Excerpt from Geneseo Centennial History, 1836-1936 The celebration of the centennial of the coming of the colonists to Geneseo was inspired by the devotion and ideals of those colonists rather than passing time measured by a centenary. This inspiration has guided all the plans of the celebration. The community continues to reflect the religious, cultural and social influence of the founders and the program follows this high plane. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.