SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many people helped with the gathering of this material. Jane Dieckmann, Margaret Hobbie, Leslie Chatterton, Casey Westerman, Rick Manning and Judith Valentine all came to CWT History Working Group meetings, and gave essential direction and ideas regarding where to look for information and what to look for. Everyone (director Matt Braun, staff, and volunteers) at the DeWitt Historical Society archives were wonderfully generous with their knowledge and resources. Historic Ithaca provided essential material on Stewart Park. Dennis Montgomery of Cayuga Wooden Boat Works gave added insight into canal boats and boat building history in general. Della Herden provided editorial guidance. Thank you to all.

The following were used as sources and are recommended for further reading.

Books:

  • Abt, Henry Edward. Ithaca. Ithaca: Ross W. Kellogg, 1926.
  • Dieckmann, Jane Marsh. A Short History of Tompkins County. Ithaca, N.Y.: DHS, 1986.
  • Dieckmann, Jane Marsh, Margaret Hobbie and Carol U. Sisler, eds. Ithaca's Neighborhoods: The Rhine, The Hill, and The Goose Pasture. Ithaca, N.Y.: DHS, 1988.
  • Kammen, Carol. The Peopling of Tompkins County. Interlaken, N.Y.: Heart of the Lakes Pub., 1985.
  • Kammen, Carol, ed. What They Wrote: 19th Century Documents from Tompkins County, New York. Ithaca, N.Y.: CA, 1978.
  • Lee, Hardy Campbell. A History of Railroads in Tompkins County. Rev. and enlarged by Winton Rossiter. Ithaca, N.Y.: DHS, 1977.
  • Norris, W. Glenn. Old Indian Trails in Tompkins County. Ithaca, N.Y.: DHS, 1988. (note: 1st ed. printed in 1944).
  • Norris, W. Glenn. Early Explorers and Travelers in Tompkins County. Ithaca, N.Y.: DHS, 1961.
  • Roberts, Kenneth G. and Philip Shackleton. The Canoe: A History of the Craft from Panama to the Arctic. Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1983.
  • Robinson, Bob. Cayuga Lake Boating. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, Inc. 1965.
  • Sisler, Carol U. Cayuga Lake: Past, Present, and Future.

Reports, Articles, etc.

  • Bacon, John M. Stewart Park: Its History, Buildings and Plantings. (from Historic Ithaca)
  • Bero Associates Architects. Historic Structure Report: Cascadilla Boathouse. Ithaca, N.Y. 2000
  • City of Ithaca Reconnaissance Survey. Part I: History.
  • Gossavision (Video). Dividing Line - The West End Story.
  • Hobbie, Margaret. Steamboat Landing slide show script. DHS.
  • McGuire, Ross and John Dember. Cultural Resource Management Survey 1980 Highway Program. PIN 3047.04.124 Tompkins County. (Submitted to the New York State Museum and Science Service State Education Dept. by the Public Archaeology Facility SUNY Binghamton.)>
  • Report of the Inlet Island Land Use Committee, Ithaca, N.Y.: City of Ithaca Common Council, 1992.


Please note all photos and illustrations have been provided by the DeWitt Historical Society unless otherwise noted.

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