Joseph Bennett of Evans and the Growing of New York's Niagara Frontier.Joseph Bennett of Evans and the Growing of New York's Niagara Frontier The Niagara Frontier refers to the stretch of land south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and extending westward to Cleveland, Ohio. This only includes the land east of the Niagara River and south of Lake Erie within the United States. Kevin H. Siepel Spruce Tree Press PO Box 21, Angola, NY 14006 0978646614 $16.95 716-949-3246 Written by journal contributor Kevin H. Siepel, Joseph Bennett of Evans and the Growing of New York's Niagara Frontier is the true story of businessman, builder, farmer, public servant, church deacon, and canal worker Joseph Bennett, who personally witnessed the taming and development of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of from the 1814 naval action on Lake Champlain through the pioneer era on the Niagara Frontier, the building of the Erie Canal Erie Canal, artificial waterway, c.360 mi (580 km) long; connecting New York City with the Great Lakes via the Hudson River. Locks were built to overcome the 571-ft (174-m) difference between the level of the river and that of Lake Erie. , the spread of farming, and the proliferation of vacation cottages and camps. A handful of black-and-white photographs illustrate this amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. saga of New York's evolution as seen through the eyes of an extraordinary and versatile man. A most enjoyable armchair tour through New York's pioneer roots. |
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