1904 Map of Caledonia

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The Genesee River snakes through this landscape, defining the agricultural and industrial character of Western New York at the opening of the twentieth century. Major rail corridors converge at Caledonia, where the N.Y.C. and H.R. R.R. and the Erie R.R. Rochester Division intersect, facilitating the movement of goods from local salt mines and farms. Evidence of the region’s economic diversity is found in the concentrated settlement at Retsof and the presence of numerous small railway hamlets like Piffard and Fowlerville.