History of the town of Clarence
By: by Oneta M. Baker.
Publisher: D.C. Baker
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Clarence Center, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 620
Subjects: Clarence (N.Y.) -- History.
Notes: Includes index.

CONTENTS:

Natural characteristics -- Experiences of the first settlers -- The first survey -- New road brings more settlers -- The town of Clarence is formed -- Early town records -- Prominent settlers come to Clarence -- Buffalo formed from Clarence -- Clarence during the war of 1812 -- The post war years -- The mail coach -- Customs among the settlers -- Pioneer country to farming country -- The founding of Clarence Center -- German migration into Clarence -- More settlement and new industry -- The horse that made history -- The plank road -- The coming of the railroad -- Prewar days in Clarence -- Clarence faces the problems of war -- Post war industry, churches and schools -- The district schools -- The lost boy -- Life on the farm in the 1800’s -- The merry-go-round -- The villages as they were in 1880 -- A board of health is organized -- The coming of the west shore -- The lighter side of Clarence politics -- The gay nineties -- Clarence at the turn of the century -- The automobile demands better roads.