Archive - WNY Heritage

The master shipbuilder Moyse Hillaret, who was chosen to participate in the grand plan of exploration, became an enemy of La Salle.

Joseph Bennett of Evans: Western New York Pioneer

Throughout his long and active life, Bennett privately recorded his eyewitness views of historic events. His words now provide us with a unique glimpse behind the series.

Genial Genius

Wilson Greatbach has been at the heart of genius since inventing the pacemaker 45 years ago. He continues to explores new worlds for the benefit of mankind.

Pictorial

E. R. Thomas Motor Company 1903 - 1911

Edwin Ross Thomas (1851-1936) was a Buffalonian who began his career as a bicycle manufacturer just as the gasoline-engine era began.

Jane Welch, Renaissance Woman

She was the talk of the town as society reporter for the Courier, Buffalo's first full-time female journalist, as well as a socialite, humanitarian, lecturer and Twain aficionado.

Last Look: The Sprague Cabin

The Sprague Log Cabin, LeRoy

Ichabod's Journey

The incredible 600-mile trek of a farmer and his family from Vermont to Western New York in 1811.

The Goodrich-Landow Log Cabin: A Document of Pioneer History

Painstaking restorative efforts have made this early 19th-century log cabin the best surviving example of housing built by the earliest Holland Land Purchase settlers.

Western New York Heritage

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