Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Twenty-Five Things That Made Genesee County Famous: #16 Massey Harris / Batavia Industrial Center

Genesee County’s largest factory building sits in the heart of the city of Batavia. After more then 125 years, it is still a place of industry and commerce. When the plant stopped producing farm equipment, a genius idea from a local man started a trend that is copied around the world today.



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Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Twenty-Five Things That Made Genesee County Famous: #17 Eddie York


Batavian, Eddie York, was one of the pilots of the famed Doolittle Raid that bombed Tokyo in April 1942. He spent a year in the Soviet Union before making it back to the United States.


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Thursday, August 7, 2008

The Twenty-Five Things That Made Genesee County Famous: #18 Edward Newton Rowell


A successful business man, sex and murder. This chapter of Genesee County history has it all.

The Story of Edward Newton Rowell, The Rowell Box Company and the Murder of Johnson Lynch.


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