Debbie, Ellen and all, I'm so glad that both of you spent the time and effort to update our list with your findings. Debbie, you left me breathless when you said that an original 1897 copy of "Landmarks . . ." is for sale for $350! I have one of the original editions and that's what I have been quoting from!! It was actually GIVEN to me by a member of our historical society only because he felt that it MIGHT interest me!! Regarding Turner's "Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York" in the paperback version, today I called my dear friend Pete, owner of The Book Corner in Niagara Falls, to check on its price and availability. Even though it was reprinted in 1974, it is now out of print and unavailable. Regarding "History of Northwestern New York" by Horton, Williams and Douglas, I have the three volume set that was publishedin 1947. Frankly, again, I'm embarrassed to admit that I haven't carefully studied the historical aspect of it, but I do know that Volume III contains genealogy of the families that were/are located here in the '40s. In fact, it kinda makes me giggle when I see that it lists some of their children who I went to school with and who I still keep in touch with. Regarding Donald Loker and his "News of the Day," Oh Lordy, Don is such a sweetheart!! He's a member of our Town of Porter Historical Society and on a monthly basis he brings to our meetings clippings out of old newspapers that have to do with our area. That's what I base our monthly newletter on--I'm the editor of the newsletter. Check out the Niagara GenWeb site regarding the latest April edition of the newsletter at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyniagar/extras/portnews.htm I hope that I will be able to send Ellen the missing editions of the newsletters so that she can post them all to the site. Don has also written other books and as Ellen suspects, other books have also been written--hot off the press at this moment--about the history of this area. If any of you are interested in books on any particular aspect of Niagara County history--Niagara Falls, Dare Devils, geology, Love Canal, whatever--just let me know and I'll call good old Pete and ask him what is available. And on a modest note, if any of you are interested in a book of stories about the history of the Town of Porter written for fourth grade students, entitled, "It Happened Just Down the Road," just let me know. I wrote the book! The local school teachers use it to teach the kids about local history. It covers stories about the French and Indian War, to the War of 1812 to the Gold Rush of 1849, to the Civil War and to the "present day" of 1912 in the Town of Porter. After all, from where I sit at the moment, all of the history of our area happened "just down the road." vee