The story in order
Eight eras
From a lake left behind by the ice age to a city rising on the ground where a steel mill stood. Start at the beginning, or jump to any chapter.
The Ancient Lake
Before there was a Vineyard, there was the water.
The Friars and the Valley
The same summer America was born, two friars found the lake.
The Pioneers
Wagons, a fort, a flood, and a hard first winter.
Dairy Country
Thirty-two dairies, a dance floor on springs, and milk on the morning train.
Geneva Steel and the War
The world went to war, and America needed steel.
Steel Country
Four decades as the heartbeat of the valley.
A Town of 151
Dairy farmers decide to run their own town.
A City on the Lake
From grapevines to steel to a city on the lake.