rochester (n.y.)

Students from an elementary school in Rochester, New York, work together to save a lighthouse and, along the way, discover that it may be haunted.

Presents a study of the religious revival that swept Rochester, New York in the 1830s, looking at the causes of the Protestant movement, and discussing its social, economic, political, and religious consequences.

Pictorial retrospective with images from the archives of the Democrat & Chronicle Newspaper as well as Monroe County residents.

A city's rich transportation history comes alive in Rochester's Transportation Heritage. Here, the evolution of transportation in Rochester is documented in vintage images from the 1890s through the 1950s. Included are photographs of Charles Lindbergh's visit to Rochester; images of the earliest locomotives and grand railroad stations; a picture of a trotting mare racing a lady bicyclist at the old Driving Park racetrack; views of boats on the Erie Canal; and shots of the city's first airplanes. Rochester's Transportation Heritage revives the horse-drawn trolley car days and the lost subway era. Rare images of the Regas auto and the cars that were destroyed by Rochester's 1932 tornado complete the story.