"North Tonawanda: The Lumber City" is a "love story finally told,"
the story of so many thousands upon thousands of individuals,
organizations, and businesses that were woven together into the
entity North Tonawandans so fondly refer to as just "NT" but which
is proud to be the City of North Tonawanda. The book is expected to
be the first in a series of full-length books, as requested by area
residents and former residents in their contacts with the three
year old museum organization.
"North Tonawanda: The Lumber City" has been described by some area
historians who have had advance opportunities to read it as a
"monumental first effort," and a significant contribution to the
city of North Tonawanda, its residents and former residents, and
area educational institutions. It is a general overall account of
the city's development and shares many stories of the people who
were part of the life of the city.
Our hope is that this book will provide its readers with a sense
of pride in the city and its past and a renewed hope for its
future. We hope the readers will "fall in love all over again" with
the essence of North Tonawanda. Our focus in this volume is to
excite the reader's curiosity about our local history and stimulate
the imagination while presenting a general overview of some of the
more readily verifiable events and stories of some of the people
who lived and worked in North Tonawanda, both those who were
well-known and are remembered and those who are relatively unknown
and perhaps even forgotten. Future volumes will offer additional
details of the city's history and more stories of the lives of the
NT'ers who lived and created our history with their lives. We seek
totell the wonderful story of the people of North Tonawanda, not to
create a factual encyclopedic volume. We do not pretend to replace
an almanac or encyclopedia or additional personal research.
Our written work is meant to be a general and, we hope,
interesting account of how North Tonawanda came to be and is. Our
wonderful city was built on and from the lives of people who came
here from all over the world and from other parts of our own
country to call North Tonawanda their home.
Many churches, schools, industries, businesses, other
organizations, families, and individuals have played their own
vital roles in the history of North Tonawanda. We do not pretend to
include every one in this single volume, saving much for future
volumes. We hope with this book to convey local color, and the
interplay and interconnections of the lives of those who for
generations have called North Tonawanda their home.
The book chronicles the city's general history, the impact of the
Erie Canal and railroads on its development, its years as the
"Lumber Capital of the World," the lumbermen and companies,
industries and the industrialists who made North Tonawanda a known
entity around the world with their products, the rich ethnic
heritage, and the many wonderful stories of the people who called
North Tonawanda home.
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