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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
History of the pioneer settlement of Phelps and Gorham's purchase, and Morris' reserve embracing the counties of Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Yates, S

History of the pioneer settlement of Phelps and Gorham's purchase, and Morris' reserve embracing the counties of Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Yates, S

Turner, O.

Paperback

Real EstateGeneral ReferenceCivil War Period (1850-1877)

ISBN10: 9353705061
ISBN13: 9789353705060
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 1 2019
Pages: 628
Weight: 1.73
Height: 1.39 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before the Erie Canal remade New York, the frontier was mapped in ink, timber, and hard bargains. Names, boundaries, bargains, and beginnings. O. Turner's landmark account gathers the human story behind the Phelps and Gorham purchase and the sprawling Morris reserve history, tracing how new york land grants, surveys, and speculation became farms, villages, roads, and rivalries across Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Yates, Steuben, and beyond. Written in the spirit of the best 19th century county histories, this is both a readable narrative and a complete local history of early upstate New York: a record of land speculation and settlement, community formation, and the practical realities of pioneering in the Finger Lakes region history and the wider Genesee Country. Turner's pioneer settlement chronicles remain a prized local historian resource, rich in place-based detail that supports family research as much as it satisfies curiosity; for many readers it also serves as a dependable genealogy reference guide when following surnames, townships, and shifting county lines through the Erie Canal era. Historically significant as one of the foundational compilations for western New York's regional memory, it belongs on the shelf of serious collectors of Americana and anyone drawn to the origins of towns they know today. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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