Here's a chronology of significant events in our community's past...
- 1800. Joseph Ellicott, appointed as resident land agent
for the Holland Land Company, begins land sales to settlers in the future Town of
Tonawanda and surrounding areas.
- 1805. Alexander Logan, John King, and John Hershey settled
in the northeast part of the town.
- December 19-30, 1813. Fort Niagara captured by the
British. Manchester (now Niagara Falls), Black Rock and Buffalo burned.
- June, 1825. Major Mordecai Manuel Noah, editor of a
prominent New York City journal, purchases 2,550 acres of land on Grand Island to
establish a refuge for Jews of all nations. He called the settlement
"Ararat", but failed to carry his plan to fruition.
- April 16, 1836. New York State Legislature organizes Town
of Tonawanda, comprised of the present day towns of Tonawanda, Grand Island, and the
present City of Tonawanda.
- September 18, 1899. Village of Kenmore incorporated within
the Town of Tonawanda.
- [UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WE COMPILE EVENTS...]
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