The Twenty-Five Things That Made Genesee County Famous: #14 Charles Rand

On April 15th, 1861, a young man attending a rally at the Eagle Hotel at the corner of Main Street and Court Street in Batavia, heard Abraham Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers.

When asked by an elder of the community, who will be the first volunteer, Charles Rand stepped forward and said, "I will. I will be the first."

A few years later, Rand started a campaign to recognize his claim to fame as the First Union Volunteer of the Civil War.

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HLOM Lecture Series: Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther Martin

This podcast was originally recorded on September 9, 2008. The author, Bill Kauffman, spoke to the Holland Purchase Historical Society to promote his new book.



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The Twenty-Five Things That Made Genesee County Famous: #15 Fellows v. Blacksmith / 1857 Treaty with the Seneca, Tonawanda Band

The only know court case to be heard in front of the United States Supreme Court, it was in the courts for 15 years before the Tonawanda Seneca were giving a clear title to their land forever.


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HLOM Lecture Series: Book Signing for The Bills Are Due

HLOM Lecture Series: Book Signing for The Bills Are Due

Attica native, Rob Thompson, wrote a book called The Bills Are Due. The book pays tribute to the generation of Bills players who made them what they are today. Thompson’s interviews of players like Fred Smerlas, Billy Shaw, Joe Ferguson and JD Hill are compelling and fascinating.

On September 4, 2008 Mr. Thompson and former Bill’s great JD Hill were at the Holland Land Office Museum for a book signing. Unfortunately, Mr. Thompson’s talk didn’t record, but we were successful when JD Hill came up and spoke about what it was like to be a NFL player and what he is doing today.

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http://www.hollandlandoffice.com/podcasts/billsaredue.mp3

To order the book, call the Museum at (585) 343-4727.

To learn more about JD Hill and what he is doing today, visit www.jdhill.org

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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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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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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