Legacy – Volume 3, Issue 1 – Middleville Tannery, Blizzard of 1888, An Aeronaut’s Tragic Flight

by the Herkimer County Historical Society
Articles include: The Middleville Tannery, 1814-1960 – a vanished way of life in country villages recalled with a map of Middleville in 1910; Our Blizzard of 1888 – The worst storm in 60 years when the railroads shut down; An Aeronaut’s Tragic Flight – the story of Prof. E. M. Walrath and a balloon ascension at the Cooperstown fair in 1889; More About Alfred Dolge – the founder of Dolgeville and stories about his life.