A Brief History Of Chemung County New York 1779 1905 With Index

Special reprinted edition of Ausburn Towner's Chemung County, NY history book, complete with index. Early local history includes the Battle of Newtown in the Revolutionary War, Arnot Ogden Hospital, early restaurants and inns, churches, the Chemung Canal, the Elmira Reformatory, the Civil War, the Elmira Prison Camp, the railroads, early settlers, Elmira Free Academy, Matthias Hollenback, Mark Twain, and Quarry Farm.

In 1765 Mary Rowlandson was captured in Massachusetts by Native Americans during King Philip's War. She was held for eleven weeks. This is her story of the ordeal.

We live in a world of laws. Most protect us from others and ourselves. Some laws make you scratch your head. This book is a reprint of the 1899 laws of Elmira, New York. Remember, don't throw banana peels on the ground!

A beautiful special reprinted edition of "Zim's Foolish History of Elmira" by Eugene Zimmerman of Horseheads, NY. This book was first published in 1912. This new edition includes a foreward by Diane Janowski.

Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.