CONTENTS 



TAUE 



Foreword 13 



[ntroduction 15 



Topography 17 



Geology and Soil Formation, l>. van Alstyne 20 



The Climate of New York Slate, W. M. Wilson and R. A. Mordoff 28 



Points of Scenic Interest 51 



Early History 53 



Present-Day Agricull ure 66 



Minerals and Mining in New York State, D. H. Newland 80 



Commercial Facilities 84 



Educational Facilities 88 



Albany County 1)2 



Allegany County 107 



Bronx County 121 



Mroonie County 122 



Cattaraugus County 131 



Cayuga County 151 



Chautauqua County 160 



Chemung County 181 



Chenango County 192 



Clinton County 204 



Columbia County 217 



Cortland County 232 



Delaware County 244 



Dutchess County 258 



Erie County 272 



Essex County : . 287 



Franklin County 303 



Fulton County 315 



Genesee County 325 



< I reene County 335 



Hamilton County 346 



Herkimer County 354 



Jefferson County 368 



Kings County 382 



Lewis County 383 



Livingston County 398 



Madison County 410 



Monroe County " 423 



Montgomery County 435 



Nassau County 440 



New York County 454 



Niagara County 456 



