From its beginnings in the early 19th century at the site where 'art triumphed over nature,' when the Erie Canal's Flight of Five locks was one of the wonders of the world, Lockport burst almost overnight into a thriving community that eventually outgrew the canal that gave it life. After many years of challenge and change, the city now looks to its glorious past to ensure its future.

Lockport documents the creation and growth of a fascinating city that has played a vital role in American history. Here, the Erie Canal climbed the Niagara Falls escarpment and opened up the Great Lakes to East Coast commerce, a revolutionary achievement that brought unlimited hydroelectric power to western New York, fueling the early industrialization of Lockport. The city was at the forefront of technological and social innovation: the nation's first commercial telegraph line was laid he...

This new addition to the Images of America seriestraces the history of Lockport, Illinois, from theheight of its canal activity in the late 1860s to itsdecline as the lifeblood of the town in the early20th century. Lockport�s story is revealed here inover 200 vintage photographs that trace the town�sprogress from its early days through the 1970s, whenthe canal reappeared as a recreational and tourist attraction. In Lockport, Illinois: The Old Canal Town, author John Lamb offers a rare glim...

A long-time liberal activist gets an up-close political education about conservative America when he moves to a small town in upstate New York.Finalist for the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Regional categoryDuring a time of great national division and a growing working-class rebellion that has turned American politics on its head, a longtime liberal activist moves to a small to...

**RITA-Award Winner**A Kasey Michaels Alphabet Regency RomanceKevin Rawling (first encountered in The Belligerent Miss Boynton), is finally the Earl of Lockport, now that his eccentric and reclusive uncle has at last stuck his spoon in the wall. But when Kevin goes to inspect his country estate, he finds that he has inherited more than a huge, ramshackle old mansion.Gilly Fortune grew up as a servant on the estate, the bastard child of the l...

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour is ready to explore when you are.Each walking tour describes historical and architectural landmarks and provides pictures to help out when those pesky street addresses are missing. Every tour also includes a quick primer o...

Longfellow Stanshall is the brilliant, and yes, controversial, author of several internationally best-selling books. She is also a prolific playwright, screenwriter, theatrical producer, soldier for women’s rights, world traveler, and oh by the way, the second wife of the late Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s iconic, singer, composer, and frontman, Vivian Stanshall.In this one-of-a-kind audio encounter between Ms. Longfellow and actor, author, and music historian Geoffrey Giuliano, the list...

Murder at Tulip TimeMurder is rare in the small, lakeside tourist town of Holland, Michigan. But when the black sheep of a prominent family is found strangled and buried in the city's largest tulip garden, it is big news for local crime reporter John Garth.The grisly discovery comes right at the start of the Dutch town's annual Tulip Time Festival that brings in 100,000 visitors to watch parades, wooden sho...

The subject is certainly one of present interest. The advertisements of firms who produce stained glass windows are numerous and conspicuous in our Church weeklies; glowing accounts of memorials just erected in this place and that make up a large part of our “Diocesan News.” To say nothing of the fact that we are in danger of forgetting what the real business of the Church is,—that it is not primarily to build and beautify edifices, but to save men and to establish righteousness in the ear...

No Harm Was Done-Alternative Medicine in Lockport, New York is based up a series of published articles and lectures from 2015- 2017. When studying care and healing in Western New York the author discovered a number of offerings that were based upon an alternative view of health that differed from the traditional (often called allopathic) medicine of the time. The mainstream medicine practiced in the 1800s into the early 1900s was primitive. Doctors were often untrained, science la...

In "Stained Glass Windows: An Essay," William Frederic Faber illuminates the intricate interplay between art, faith, and expression through a meticulous analysis of stained glass as a quintessential medium of religious storytelling. Faber's literary style is characterized by a blend of eloquent prose and detailed descriptions, evoking the vibrant colors and emotional depth embodied in the windows he examines. Set against the backdrop of Victorian aesthetics, the essay explores not only the...

This volume contains the two last works by HG Wells. Nearing the end of his life, increasingly distressed over the war, Wells deals with death and apocalypse, mortality and religion, and with “human insufficiency.”Mind at the End of its Tether“One approaches it with awe. You come across references to it everywhere: Colin Wilson, Priestly, Koestler. It seems to have been a wounding work; something no one could agree with, but something that couldn’t be taken lightly...