This document provides a detailed and comprehensive historical account for Rochester and Monroe County, covering a period of nearly 400 years. Encompassing an extensive amount of biographical information the index and content pages make the text easy to navigate as well as informative. The document is a well-researched academic endeavor that touches on most significant aspects of Monroe county history.
Details included in document
- Detailed and extensive historical overview of Monroe County and Rochester
- Native American history of the area
- Colonial settlement of the area
- Historical photos, illustrations and maps are encompassed
- Provides extensive biographical information on individuals with an index available
- Covers a historical period from the 16th century to 1907 with a majority of the book focused on the 19th century
- A history of military regiments and service within Monroe County is given
- A detailed account of the development of Rochester from a settlement to a village to a city
Summary of content
This document provides a detailed and comprehensive historical account for Rochester and Monroe County, covering a period of nearly 400 years. Encompassing an extensive amount of biographical information the index and content pages make the text easy to navigate as well as informative. The document is a well-researched academic endeavour that touches on most significant aspects of Monroe county history
Document layout
- Includes a detailed index at the beginning of the document
- Text is compact and dense
- Text is laid out in two columns per page
- Titles of paragraphs, chapters and sections clearly indicated with capital letters or change of page/gap
- Where illustrations are present an entire page in dedicated to them
Notes of Interest
- Chapter dedicated to historical crime and criminal justice system within the county (chapter 12)
- The role and status of women within Native American tribes of the area is discussed (p. 14 – 15)
- A section dedicated to the history of slavery and freedom within the county and the civil war (p. 77 -79)
- Information on various strikes and civil service reform (p. 99 – 103)
- The care and housing of sick and orphaned children in various institutions is discussed (p. 222 – 225)
- Information on asylums, hospitals and nursing homes provided (chapter 16)
- The Rochester school for the Deaf (p. 273 – 275)
- Section dedicated to the history of firefighting and fire management in the county (chapter 11)