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 of Massachusetts convened in the city of Hartford, Connecticut to resolve the matter of the disputed land claims pertaining to those lands […]

This “Miracle on Phipps Road” embodied the very character that is Greater Western New York.

Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, based on the short story “The Greatest Gift,” reigns as one of the all-time Christmas Classic. The story takes place in a fictional place called “Bedford Falls.” From its cozy main street and large fluffy snowflakes to its wholesome down-to-earth citizens, Bedford Falls seems […]

As early as the mid-eighteenth century, these creatures captivated Continental visitors.

Nearly a mile long, for seventy years its spindly steel trestle spanned the Genesee River valley. It became a signature piece of man-made triumph whose memory remains forever etched in the minds of old-time Allegany County natives and helped the Erie Railroad become more competitive. More clues would give it […]

Travel back in time without leaving the present.

The last section of the Erie Canal to be completed, Lafeyette once likened it as the artificial equivalent of the Niagara Falls

Built during the 1930 Gold Rush, this hidden gem was made from the original components of yet another gem of Greater Western New York.

Plus, what wild west artifact was surprisingly discovered in Jamestown a few years ago.

Here’s a story that hides the true hidden gem behind it.