7, 1883....Complete Booklet. With a Sketch of the Towns Through which the Line Passes........pub.10/23/06
Burrows Store and Burrows National Bank; A Story of A. M. Burrows & Sons.........Burrows, Augustus M.; Burrows, Joseph Periam;
Burrows, Arthur B.; Burrows, Frank W. pub.10/21/06-Andover,NY
John Karcanes and The Sugar Bowl; A Biographical Sketch with pictures.
"WELLSVILLE PAST" Photo Gallery of Don Baldwin Collection, BOOK II, 14 Pages pub 10/14/06
"Wellsville Past"; Photo Gallery of Don Baldwin Collection. Nearly 300 pictures in both books...
John and Scott PREST; Andover Builders and Contractors
1896 Shongo Fire; Beach & Johnson's Large Store Burned Sunday Morning
"The Round House Burned" The Last of Wellsville's Narrow Gauge Railroad Goes Up In Smoke-1896
The Andover Opera House - A tale of Joy and Sadness...... pub.10/11/06
Updated FAIRLAWN CEMETERY List - Scio, NY
1972 Flood Pictures of Wellsville,NY - 70+Photos by Dick Neal, Photographer
OBITUARIES added: SHIELDS, WARD, BUNNELL, COLVIN, DUDLEY
4th Quarter-Caneadea Town Historian Newsletter - OCT to DEC 2006
"Commercial Enterprise." - Genesee River used for Transport 1824-1826 (Livingston Co. Newspaper)
Thumbnail Sketch of the Rochester Branch, Pennsylvania Railroad
News Article - PORTAGE Bridge Building, Railroad - from Cuba Patriot Newspaper, 1875
YEAGER Family Report - William Yeager & Elizabeth Hand family of Elm Valley
Our First Stage Routes, Proprietors and Stage Drivers
1903 Friendship District School #4 Pupil List
1944 Pictures of Wellsville's Worthington League (or Team).
Gleason Hill Cemetery - Town of Belfast, Family Cemetery
Updated & Expanded with Map - CANASERAGA Cemetery 10/2/06
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