Many thanks to Bob Dorsey of Stannards, NY (formerly Historian, Town of Angelica) for sharing this old photo.

Fred Weeks was born 10/24/1864 at Franklinville, NY. He is shown on the 1900 census living with wife and two children at West Almond, NY (probably then addressed Bennets, NY).  These potatoes were grown and apparently displayed at the Allegany County Fair, unknown year.

The photo is shown to prove that Allegany County can produce not only the finest, but, sometimes the biggest!!

• 1985 Booklet - "Town of West Almond - 150th; 1835 - 1985

• 2004 Town of West Almond Map - Roads, Communities/Villages, Cemeteries & more.... (Published by Allegany County Dept of Public Works; For a free Allegany County Travel and Outdoor Guide call 1-800-836-1869, or visit web site at www.alleganyco.com )

• Our West Almond, NY Story by Virginia Hargraves McKnight Burdick

(offsite link): History of West Almond, New York Taken From: "A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, New York
John S. Minard, Esq. Historian - Mrs. Georgia Drew Andrews, Editor.  W. A. Fergusson & Co., Alfred, N. Y. 1896"

• Summary History of the Town of West Almond, NY

(From "History of Allegany County, NY" 1806-1879 - F.W.Beers & Co. NY)

• Dean Family Info & Tombstone Pictures; Farnum Cemetery, West Almond,NY

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