Ogden and SpencerportArcadia Publishing, 2002 - 128 pages The town of Ogden and the village of Spencerport were considered pioneer country when the first settlers arrived in 1801 from Connecticut, seeking more fertile farmland. The two communities witnessed the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 and survived through the rise and fall of the importance of that waterway. Throughout much of the nineteenth century, many farms produced and sold vast amounts of produce, shipped via the canal. Since the time of their agrarian roots, Ogden and Spencerport have evolved into thriving residential suburbs. Using some two hundred stunning images, Ogden and Spencerport chronicles almost two centuries of history in pictures that highlight the past and show how it has shaped the town and village of today. As Ogden grew and Spencerport was preserved as a unique canal-side village, families, workers, and business owners came to the area and created lasting memories. Summer outings on the canal, early-twentieth-century baseball games, businesses along Union Street, and many other places, events, and people from the past can be visited in the pages of Ogden and Spencerport. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 6 |
2 | 17 |
3 | 30 |
4 | 41 |
6 | 48 |
Town Pump and South Ogden | 67 |
7 | 81 |
Farming and Community | 97 |
9 | 109 |
People and Places | 115 |
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1948 photograph Adams Basin Amity Street apples Austin back row Beaman building built C.S. Upton Hose Canal Road Charles Colby congregation construction corner early east side Erie Canal Fred Walker front row Hank Allen Helfrich Ice Cream left to right Lester Merz lift bridge located Lockport and Rochester Lyell Avenue Marcus Adams Martha Street Masonic Temple Matheos Methodist Church Monroe County north side Ogden and Spencerport Ogden Center Ogden District Ogden Farmers Ogden Historical Committee organized pictured police poses post office postmaster railroad Ray Austin residents Sarah Lincoln shown side of Union Slayton Avenue South Ogden South Union Street Spencerport Fire Department Spencerport High School Spencerport Volunteer Statt town of Ogden Trimmer Road unidentified Upton Hose Company view looks Village of Spencerport Walker Brothers warehouse Washington Street Webster West Avenue west side Westside Drive Whittier Road York Central York Central Railroad York State Assembly