History of the Town of Bovina, Delaware County, New York

This is the first comprehensive history of the Town of Bovina, building on the work of past local historians, especially that of Fletcher Davidson (1895-1987), his sister Vera Storie (1891-1967), and their uncle David Fletcher Hoy (1863-1930).  Author Ray LaFever is a native of Bovina and brings that perspective to the text.  While remembering the town’s distant and not so distant past and its traditions, he also celebrates the town’s changing present and its hopeful future.  In the nineteenth century, Bovina was noted as one of New York State’s leading dairying towns.  As its dairying heritage faded in the latter twentieth century, farmers have diversified, and the town became a noted vacation destination.  The author explores Bovina’s early and later settlers, how they made their livelihoods, educated their children and entertained themselves.  He also looks at how Bovina citizens contributed time and effort to their local community as well as to their country in time of war.  More than 200 illustrations are included.