A century ago, thousands of newly immigrated Poles risked everything for a chance to free their homeland from oppression—in spite of the prejudices they experienced in "the Land of the Free."
The full content is available in the Summer 2018 Issue.
A chance find in a semi-related album yields some fascinating photos of a pioneering event in aviation history.
After fighting to preserve the Union in the American Civil War, hundreds of Irish immigrants were eager to win their homeland's freedom from the United Kingdom. Although the Fenian Brotherhood failed in its mission to capture Canada, the cross-border raids would have a lasting impact.
Well-known vaudeville star Jesse Clipper became the first African American soldier from Buffalo to succumb to injuries sustained in World War I.
The Hispanic Heritage Council of Western New York shares images, past and present, of our region's rich Hispanic culture.
By: John Percy
Geography's impact on the history of Western New York and Ontario's Niagara Peninsula.
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.
Did Olean’s police chief Jack Dempsey actually arrest Al Capone? We take a look at the theories and evidence.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Cattaraugus County was part of a regional oil boom that dotted the landscape with a forest of wooden derricks and tanks.