Saga of the Ridge

Language: English

Published by Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1983

1557870233 / 9781557870230

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Limited edition, #438 of 2500 copies. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Back corner a bit discolored, wrappers toned, ink owner stamp on title page. 1983 Large Softcover. 213, [1] pp. A regional history of western New York, beginning with the formation of the ridge itself, and continuing through early settlement up to the point of publication. Includes: Ice Age, Formation of Ridge, Early Occupants, Treaty of Big Tree; Coming of Asa and Betsey, Cutting logs for Cabin, Tapping Maples; Building and Roofing the Cabin; Furnishings, Cutting Planks, Clearing Crop Land, The new Garden; Leaching ashes, Wheat and Corn Crop, A Strange Visitor, First Burial; Census of Ridgeway, Town Officers, Threshing Grain; School, Perry's Store, Cold Year; Fishing, Making Shingles, More Settlers; Birth in the Forest, Paying Joe Ellicott; Asa Hunting; Lansing Bailey's Life; Burning Newark, British Capture Fort Niagara, Gaines Militia Advance to Lewiston, Battle at Molyneauxs, Buffalo Burned, Flight of People Eastward; Oliver Booth Tavern, Joe Ellicott Visit, Sam fills the Jug, Cold Summer of 1816, Mail and Post Office; British attack Fort Erie, Three Gaines Men go to Fort Erie, Fighting to destroy Cannon, Results; Dr. Jesse Beech settles in Gaines, Dr. John Beech, their life, William Morgan; Mary Anne's Family settles in Gaines, Digging a Well, Schools, Church, Firsts of Gaines; Building the Erie Canal, Difficulties at Mohawk, Montezuma, Lockport, Boat Load of Wheat goes to Albany; A Journey on the Old Stagecoach, Locking the Boats Up and Down, The Old Day Book, William Babbit; People whose ancestors purchased land of the Holland Land Company; Index.

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Title
Saga of the Ridge
Author
Pratt, J. Howard
Publisher
Heart of the Lakes Publishing
Publication year
1983
Condition
Very Good
Signed
Signed by author
Binding
Large Softcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1557870233
ISBN 13
9781557870230
Item weight
22 ounces
Dimensions
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