If not for the work of America’s first great novelist, this might never have been known.
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What 19th Century Information Super-Highway Gave Greater Western New York a Nickname It Still Carries Today?
The Second Great Awakening was fueled by this then new transportation system and led the famous preacher Charles Finney to coin what...
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How did Father Baker pay only $2,000 to buy millions of meals during the Great Depression?
Father Baker once convinced the Diocese of Buffalo to give him $2,000. Father Baker turned that into millions of meals that fed hundreds...
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Happy Birthday! 50 Hidden Gems of Greater Western New York Book Released!
Hear ye! Hear Ye! It was on the 16th day of December in the Year of Our Lord 1786, that parties of New York State and the Commonwealth...
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Where was Santa Claus Born?
Hint: It wasn’t the North Pole. He only relocated there once he found out he could obtain cheap labor. You might call it “The Miracle...
Allegany County
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What engineering mistake is but one of the few remnants of what was once the longest railroad bridge in Greater Western New York?
Nearly a mile long, for seventy years its spindly steel trestle spanned the Genesee River valley....
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What is New York State’s Smallest Town?
We’re not talking footprint, we’re talking population. There’s a strange story about a haunted...
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
Cattaraugus County
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
Chautauqua County
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What 19th Century Information Super-Highway Gave Greater Western New York a Nickname It Still Carries Today?
The Second Great Awakening was fueled by this then new transportation system and led the famous...
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Where was Santa Claus Born?
Hint: It wasn’t the North Pole. He only relocated there once he found out he could obtain cheap...
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What Annual Event Brought By A Real Cowboy Remains in Greater Western New York Today?
Jack Cox was his name and everybody laughed when this old cowboy had a suggested right out of the...
Chemung County
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
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Western New York was Originally Part of What Colony?
Let the reader beware, this is most definitely a trick question. Back in the late eighteenth century,...
Erie County
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How did Greater Western New York put the “Happy” in Happy Hour?
We all know the story of how the British burned Buffalo to the ground during the War of 1812. (Well,...
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How did Father Baker pay only $2,000 to buy millions of meals during the Great Depression?
Father Baker once convinced the Diocese of Buffalo to give him $2,000. Father Baker turned that...
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What Gigantic Global Movement did these Towering Edifices of Greater Western New York Generate?
Sometimes the hidden gem isn’t what you see in front of your eyes, it’s what you don’t see...
- What engineering mistake is but one of the few remnants of what was once the longest railroad bridge in Greater Western New York?
- What ever happened to the Tonawanda Valley Railroad?
- What is New York State’s Smallest Town?
Genesee County
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What engineering mistake is but one of the few remnants of what was once the longest railroad bridge in Greater Western New York?
Nearly a mile long, for seventy years its spindly steel trestle spanned the Genesee River valley....
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Why are there Two Western New Yorks?
Although Pre-Emption Line pretty clearly defines a solid geographic boundary for Greater Western...
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
- What Classic Greater Western New York Character Trait was First Revealed Nearly 200 Years Ago?
- Do You Know the “Most Famous Dessert” Created in Western New York?
Livingston County
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What engineering mistake is but one of the few remnants of what was once the longest railroad bridge in Greater Western New York?
Nearly a mile long, for seventy years its spindly steel trestle spanned the Genesee River valley....
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Why are there Two Western New Yorks?
Although Pre-Emption Line pretty clearly defines a solid geographic boundary for Greater Western...
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
- Who Last Inhabited Western New York Before La Salle Arrived?
- What Do Luca Brasi and Winter Driving Have in Common with the Birth of Western New York?
- How did the Emperor Constantine and the State of Kentucky help fill Western New York’s Spiritual and Gastronomical Needs?
Monroe County
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What 19th Century Information Super-Highway Gave Greater Western New York a Nickname It Still Carries Today?
The Second Great Awakening was fueled by this then new transportation system and led the famous...
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Where is America’s Longest Underground Boat Ride?
The engineers of the Erie Canal discovered a problem no one had ever before encountered. It’s...
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Where Does America’s Oldest Miniature Golf Course Reside?
There are bowlers and there are golfers and, while they may sometimes act like the Hatfields and...
- What is New York State’s Smallest Town?
- Niagara Falls Inspired What Great American Movement?
- What did Walter Cronkite once Call Greater Western New York’s Greatest Gift to the Nation?
Niagara County
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How did Greater Western New York put the “Happy” in Happy Hour?
We all know the story of how the British burned Buffalo to the ground during the War of 1812. (Well,...
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What ever happened to the Tonawanda Valley Railroad?
In fact, this is only one of the seven corporate names that has led to the famous (at least in Wyoming...
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Where is America’s Longest Underground Boat Ride?
The engineers of the Erie Canal discovered a problem no one had ever before encountered. It’s...
- Why the Hamburg Fair Will Always be America’s Fair
- Niagara Falls Inspired What Great American Movement?
- What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
Ontario County
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What 19th Century Information Super-Highway Gave Greater Western New York a Nickname It Still Carries Today?
The Second Great Awakening was fueled by this then new transportation system and led the famous...
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
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Who Last Inhabited Western New York Before La Salle Arrived?
Save for a chance meeting with French Missionaries, all we know of these people we have learned...
Orleans County
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Where was Santa Claus Born?
Hint: It wasn’t the North Pole. He only relocated there once he found out he could obtain cheap...
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
Schuyler County
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
Seneca County
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Frank Capra’s Bedford Falls is Based on What Greater Western New York Village?
Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, based on the short story “The Greatest Gift,” reigns...
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
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Western New York was Originally Part of What Colony?
Let the reader beware, this is most definitely a trick question. Back in the late eighteenth century,...
Steuben County
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
Wayne County
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What 19th Century Information Super-Highway Gave Greater Western New York a Nickname It Still Carries Today?
The Second Great Awakening was fueled by this then new transportation system and led the famous...
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
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Western New York was Originally Part of What Colony?
Let the reader beware, this is most definitely a trick question. Back in the late eighteenth century,...
Wyoming County
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What ever happened to the Tonawanda Valley Railroad?
In fact, this is only one of the seven corporate names that has led to the famous (at least in Wyoming...
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
Yates County
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What is Greater Western New York’s Greatest Hidden Gem?
For too long the nation has dismissed the Greater Western New York region as a mere punch-line....
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Happy Birthday! 50 Hidden Gems of Greater Western New York Book Released!
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