Rochester's immigrant saga is filled with compelling tales of hardship and achievement. Dutchtown--originally Deutschtown--is perhaps the most beloved immigrant neighborhood because of the tens of tho
Rochester's 19th Ward portrays one of the city's largest residential neighborhoods. The initial settlement, predating Rochester itself, was called Castle Town. It emerged around 1800 along the Genesee
A Moment of Great National Sorrow Captured in Photographs and DrawingsThe Civil War burdened the United States economically, politically, morally, and spiritually, as nothing has before or since. The
When Rochester experienced the explosive growth generated by the Erie Canal, what began as a pioneer neighborhood of cabins quickly became an impressive ward of mansions for the city's social hierarch
American cities and towns have always prided themselves on their grand avenues. The social elite and industrial captains often transformed normal thoroughfares into magnificent promenades lined with m
A full generation has passed since a New York Central emblem dashed across the countryside on a railroad car, but few could ever forget "the greatest railroad in the world." The New York Central Syste
Some twenty miles south of Rochester lies what was historically the "crossroads of western New York." Lima and its neighbors in the Genesee Valley are unique in many ways. An excelle
Finger Lakes Memories takes a long, mesmerizing look back at a land of 11 lakes, a land of monasteries and mansions, a U.S. president, abolitionists, women's rights activists, Mark Twain, early aviati
Greater Rochester: A Century of Progress presents the glory years of Rochester in more than two hundred stunning images, beautifully crafted by photographers, engravers, lithographers, and illustrator
Haunted East Los Angeles invites you to take a tour of the most haunted locations in this incredible town. The book includes chapters on: Evergreen Cemetery, Stevenson Middle School, Casa Del Mexicano
