Pioneer history of the Holland Purchase of western New York : embracing some account of the ancient remains, and a history of pioneer settlement under the auspices of the Holland Company ; including reminiscences of the War of 1812 ; the origin, progress and completion of the Erie Canal, etc., etc., etc. . , in 1840. The first Board of Trustees of the village were as follows:—Alexis Ward, Preeident;Orson Nichoson, William Bradner, Freeman Clark, Franklin Fenton. The progress of Albion has been gradual and uniform, keeping pace with agricul-tural improvements in its fertile neighborhood. In the
Pioneer history of the Holland Purchase of western New York : embracing some account of the ancient remains, and a history of pioneer settlement under the auspices of the Holland Company ; including reminiscences of the War of 1812 ; the origin, progress and completion of the Erie Canal, etc., etc., etc. . , in 1840. The first Board of Trustees of the village were as follows:—Alexis Ward, Preeident;Orson Nichoson, William Bradner, Freeman Clark, Franklin Fenton. The progress of Albion has been gradual and uniform, keeping pace with agricul-tural improvements in its fertile neighborhood. In the midst of universal prosperity,such as every where exists upon the Holland Purchase, it is difficult to discriminate;but no where are the evidences of increasing, substantial wealth exhibited in a greaterdegree, than in Orleans and its smiling and flourishing villages, Albion, Gaines, Me-dina, Shelby, Knowlesville, Eagle Harbor, and Gaines Basin. THE ELLICOTT MONUMENT. The monument to Joseph EHicott, the plan of which is annexed,is now in the course of erection, the materials of which were prin-cipally carried upon the ground during the last winter. It is to beerected at the expense of a portion of the heirs, under the generalsupervision of the Hon. David E. Evans. The elevation is to bethirty-two feet; the main shaft, sixteen and one-half feet. Theinscription not being prepared, is omitted upon the drawing. / Note.—The architects are Messrs. B. & J. Carpenter, of Lockport; the materialsare from their valuable quarry of limestone. The shaft is a fine specimen of what thequaflrries of the Mountain Ridge are capable of producing, except as to length. Ateither of the three quarries of the Messrs. Carpenters, Jerome B. Ransoms, (formerlyBuells,) or that of J. D. Shuler, at the Cold Springs, shafts of solid limestone may beprocured, up to eighty feet in length. The superior quality of the stone, its extraordi-nan, durabilitj-
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