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Chapter 40: From Revolution to Hall’s Hill: Alexander’s Founding Generation and a Fourth of July on the Schmieder Farm
Dr. Jonathan Hall (1757–1812), Revolutionary War soldier, physician, and pioneer settler. His name remains forever...
Chapter 39—The Lippold Brothers: Building Farms, Homes, and Families
The Lippold Brothers—Frank, John, and William. Skilled carpenters and builders from Darien, New York, whose...
Chapter 38 — Building for the Future: Expanding the Schmieder Farm During the Depression
The Schmieder farm, circa 1900, before George Schmieder's Depression-era additions expanded and modernized the farmstead....
Chapter 37— Music, Memory, and Fellowship on the Schmieder Home Place
Picture of a Schmieder gathering during the Depression years in the 1930s. Pictured in the...
Chapter 36 — The Hired Man on the Schmieder Farm: The Life of Henry Vollmer
Henry Vollmer (left) and Magdalena Beck (center) on the Schmieder farm, early 1930s, prior to...
Chapter 35 — For a Season: The Life of DeForest “Chrissy” Christ, Hired Man
Gravestone of DeForest “Chrissy” Christ (1899–1974). The Hired Man’s Room The hired men slept in...
Chapter 34 — The Outhouse Behind the House: Necessity and Order on the Schmieder Farm
A worn Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog hung within reach, its pages serving a second...
Chapter 33 — From Stream to Well: The Water of the Farm
The Tonawanda Creek, bordering what would become the Schmieder farm, was a steady source of...
