Irondequoit Bay History

[gvoelkl]

Hi all:
Found this history of Irondequoit Bay, written in 1957 (link below). Talks about how the bay has changed, how the different coves earned their names, areas that were filled in, social clubs, businesses, fishing, boating, colorful characters...

http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/monroe/history/1957/irondequ/irondequ8ms.txt

I also found a website of old postcards of western NY, catergorized by town or feature (link below)

http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-r/index.htm

Hope you all had a great holiday
GV