Greater Western New York loves America. Here’s another Hidden Gem that proves it.
Buffalo
This Buffalo School Teacher Helped Create What National Holiday that We Continue to Celebrate to This Day?
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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, most of it, three...
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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...
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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 in front of your eyes....
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. 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 […]
Read more ›What ever happened to the Tonawanda Valley Railroad?
Travel back in time without leaving the present.
Read more ›What is New York State’s Smallest Town?
Here’s a story that hides the true hidden gem behind it.
Read more ›Why the Hamburg Fair Will Always be America’s Fair
How the Erie County Fair once became America’s #1 County and what that meant to me growing up in that era.
Read more ›Why are there Two Western New Yorks?
This article also answers the question: “If Greater Western New York were a state, what city would be its capital?”
Read more ›Niagara Falls Inspired What Great American Movement?
You can’t really claim something often called “the eighth wonder of the world” is a hidden gem, but Niagara Falls does have a forgotten (on purpose?) legacy to a truly inspiration movement that benefits all Americans. Do you know what it is? You can find the answer in “Such is […]
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