Hi there! We’re Jon and Amanda Burris, creative partners here at FOLK STUDIO 451. We’ve blended Amanda’s corporate media career experience with Jon’s life-long love of storytelling and are now following our bliss writing books, short stories and creating in variety of other mediums. Our style is rustic and comfortable. If you like our work please support our studio by purchasing our books or t-shirts from our gift shop.

THE Pioneers of Orleans County

EXPLORING OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE: Amanda worked two years, researching, writing and publishing to bring these books to life, in over a thousand pages and 12 hours of audio. These fascinating stories begin during the migration out of New England a few years after the Revolutionary War, through the War of 1812. Experience authentic, first-person accounts of the early pioneers of Orleans County–emigrants from diverse cultures who, seeking fertile land and refuge from famine, persecution, and political turmoil, united to face the challenges of Western New York’s hostile wilderness

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PIONEER HISTORY Audiobook is now available FREE on YouTube!
Experience authentic, first-person accounts of the early pioneers of Orleans County, NY. Circa 1800-1825.

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These stories, published since April 2025, have been successful this year, engaging 13k followers on Facebook. Some are heavy, some hamster fluff, but I’m proud of them all. –Amanda

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