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Lest We Forget: William J. Donovan

Part I: The early life and times of one of Buffalo's most honored heroes and the founder of the OSS, the forerunner to today's CIA.
William G. Fargo, The Tycoon from Buffalo, Part II

The Fargo saga continues with the epic history of the express business in Buffalo and across a booming America.
The Most Humane of Humans: Mark Twain and John Harrison Mills

Share his discovery of a previously unknown reminiscence of Twain in Buffalo, written by John Harrison Mills in 1910.
Mark Twain: Bachelor Editor in Buffalo

A Twain expert provides his special insight into the everyday life of Samuel Clemens as a Buffalo editor.
Watercolor "Historian" Opens Buffalo's "Windows to the Past"

Painter Dr. V. Roger Lalli, retired from his teaching career, has completed 43 photo-realist views of Buffalo, now reproduced in a new book.
The Eagle Park Disaster

In the summer of 1912, a dock at a Grand Island resort collapsed, with tragic consequences.
The Life and Times of William G. Fargo

The grand mansion built by the tycoon from Buffalo, one of the city's wealthiest leading men, a founder of Wells Fargo and American Express, and the family who once lived there.
Madame Cadillac's Remarkable Journey

Marie-Thérèse Guyon Cadillac traveled by water from Quebec City to Detroit, passing through the Niagara Region in 1702. A story of the Old French Frontier.
From the Gift Shop
North Park Theatre

Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this photography book showing the end result of the restoration of the Art Nouveau murals in the North Park Theatre.
The Ice Must Flow

Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this unique collection of the most intense & beautiful winter icescapes-captured during the incredible winter months of 2019.
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