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This is a beautifully reprinted edition from New York History Review. Author T. Apoleon Cheney wrote of General John Sullivan's Campaign of 1779, the Iroquois Indians and the history of central New York State. Focuses mostly on Elmira in Chemung County, but also includes history in Broome, Herkimer, Livingston, Montgomery, Onondaga, Ontario, Otsego, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Ulster Counties.

Emma Latier had a heck of good time in 1902. She was a young married woman from Wayne, New York who came to Elmira, New York with her husband Floyd. They took advantage of the high life in the "big city." Elmira was a grand place in 1902 with a population was 35, 000 and rising. Upscale shops, opera and theatre, fun activities at Eldridge Park and Rorick's Glen, and fine restaurants kept Emma busy. Elmira was also a main railroad hub with sixt...

What happened on a normal day to a normal young woman in 1891? Step inside the world of 25-year-old Viola Coolbaugh as she lives her life in Schuyler County, New York. Home In These Hills invites us into Viola's world. She writes of the happenings in Altay, New York - her housework, baking pastries for her father's store, terrible sicknesses, working at the basket factory, and making ice cream with hailstones.

What happened on a normal day to a normal teenager in 1876? Step inside the world of 18-year-old Earll K. Gurnee, a teenager in Skaneateles, New York, as he lives his everyday life. My Centennial Diary invites us into Earll's world. He writes of school, family life, social life, farm life, girlfriends, and hard work. His teacher gets arrested for being too brutal to children, he juggles two girlfriends, he plows, cuts hay, cleans out the horse...

What happened on a normal day to a normal teenager in 1868? Step inside the world of 13-year-old Lucy Potter as she lives her everyday life in Cortland County, New York. A Darned Good Time invites us into Lucy's world. She writes of classes, teachers, friends, boys, a new stepmother, an invalid aunt, and complains about upstate New York weather. Lucy's words transport us through time to experience teenager life in the 19th century. Perspective...

Janowski Gardens is proud to present this cookbook filled with healthy farm-fresh recipes from our farm in Elmira, New York. Every recipe includes at least one ingredient that is grown in our garden. Our vegetables, fruits, and herbs can help you eat sensibly and stay healthy - and they taste GREAT, too. Enjoy our innovative, yet simple and easy to prepare recipes. The Janowski Family has been living and working in Chemung County, New York sin...

In 1880, Ida Burnett of Logan, New York called her diary "my story." Fifteen-year-old Ida churned butter, milked cows, sewed her own underwear, canned fruit, but also had time for boys and parties. She lived in the country in Upstate New York and in the whole year did not venture any farther than 20 miles.From New York History Review's "Learning from History" series of printed primary source materials.

Homespun Cuisine, Health, Romance, Etiquette. Raising Children and Farm Animals This wonderful book is a reprint of "Our Own Book" first published in 1888. Over 600 Victorian era food recipes including Boiled Bullock's Head, Economical Veal Soup, Beef Balls, Frizzled Beef, Knuckle of Veal, Brooklyn Cake, Good Girl's Cake, Railroad Cake, Isinglass Jelly, Gruel, Calf's Foot Jelly, Invalid Apple Pie, Hasty Pudding, Flannel Cakes, Queen Pudding, a...

Victorian weddings evoke thoughts of romance, elegance, and gentility. It is no wonder that many couples today consider a Victorian theme for their own weddings. If you're planning a Victorian themed wedding and need charming authentic Victorian wedding songs for your musicians to play. Our collection includes 28 Victorian wedding marches, processionals, polkas, waltzes, Mothers' Songs, Dances, and songs for Wedding Anniversaries and Reception...

Michel Fortlouis, a young Confederate soldier, weary of war, was captured by Union troops at Clinton, Louisiana, thirty miles from his home of New Roads. It was August 1864, in the last year of the War Between the States. Corporal Fortlouis was shipped north to the Union Prison Camp at Elmira, New York, where he died of pneumonia within ten days of his arrival. More than 12, 000 young Southern men passed through the camp. Nearly 3, 000 died. I...

This sheet music book is perfect if you enjoy a Victorian themed holiday season brimming with elegance and gentility. Wonderful old holiday songs include "Christmas Bells, " "Merry Christmas Polka, " "Dear Old Christmas Story, " "Santa Claus Galop, " and many more written between 1853 and 1885. Sixth in a series of historic American sheet music books. 80 pages.