Newfane and Olcott are adjoining communities in western New York where residents relish the past and look toward a prosperous future. Some say they can hear the music of the big bands playing along the shoreline of Lake Ontario from the foundation of the long-demolished Olcott Beach Hotel. Others swear they can see the ghost of Malinda standing by the upstairs window of the beautiful Van Horn Mansion, guarding the grounds where her body was lost for one hundred fifty years.
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Award-winning writer Avis A. Townsend grew up a mile from both the Lake Ontario shoreline and the haunted mansion, and the stories she has heard have lived in her mind for decades. The youngest editor of Newfane School's newspaper staff, she continued to write, and her novels and features all take place in the Lake Ontario region.
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I grew up in the Newfane and Olcott area of Western New York, and even though I haven't lived in the area in years, it remains a very special place to me. I've always been a bit of a history buff, and coming across this book was like a dream come true. I especially enjoyed the photos of Olcott in its glory days. It's amazing to think of the people captured in these photos, in a time when life was so much simpler and somehow more relaxed.
If you're interested in the history of these two towns, then this book should not be passed by. The photos and captions are amazing and really do a great job of showing the viewer what the area was like many years ago. I always look forward to my visits back to this area of New York, and I'll definitely be bringing this book with me on my next trip.
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Main Street, Olcott Beach, Eighteen Mile Creek, Courtesy of Bill Henderson, Courtesy of the Charles Penney Collection, Lake Ontario, Kermit Bowen, Burt Dam, Van Horn Mansion, Castle Inn, Courtesy of Julie Eherhart, West Bluff, Courtesy of Ruth Bowen, Rustic Theater, Courtesy of Julie Eberhart, Krull Park, Ewings Road, Florence Stern, The Lockport Felt Company, Transit Road, Bernice Wilbur, Courtesy of the Clyde Toenniessen, Doris Wilbur, Jackson Street, Niagara County Pioneer Association New!
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Main Street, Olcott Beach, Eighteen Mile Creek, Courtesy of Bill Henderson, Courtesy of the Charles Penney Collection, Lake Ontario, Kermit Bowen, Burt Dam, Van Horn Mansion, Castle Inn, Courtesy of Julie Eherhart, West Bluff, Courtesy of Ruth Bowen, Rustic Theater, Courtesy of Julie Eberhart, Krull Park, Ewings Road, Florence Stern, The Lockport Felt Company, Transit Road, Bernice Wilbur, Courtesy of the Clyde Toenniessen, Doris Wilbur, Jackson Street, Niagara County Pioneer Association New!
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- Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Lester Pearson in Front Matter, and page 20
- New Jersey (Enchantment Amer) by John Allan Carpenter in Front Matter
- On the Lake by Laurence James on page 96
- Arts and Crafts of the Native Americans (Arts & Crafts of the Ancient World) by Ting Morris in Front Matter
- Jackson Street by John A. Miller on page 112
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