Brockport Through Time

by William G. Andrews

Book Overview

During the twentieth century Brockport, NY was transformed from a village whose economy relied heavily on manufacturing to a college town. The Erie Canal that had given the town its birth, growth, and prosperity faded as a means to ship freight, and rose as a recreational area. An educational hub grew out of a "Normal School" with a few hundred two-year students to a four-year comprehensive college and graduate school with 8,600 students. The types...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163500005X
• ISBN13: 9781635000054
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"