Matthew Ballard
Vol. 4, No. 43 Amidst the Gilded Age, American workers experience a spike in perceived prosperity as average wages rose above those in Europe and immigrants flooded into the United…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 3, Issue 43 The trial of George Wilson, accused of murdering his wife Alice in 1887, remains one of the most infamous stories in Orleans County. His trial and…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 3, Issue 23 This postcard, sent February 27, 1912 to Mrs. D. C. Hopkins of Batavia, shows the Greek Revival house constructed for Alexis Ward in 1841. The postcard…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 3, Issue 16 Born at Gaines in 1828 to pioneer parents, George Bullard was raised on the family farm and attended the local district schools in that township. Upon…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 3, Issue 7 The records of Orleans County history are quite definitive concerning the role in which George M. Pullman played in the development of his famed sleeping cars.…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 2, Issue 46 120 years ago, on November 3, 1896, Republican candidate William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan as President of the United States during a period known…
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