Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...have been of intrinsic exo ellence and promise in the sub-stratum, as Mr. R. says, "it all la 17concealed amid chaotic confusion." Still, by dint of energy, co urage, and the appliance of hard and unflinching hands, within a n aerial of forty years, this remarkable transformation has been wrri jraght out. Now, that small plot of ground upon which, with Col. St one's " oxen and stone boat," " he drew stone from the bed of the ri ver, laid a foundation 24 by 36 feet, and erected a frame upon it," is now producing an annual rent which is exceded only by that of int-t few spots of equal size, in the most favorite localities of the laigest 1 cities in the Union." It may be pertinent to remark, that Mr. Reynolds sought out a locality for himself, with a discrimination and business sagacity creditable to the later experience of forty years, and which have ever characterized his far reaching and enlightened policy. He did not decide, before he left New England, at what particular point, or even in what State he would fix his residence; but he " prospected " with a view to obtain the " richest diggings!" He traveled in Ohio and first determined on settling in Trumbull, in that Stats. Returning, by the way of " Genesee," he was strongly recommended to visit Charlotte, which, it was represented, " was destined, at no distant period, to become a place of unrivalled importance." On his way thither, from Bloomfield, he encountered in the midst of the deep forest, near the bank of the Genesee River, the veteran pioneer--Enos Stone, by whom he was strenuously importuned to survey the " dismal swamp," the site of the future Rochester, and especially to purchase a lot. After fording the rive...
