Digital Download: Joseph de la Roche d’Allion O.F.M., and the Visit to the Oil Spring: Truth or Fiction?

Joseph de la Roche d’Allion O.F.M., and the Visit to the Oil Spring: Truth or Fiction?

Did a French Récollet friar “discover” oil in the Southern Tier in 1627? We present both sides in a special double article.

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Digital Download: “Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death:” Western New York’s Lost Summer of 1816

A PDF download of the original article by Stephen Vermette, as it appeared in the Summer 2026 issue of Western New York Heritage.

Digital Download: Collecting Ourselves: Reuniting the Objects of the Martin House

A PDF download of the original article by Corey Fabian-Barrett & Kellie Mazur, as it appeared in the Summer 2026 issue of Western New York Heritage.

Digital Download: The Wreaths of Rochester of the John Burger Stone Ware Pottery

A PDF download of the original article by John Sladek Jr., as it appeared in the Summer 2026 issue of Western New York Heritage.