Rochester Lives
by Emerson Klees
Friends of gthe Finger Lakes Publishing, 2004
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Rochester Lives provides profiles the people of the third largest city in New York State who made significant contributions to society. Rochester has a population of over 200,000. Over 700,000 reside in Monroe County, and over a million live in the five-county Rochester region. Initially, Rochester was known as the “flour” city because of its mills on the falls of the Genesee River that ground wheat grown south of the city. It became known as the “flower” city because of the nurseries; Ellwanger and Barry, the largest in the United States and James Vick, who provided seedlings and trees to worldwide markets.
Rochester Lives includes forty-five biographical sketches of the city’s natives and residents. The Prologue describes Rochester and the Introduction provides an overview of Rochester history through the twentieth century. The Epilogue highlights the twenty-first century and includes twelve stories about the people of Rochester.
6x9 full color softcover
ISBN: 1-891046-05-5
