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How Western New York’s Only National Historic Site Came To Be

The interest in the place where TR’s presidency began ultimately led to the preservation of the Wilcox Mansion.

Endnotes: A Great Lake's Golden Hill

An evocative look at Niagara County's Golden Hill State Park

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From Russia-- With Log! Presentation for the Historical Assn. of Lewiston February 25, 2021

Video of a presentation by Executive Director Douglas DeCroix to the Historical Association of Lewiston on February 25, 2021. Presentation topic was a WNY-built P-39 Airacobra fighter, its journey to Russia and back home again.

Mister Buffalo River— The Environmental Advocacy of Stan Spisiak

We examine the environmental efforts of this unassuming Buffalo jeweler to reclaim the waterfront of the city he loved.

The Buffalo Courier-Express Mural: A 90-Year Journey

Commissioned for the opening of the new Courier-Express Building in 1930, the mural painted by Charles Bigelow and Ernest Davenport is a significant piece of Buffalo's rich journalistic and artistic history.

Old Photo Album: The Allegany School of Natural History

The Allegany School of Natural History was an interesting partnership between the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences and Allegany State Park. Here we share some images from these early 1920s camps.

Discovering Letchworth State Park

The Grand Canyon of the East has been a tourist location since the 1830s, but it has also faced numerous threats from developers who sought to utilize the Middle Falls as a source of power.

Old Photo Album: The Early Days of Chestnut Ridge Park

Images of Chestnut Ridge Park from the 1920s and 1930s.

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