Lost Village of Delta (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531636913)

Home to a community of hardworking farmers and mill workers, the village of Delta stood along the banks of the Mohawk River until it was evacuated by the state to raise the water in the Erie Canal. Before the flooding of the river, Delta was a small country village with the same postmaster for over 30 years and families farming the same land for generations. In order to raise the water, the state approved the construction of five reservoirs across New York. The town was evacuated soon after, and the land that generations of residents toiled over now sits at the bottom of Lake Delta.

Author: Mary J. Centro
ISBN-10: 1531636918
ISBN-13: 9781531636913
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2008
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d