About the Authors

Laurie Fortune Verbridge is retired from K.M Davies Company, Williamson, New York. She has held positions as the secretary for the Office of Public Information, Cornell University; postmaster, Pultneyville, New York; and postal service positions, including the quality first facilitator, secretary human resources and rural letter carrier. She is a member of the Williamson-Pultneyville Historical Society and Save Our Sodus Bay, is a past president/trustee of the Williamson Central School Board. “Without Bill, this book would never have been written with such detail.  He brought out the best of my writing and research skills.  I will forever be grateful to Bill for his dedication and love for our story, he was an amazing person.”
–Laurie Verbridge

 

Bill Hullfish was professor emeritus, SUNY College at Brockport. Toured under a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Member of the Clarkson Historical Society, the American Canal Society, and the Canal Society of New York. Bill has written a number of books. His latest, The Erie Canal Sings, was published by The History Press. His articles have been published in American Canals, Bottoming Out, Divisions, American Recorder, The Instrumentalist, New Jersey Outdoors, and Bicycling. (Bill passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Monday April 26, 2021 at the age of 84.)