Miscellaneous Resources Written and
Compiled by the County Historian

• The Birth of Ontario County
• Canandaigua Becomes a County Seat
• Cemetery List
• Claudius Victor Boughton: Namesake and Mystery Man
• Gideon Granger Comes to Canandaigua
• Historic Tour of Canandaigua Lake
• Lady Justice
• Learn More About: The Erie Canal, the New York Branch Canals, & Our Canal Heritage in Perspective (Bibliography)
• County Poor House
• The Thompson Family of Sonnenberg and New York and the Development of the First US Currency
• Up, Up... and Away! Local Balloon Flight Before the Wright Brothers
• What’s in a Name?

A Sample of Newspaper Articles Written by or About County Historian

• National honor for Ontario County Historian Preston Pierce
• Preston Pierce: A soldier deserving of our thanks
• History Detectives, Episode 810, Story 2: Universal Friends
• Ontario County historian shines light on ‘Great War’ vets