Author, journalist. He was attending Hobart College at the outbreak of World War One. When that occured he enlisted in the US Army, Division 5 and served as a wagoner in France. After the war, he worked as a journalist in Detroit, Washington D.C. and New York City, where he met his wife, Katherine Towell. He came to Rochester in 1923 to take a job with the Gannett Group's Democrat & Chronicle, from which he finally retired in 1963 having held almost every position on the staff at some point in his career with the newspaper. He also spent ten years on the staff of the Rochester-based "Journal American". He was a prolific writer on the subject of Western and Upstate New York and its pioneers and notables, for which he is often referred to as the "Poet Laureate" of Upstate New York. Many of his books were based on the local history column which he began for the Democrat & Chronicle in 1939, and which he continued to write after his official retirement.
Arch Merrill Bibliography
A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley (1943)
The Ridge: Ontario's Blossom Country (1944)
The Lakes Country (1944)
Historic Tales of Western New York (1945)
The Towpath (1945)
Rochester Sketchbook (1946)
Stagecoach Towns (1947)
Tomahawks and Old Lace: Tales of Western New York (1948)
Land of the Senecas (1949)
Upstate Echoes (1950)
Slim Fingers Beckon (1951)
Shadows on the Wall: Tales of York State (1952)
Southern Tier - New York State (1954)
Our Goodly Heritage (1957)
Pioneer Profiles (1957)
Bloomers and Bugles (1958)
Gaslights and Gingerbread (1959)
Fame in Our Time (1960)
The White Woman and Her Valley (1961)
Down the Lore Lanes: Oddities in Upstate History (1961)
The Underground: Freedom's Road and Other Upstate Tales (1963)
The Changing Years (1967)
From Pumpkin Hook to Dumpling Hill (1969)
Thanks to MOUNTHOPE
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Arch Merrill Bibliography
A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley (1943)
The Ridge: Ontario's Blossom Country (1944)
The Lakes Country (1944)
Historic Tales of Western New York (1945)
The Towpath (1945)
Rochester Sketchbook (1946)
Stagecoach Towns (1947)
Tomahawks and Old Lace: Tales of Western New York (1948)
Land of the Senecas (1949)
Upstate Echoes (1950)
Slim Fingers Beckon (1951)
Shadows on the Wall: Tales of York State (1952)
Southern Tier - New York State (1954)
Our Goodly Heritage (1957)
Pioneer Profiles (1957)
Bloomers and Bugles (1958)
Gaslights and Gingerbread (1959)
Fame in Our Time (1960)
The White Woman and Her Valley (1961)
Down the Lore Lanes: Oddities in Upstate History (1961)
The Underground: Freedom's Road and Other Upstate Tales (1963)
The Changing Years (1967)
From Pumpkin Hook to Dumpling Hill (1969)
Thanks to MOUNTHOPE
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Author, journalist. He was attending Hobart College at the outbreak of World War One. When that occured he enlisted in the US Army, Division 5 and served as a wagoner in France. After the war, he worked as a journalist in Detroit, Washington D.C. and New York City, where he met his wife, Katherine Towell. He came to Rochester in 1923 to take a job with the Gannett Group's Democrat & Chronicle, from which he finally retired in 1963 having held almost every position on the staff at some point in his career with the newspaper. He also spent ten years on the staff of the Rochester-based "Journal American". He was a prolific writer on the subject of Western and Upstate New York and its pioneers and notables, for which he is often referred to as the "Poet Laureate" of Upstate New York. Many of his books were based on the local history column which he began for the Democrat & Chronicle in 1939, and which he continued to write after his official retirement.
Arch Merrill Bibliography
A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley (1943)
The Ridge: Ontario's Blossom Country (1944)
The Lakes Country (1944)
Historic Tales of Western New York (1945)
The Towpath (1945)
Rochester Sketchbook (1946)
Stagecoach Towns (1947)
Tomahawks and Old Lace: Tales of Western New York (1948)
Land of the Senecas (1949)
Upstate Echoes (1950)
Slim Fingers Beckon (1951)
Shadows on the Wall: Tales of York State (1952)
Southern Tier - New York State (1954)
Our Goodly Heritage (1957)
Pioneer Profiles (1957)
Bloomers and Bugles (1958)
Gaslights and Gingerbread (1959)
Fame in Our Time (1960)
The White Woman and Her Valley (1961)
Down the Lore Lanes: Oddities in Upstate History (1961)
The Underground: Freedom's Road and Other Upstate Tales (1963)
The Changing Years (1967)
From Pumpkin Hook to Dumpling Hill (1969)
Thanks to MOUNTHOPE
------------------------
Arch Merrill Bibliography
A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley (1943)
The Ridge: Ontario's Blossom Country (1944)
The Lakes Country (1944)
Historic Tales of Western New York (1945)
The Towpath (1945)
Rochester Sketchbook (1946)
Stagecoach Towns (1947)
Tomahawks and Old Lace: Tales of Western New York (1948)
Land of the Senecas (1949)
Upstate Echoes (1950)
Slim Fingers Beckon (1951)
Shadows on the Wall: Tales of York State (1952)
Southern Tier - New York State (1954)
Our Goodly Heritage (1957)
Pioneer Profiles (1957)
Bloomers and Bugles (1958)
Gaslights and Gingerbread (1959)
Fame in Our Time (1960)
The White Woman and Her Valley (1961)
Down the Lore Lanes: Oddities in Upstate History (1961)
The Underground: Freedom's Road and Other Upstate Tales (1963)
The Changing Years (1967)
From Pumpkin Hook to Dumpling Hill (1969)
Thanks to MOUNTHOPE
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