Rochester
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- Names
Rochester
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on Lake Ontario & Genesee River; founded in early 19th cen., expanded after opening of Erie Canal; had further expansion during Civil War; was center of abolitionist movement & home of Frederick Douglass; G Eastman founded Kodak firm here in 1888.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Born
Carl Chiarenza (American, born 1935)
Frank Vincent DuMond (American, 1865-1951)
Tom Fawkes (American, born 1941)
- Active
- Died
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