Brocton and Portland - Kurtz Sr, Edward T.
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Portland and its main village, Brocton, lie along the shore of Lake Erie, about 45 miles southwest of Buffalo. Here the Concord grape was planted and harvested, railroad sleeping car inventor George Pullman was born (1831), and the famous double arch for the town's centennial was erected (1913). Brocton and Portland portrays the early life, farming industry, trolley and trains, and important events that have shaped the history of this western New York State community.

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Portland and its main village, Brocton, lie along the shore of Lake Erie, about 45 miles southwest of Buffalo. Here the Concord grape was planted and harvested, railroad sleeping car inventor George Pullman was born (1831), and the famous double arch for the town's centennial was erected (1913). Brocton and Portland portrays the early life, farming industry, trolley and trains, and important events that have shaped the history of this western New York State community.
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Autorenporträt
Born and educated in Brocton, Edward T. Kurtz Sr. is the village historian. He formerly served as the Portland town historian and published two other books about the area. All of the photographs in this book are from private collections: that of his late father, historian Elias T. Kurtz; his own; and that of his colleague Kirk Bennett. Brocton and Portland is his way of sharing with the public these treasured images and his vast knowledge of the past.