Forgotten Firm: The Crosby Frisian Fur Company

Have you ever heard of the Crosby Frisian Fur Company? If you haven’t, you are not alone. Though the name is largely forgotten today, the firm was a once thriving, nationally-known Rochester enterprise. As the company is now a historic footnote, so too is its founder, George Nelson Crosby (1841-1923). An orphan who barely survived … Continue reading Forgotten Firm: The Crosby Frisian Fur Company