Remembering Yesteryear Column Archive

Section Updated: 01/17/08

The North Tonawanda History Museum was proud to produce the "Remembering Yesteryear" column in the Tonawanda News weekly on Mondays from March 29, 2004, through December 3, 2007.  The column began before our Provisional Charter was granted by the Regents of the State University of New York, at the request of Tonawanda News Publisher Terry Shaw. Soon this Archive will be completed for prosperity here online.

For access to our archived collection of all news coverage to date, please feel free to visit the Museum during office hours at 54 Webster Street.

September 2007 Click here for "Lumberman had good life on Christiana" by Donna Zellner Neal
August 2007 Click here for "Christiana Street has rich history" by Donna Zellner Neal
July 2007 Click here for "Historic treasures tour upcoming" by Donna Zellner Neal
July 2007 Click here for "Lumber barons built stately homes" by Donna Zellner Neal
July 2007 Click here for "Homes, ready-made in North Tonawanda" by Donna Zellner Neal
July 2007 Click here for "World's largest coaster wagon maker" by Donna Zellner Neal
July 2007 Click here for "Hathaway, lumberman and a real estate agent" by Donna Zellner Neal
June 2007 Click here for "Tale of the Millers and the Keppens" by Donna Zellner Neal
June 2007 Click here for "Home of two lumbermen: Tom Charlton and Harry E. Gosch" by Donna Zellner Neal
June 2007 Click here for "Remembering the decorated Gen. Marvin Demler" by Donna Zellner Neal
May 2007 Click here for "Prominent lawyer had civic mind" by Donna Zellner Neal
May 2007 Click here for "Murphy's lunch counter united Tonawandans" by Donna Zellner Neal
May 2007 Click here for "The ballad of Jim Hurtubise" by Donna Zellner Neal
May 2007 Click here for "NT lumberman was first to use electricity" by Donna Zellner Neal
April 2007 Click here for "Twin Cities business partners in dry goods" by Donna Zellner Neal
April 2007 Click here for "Lewis men served the NT community" by Donna Zellner Neal
April 2007 Click here for "NT resident was youngest grand knight" by Donna Zellner Neal
April 2007 Click here for "Lumberman had roots in NT, New York City" by Donna Zellner Neal
April 2007 Click here for "Wattengel family established on Webster" by Donna Zellner Neal
March 2007 Click here for "Carrousel manufacturers, mayors both owned home" by Donna Zellner Neal
March 2007 Click here for "Italian Social Club played continuing role in local history" by Donna Zellner Neal
March 2007 Click here for "Farmhouse dates to NT's time as a part of Wheatfield" by Donna Zellner Neal
March 2007 Click here for "One founder of DeGraff's auxiliary started out small" by Donna Zellner Neal
February 2007 Click here for "Local legend lived in the fast lane" by Donna Zellner Neal
February 2007 Click here for "'Reputable' dealer made car sales seem easy" by Donna Zellner Neal
February 2007 Click here for "Childhood tragedy occurred in Goundry St. home" by Donna Zellner Neal
January 2007 Click here for "Local Guy White home earned magazine spot" by Donna Zellner Neal
January 2007 Click here for "Vroman family was first to live in Goundry House" by Donna Zellner Neal
January 2007 Click here for "NT was home to early auto manufacturing" by Donna Zellner Neal
January 2007 Click here for "The relocation of a grinding wheel company" by National Grinding Wheel Co., Inc.
December 2006 Click here for "Bennett homes continue to please" by Donna Zellner Neal
December 2006 Click here for "NT's Polish community played role in Haller's Army" by Donna Zellner Neal with Alfreda Wilczek Smolinski
November 2006 Click here for "NT has proud Polish heritage" by Donna Zellner Neal
November 2006 Click here for "Kelsey home was tribute to wood" by Donna Zellner Neal
November 2006 Click here for "Family music business was the foundation for DeKleist House" by Donna Zellner Neal
November 2006 Click here for "Lumberman's home shows signs of history" by Donna Zellner Neal
October 2006 Click here for "Majestic Tuxbury House graces Goundry Street" by Donna Zellner Neal
October 2006 Click here for "Stradella - McCarthy Home is a Gem" by Donna Zellner Neal
October 2006 Click here for "Post Civil War adjustment - Community Building in NT" (Part VII of a 7-Part Series) by Elizabeth Pendleton Williams
October 2006 Click here for "Reformers adjust to post-Civil War country" (Part VI of a 7-Part Series) by Elizabeth Pendleton Williams
September 2006 Click here for "Revolts in Europe: Highlights of the events of 1848" (Part V of a 7-Part Series) by Elizabeth Pendleton Williams
September 2006 Click here for "Early Days of the Forty-Eighters in America" (Part IV of a 7-Part Series) by Elizabeth Pendleton Williams
September 2006 Click here for "Revolts in Europe: Highlights of the events of 1848" (Part III of a 7-Part Series) by Elizabeth Pendleton Williams
August 2006 Click here for "Tide of discontent in Europe rises" (Part II of a 7-Part Series) by Elizabeth Pendleton Williams
August 2006 Click here for "The German-American Forty-Eighters" (Part I of a 7-Part Series) by Elizabeth Pendleton Williams
August 2006 Click here for "NT parks are reminders of the past" by Donna Zellner Neal
August 2006 Click here for "Exploring a Legend" by Donna Zellner Neal
July 2006 Click here for "Electricity made development possible" by Donna Zellner Neal
July 2006 Click here for "Dispute among merchants leads to Wheatfield roots - Part 5 of 5" by Donna Zellner Neal
July 2006 Click here for "Vandervoort, Sweeneys, Goundry are first permanant landowners in NT - Part 4 of 5" by Donna Zellner Neal
July 2006 Click here for "North Tonawanda: The first 100 years 1797 to 1897 - Part 3 of 5" by Donna Zellner Neal
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May 2006 Click here for "Roncroff Drive" by Donna Zellner Neal
May 2006 Click here for "Rand Family Left Lasting Imprint on North Tonawanda and the World!" by Donna Zellner Neal with Calvin G. Rand, George F. Rand IV, and Michael Rand (Part V of a Five-Part Series)
May 2006 Click here for "Rand Family Left Lasting Imprint on North Tonawanda and the World!" by Donna Zellner Neal with Calvin G. Rand, George F. Rand IV, and Michael Rand (Part IV of a Five-Part Series)
May 2006 Click here for "Rand Family Left Lasting Imprint on North Tonawanda and the World!" by Donna Zellner Neal with Calvin G. Rand, George F. Rand IV, and Michael Rand (Part III of a Five-Part Series)
April 2006 Click here for "Rand Family Left Lasting Imprint on North Tonawanda and the World!" by Donna Zellner Neal with Calvin G. Rand, George F. Rand IV, and Michael Rand (Part II of a Five-Part Series)
April 2006 Click here for "Rand Family Left Lasting Imprint on North Tonawanda and the World!" by Donna Zellner Neal with Calvin G. Rand, George F. Rand IV, and Michael Rand (Part I of a Five-Part Series)
April 2006 Click here for "In memory of Elsie Ida Van Wiggeren" by Elizabeth Pendleton Williams
April 2006 Click here for "Historic mansion could be bed and breakfast" by Donna Zellner Neal
March 2006 Click here for "Oelkers was prominent grocer on Goundry Street" by Donna Zellner Neal with Marcia Miner Poleon
March 2006 Click here for "Doctor's influence on NT" by Donna Zellner Neal with Marcia Miner Poleon
March 2006 Click here for "Doctor brought skills to N. Tonawanda" by Donna Zellner Neal with Marcia Miner Poleon
March 2006 Click here for "Making Music" by Donna Zellner Neal with Sylvia Smith Williams
February 2006 Click here for "Frederick Sommer was war hero" by Donna Zellner Neal with Lou Omel, Cynthia Fredricks and Stephanie Sadler
February 2006 Click here for "Historic NT home used by several doctors" by Donna Zellner Neal
February 2006 Click here for "NT resident was WWII bomber pilot" by Stephanie Sadler
January 2006 Click here for "The life and times of Goundry St. residents" by Donna Zellner Neal with Jean McLean Bostwick
January 2006 Click here for "Pieces of history" by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
January 2006 Click here for "Miller Street was home to Lenox Furniture for decades" by Gretchen Rasch Denk and Donna Zellner Neal
January 2006 Click here for "A tribute to 'Aunt' Betty" by Donna Zellner Neal
January 2006 Click here for "The Wurlitzer Home, 373 Goundry St." by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
December 2005 Click here for "9 Louisa Parkway: One of earliest homes on street" by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
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December 2005 Click here for "A bit of Normandy in NT" by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
December 2005 Click here for "The DeGraff Home" by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
November 2005: Click here for "Zimmerman Street house has long been a fine home" by Betty Jean Barbour Olson
November 2005: Click here for "Housing a church in NT" by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
November 2005: Click here for "NT home was once an early hospital" by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
November 2005: Click here for "NT home shows off style of the 1920s" by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
October 2005: Click here for "The architect's own home" by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
October 2005: Click here for "A historical look at Col. Payne School" by Donna Zellner Neal
October 2005: Click here for "Irving 'Hockey' Holler and the Matapan" by Donna Zellner Neal with James A. Holler
September 2005: Click here for "Oliver Street served working-class families" by Donna Zellner Neal
September 2005: Click here for "Forbes home adds to historical fabric of area" by Charles and Bonnie Giamusso
September 2005: Click here for "North Tonawanda's Carnegie Library triggers memories" by Helen Root Schieffer
September 2005: Click here for "Gratwick family estate gives glimpse of historical grandeur" by Donna Zellner Neal with Jerry Waldkoetter
August 2005: Click here for "McLean home adds charm to area" by Donna Zellner Neal with Martin Wachadlo
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