1851. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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knew of a pioneer entering the woods without a part- 

 ner to share his toils and joys, who did not retreat in 

 disgust, or sink to the degraded level of the savage. 

 Western New York, particularly that portion 

 known as the Holland Land Purchase, was settled 

 very rapidly, and its history contains much of the 

 romance of pioneer life. We are glad that its history 



has been written. Mr. O. Tdrner has published a 

 history of the Holland Purchase, which might be 

 read by all with profit, and should be preserved by 

 the old settlers and their children, as a memorial of 

 their trials and triumph. It is from this work we 

 take the fine engravings, showing the usual manner 

 of commencing life in the woods. 



