The recent collaboration between the Amherst Historical Society and author-scholars Donna M. DeBlasio and Martha I. Pallante proved to be a happy one.

"We had to have published authors write it," the historical society's Donna Rumpler said of the newly-published "Images of America -- Amherst" book by Arcadia Publishing, a publisher of regional history. "We did the research, and they graciously wrote it on our behalf."

The book is the latest in the publisher's "Images of America" series that offers photo-and-text portraits of U.S. towns and villages.

The book's wonderful collection of vintage photos of old Amherst, its businesses, people and the quarries, were culled from the historical society's files by Martha A. Pallante, a member of the society -- and the wife of co-author Martha I. Pallante's cousin.

As the two women prepared an outline of subjects for the book, they paid attention to the city's fabled sandstone quarries.

"Given all of the places where the sandstone was used, we found that there are little bits of Amherst all over the country," Pallante said.

The chapter on Amherst sandstone and its widespread use in American architecture plays up notable buildings constructed of the locally quarried stone. These include Cleveland's Lorain-Carnegie Bridge noted for its carved "Lords of Transportation" figures.

"That was a monumental project," DeBlasio said. "We found pictures of Ohio workshops where men were crawling around carving the figures. That kind of thing was really exciting."

Another example was the massive carved stone eagles that once adorned the Long Beach Memorial Auditorium in California.

"They were four times the size of a human," DeBlasio said.

One of the most poignant stories the women came across was that of Clayton and Allie, described as "a storybook-like couple of the late Victorian era," by Pallante. "They were about 19 years old. Their lives were representative of the dangers of working in mines (and quarries) no matter how young or old you were."

Clayton went off to work one day and never returned, a victim of an on-the-job accident. "There were a lot of physical dangers working the quarries. The stone was tremendously heavy and it was pulled up from great depths on roles and derricks. You could drop from great heights."

Despite the ever-present risks and little protections -- "there was no OSHA, no hardhats and no workers' comp" -- and odds of contracting black lung from the extreme amount of dust breathed in, men readily took the quarry jobs, according to Pallante.

"The workers were very vulnerable but they knew the risks. And they were well compensated for them much more so than their counterparts in safer places," Pallante said.

Hailing from an area (Youngstown) which she criticized for "trying to erase the past by spending three decades running away from its heritage as a steel and iron producer," the authors were impressed with Amherst's efforts to embrace its history.

"They are deeply embedded in their sense of history, and the story they have to tell," Pallante said of the historical society and the people who volunteer their time and energy to it. "It is impressive. They are really dedicated."

To learn where to purchase "Images of America: Amherst," call the Amherst Historical Society at (440) 988-7255."

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