History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase and Morris' Reserve [New York]

Phelps and Gorham's Purchase was a land deal with the local Indians, completed in 1788 for two and a half million square acres south of Lake Ontario in western New York State. Comprising most of, or all of, the counties of Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Yates, Steuben, Wayne and Allegany, and parts of Orleans, Genesee and Wyoming, this region of the country has an exciting history, which is thoroughly recorded in this book. The author begins with the stories of the native inhabitants and their doomed struggle to maintain their independence and way of life while the hostilities between the French and English escalate around them. After the French and Indian wars and the American Revolutionary War, the narrative turns to the courage and ingenuity of the white pioneers. Each chapter deals with a different county and touches on the important events and prominent citizens. A surname index has been added to aid in genealogical research.

O. Turner

(1851), 2011, 5.5" x 8.5", paper, index, 652 pp.

ISBN: 9780788407369

101-T0736