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Home Page - TOWN OF ALMA

Allegany County,NY

Town of ALMA CENSUS

Alma was not founded until 1854 as a Town

 

 

 

Items of Interest

YEARBOOKS:

  • COLE FAMILY NOTES ; If you know anyone who belongs to this family let me know and I will share the pictures with them.
  • A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.  ONE HUNDRED POUNDS OF NITRO-GLYCERINE GETS IN ITS FEARFUL WORK NEAR ALLENTOWN, NY

"THE HONEOYE WELL"; Sometimes oil was elusive; This is a story of one such well....The early years before the "big strike" didn't come until the next year...from Allegany Democrat, 1878

Dec 17-Dec 23, 2008 - Allentown Union Free School 1933-34 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grades

Passing Through Alma - 1990 Newspaper article...

"TAYLORS AND QUICKS GIVE ALMA HILL NOVEL ROLE OF HAVING DOUBLE FIFTH GENERATION FAMILY TIES" (1948)
 

ALMA IS DRY!!!  The Fight Was A Bitter One;  And License Will Be No More!

The Alma Ice Cave & White Pebbles

Photo of Allentown School Class taken ca. 1900 in front of Wood Schoolhouse

Allentown Produces Many Race Drivers--Gene "Gino" Swarthout, 1960s-early 1970s Race Driver

Civil War Pension Papers from the Pension File of JAMES L. MESLER OF ALMA, NY; names mentioned: Wyckoff, George, Dickerson, Wilcox, Quick, Rocktaschel and many more....

HISTORY OF THE ALMA CHURCH  by Bernice Dickerson Hoagland; Near an end as a church?

Allentown - RED HOT;  Allentown, the metropolis of the Allegany Oil Field, is making fast its reputation as an oil town.

Employee Loyalty at Alma Gas Pump Station - Empire Gas & Fuel Newsletter, 1956 on 75th Anniversary

BIOGRAPHY OF MAY ALLEN BOYD - from "Who's Who of Allegany County, NY" 1937-1938

EASTMAN KODAK USED LOCAL OILMAN FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING; PHOTO COLOR IN ca.1940

FIRE TOWER ON ALMA HILL; Peak Populated Height in State
 

AMONG THE OIL WELLS (1883) Letter to the Editor about Allentown

30 Cars of Bark from Alma - 1906

The Scio & Allentown Telephone Co...........1881

Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad Timetable; Effective 12/29/1890.

Roaring Tornado Hits 106 Settlement; Baby Carried 300' through the Air; Denning, Blue Families--May 4, 1942.

DEATH IN THE FLAMES - OLD MAN BURNED IN HIS BED - (Nelson Budd - 1882)

"Passing Through Allentown" - Wellsville Daily Reporter article, 1980's

1938-39 Allentown 3rd & 4th Grade Photo

1939 Allentown Union Free School Yearbook - The Derrick
1980  -- "FINAL EDITION" --The DERRICK; issued at last Alumni Banquet held in School Building
SCHOOLS of the Town of Alma
MINUTES OF ALLEN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION (1923-1960)
Allentown School finally will close & 1980 Souvenir Edition of "The Derrick" presented to Alumni June 7, 1980
Play Advertisement, 1918 Benefit to Red Cross - I.O.O.F. Hall (Tap for Larger Image)
Death Records w/Burial Locations; Town of Alma 1914-1920
Twins Attending Allentown School (1940)
Historical Writings of Emma Lou King  --Allentown History-- Father of the Allegany Oil Fields-- STATE’S RICHEST FIVE ACRES OF OIL LAND-- The Alma Wildcat Well--
Oil Pioneers Who Went West
"BITS & PIECES" - of Oil, Timber & Development of Industry in the Area; Letters & Writings submitted by Peter Sprague of Cuba,NY.  7/27/05

The Mystery Well

The Duke & Norton Flowing Wells

THE RICHBURG DISCOVERY WELL - The Story of the well that opened the Richburg Field; Names from  Scio, Wirt, Alma, Allentown, Bolivar & Wellsville
New Principal at Allentown Union Free School, 1941
Marshall Phillips Post, G.A.R. - Town of Alma, NY; 1889-1893
Melvina Prince Allen 1st Worthy Matron & Buttrick Chapter 109, O.E.S. (Bolivar) First Chapter Organized in Allegany Masonic District
AN OIL BOOM TOWN AT THE CROSSROADS 

By May Allen Boyd, Descendent of the Original Allen Family - Early Allentown Recollections

1934 Allentown 7th & 8th Grade Class Picture with Names 2/10/06
The Alma & Willing Plank Road Company Story
TALES OF A WESTERN NEW YORK BOOM TOWN "It seems so long ago that we lived in Allentown and yet, not long ago at all... ..."
‘Secret’ Mine Still Eludes Allegany Man A Seneca Legend; Elmer Watson Story  
"ALLENTOWN" August 12, 1881 -A Look "Before Oil Boom" - Historical Observation.
Early History - Alma Community
Allentown's Proud Heritage A Teacher's summary of History of School, People & Community.
Family Information: John Adam FOLAND of Alma,NY Related Surnames: SIDNEY, JONES, BIXBY - Genealogy Page
 c.1883 OIL Section Map - Allegany Field Petrolia, Alma, Allentown, Pikeville, Richburg, Bolivar, South Bolivar, Little Genesee, Carver, Ceres, and More!
Sarah Green Phillips; Teacher & Mother, Town of Alma Early Settler
Town of Alma, CIVIL WAR "Surviving Soldiers, Sailors & Marines and Widows, etc." Special Schedule of the 11th Census of U.S., 1890
ALLENTOWN I.O.O.F. PAGES ; Picture, History

 

4 NEW GENEALOGY SUMMARIES; Jared Page ELLIOTT Family, Lawrence SHIELDS Family, Luman Burrows ELLIOTT Family, & Moses KEMP Family; Thanks to Sue Takagi for submitting research; Over 100 Surnames are included. 5/5/06
 

 

 

Various Photos of Allentown, Alma

PICTURE GALLERY - TOWN OF ALMA

New Pictures added to these galleries as time permits; Contributions of pictures are welcome; contact by email: Ron Taylor

 
Use the page numbers below to navigate between pages of pictures
PAGE 1

Alma & Allentown Views & Miscl.

PAGE 2

Stewart Photography Panorama of Allentown

PAGE 3

Post Office-Allentown; Miscl Views

PAGE 4

Allentown Methodist Church History & Pictures

PAGE 5

Tons of Old Pictures, Ass't.

Page 6

Allen Family

Page 7

Miscl Views & Tidbits of Interest

      Allentown Cemetery Photo Gallery P1 Allentown Cemetery Photo Gallery P2

 

SPECIAL PICTURE GALLERIES - TOWN OF ALMA

 

                    

BIOGRAPHIES

  • TOWN OF ALMA BIOGRAPHIES - SURNAMES: ALLEN, ANDERSON, BARNES, COYLE, ELLIOTT, MCCUTCHEON, PHILLIPS, RUSSELL, STEVENS, TUTTLE, VANCE, VINCENT, WILSON, YORK

Other Stories of O.P. Taylor:

Obituary-John Osborne Taylor, father of O.P. Taylor d.1885

The Allegany County Reporter Articles (1883)

Liberty Ship Named "SS Orville P. Taylor"

Newspaper Obituary of O.P.Taylor

O.P.Taylor Opened Area -Ruth Marsh with Picture from "Empire Oil"

Memoriam Booklet of O.P. & Mrs. Taylor

(Original Picture at Wirt Historical Society, Richburg NY)

 

 

Town of Alma Cemeteries

 

- ALLENTOWN CEMETERY; 1934 Picture; List of Burials

- SUNNYSIDE CEMETERY; Alma, NY

- BELLAMY CEMETERY; Alma Hill Road

Additionally, there are private and unmapped cemeteries within the Town, unverified as of this date.  As they can be verified they will appear here.

 

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