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The onset of Autumn has historically meant an increase in violent storms on the Great Lakes.

Bicentennial Spotlight: Marion Helen Johnson Skidmore-- Feminist Spiritualist Leader from Chautauqua County

Largely unknown outside of Chautauqua County, this Spiritualist and suffrage pioneer gets deserved attention on the occasion of the bicentennial of her birth.

Placenames & Plagiarism: The Niagara Maps of Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur & George Demler

Was a French army officer and diplomat actually the first to document the name Buffalo Creek on a map? Or did he steal it from someone else?

Parsing the Porters: The Tatler Club and the Porter Mansion in Niagara Falls

Commissioned in 1876 for his bride, Peter Augustus Porter’s Niagara Falls mansion has become inseparable from the city’s historically significant women’s club.

Bumpological Buffalo: Phrenology in the Queen City of the Great Lakes

Though largely dismissed today, the science of phrenology boasted a significant following in the 19th century, including in Western New York.

The Brewing History of Williamsville, NY: From Odessa, Russia to the Alaskan Gold Rush

We follow this Buffalo suburb’s unlikely trail of brewing history.

Endnotes: Early View of Black Rock- A Further Look

We dive further into a reader question about a painting of Black Rock

Collecting Ourselves: Reuniting the Objects of the Martin House

The effort to reestablish Frank Lloyd Wright’s tout ensemble has been years in the works—and is still a work in progress.

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