Contains chapaters on Seneca Indian life, LaSalle, War of 1812, Phelps and Gorham, Indian Allan, Colonel Rochester, Elisha Johnson, early settlements, pioneer life, transportation, railroads, Erie Canal, Genesee River, Civil War, early industry, and other interesting facts about early settlements in and around Rochester and the Genesee Valley.
A collection of captioned, archival photographs document the history of Rochester, New York, including images of events and everyday life from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries.