Rochester, a flour city with a lot of mills
18/10/2018
After the American Revolution, Oliver Phelps offered a 100-acre tract at the Upper Genesee Falls to Ebezener (Indian) Allan, in return for rights for the Senecas'territory, if he would build and operate a mill. The sound of the Genesee running over the first wheel mill was a beginning for the first industry. Allan is thus recognized as Rochester's...
