Among the stories in John S. Minard’s book, Recollections of the Log School House Period and Sketches of Life and Customs in Pioneer Days, a short book with a long … Continue reading A Retelling of Bill Moseley’s Turkey Shoot
John S. Minard, Allegany County’s Celebrated Historian
When researching Allegany County history, the first resources I turn to are books by John S. Minard. Without his writings, much of the county’s storied history would be lost. Throughout … Continue reading John S. Minard, Allegany County’s Celebrated Historian
The Glen Iris Orchard Company
If it’s autumn along the Genesee, it’s apple time, cider time, and fry-cake time. For anyone who’s lived in Western New York, the familiar sight of bushel baskets of apples, … Continue reading The Glen Iris Orchard Company
Crime Along the Genesee: The Bertha Kingsley Shooting
The news is filled with senseless crimes—road rage that turns deadly, an argument that results in someone being shot, and random assaults. But it’s nothing new, and the story of … Continue reading Crime Along the Genesee: The Bertha Kingsley Shooting
The Amazing Rise and Fall of Hulbert Harrington Warner and His Safe Cures
America’s love affair with “natural” remedies and supplements is certainly nothing new. Over 140 years ago, store shelves were loaded with remedies, tonics, and elixirs advertised to cure everything from … Continue reading The Amazing Rise and Fall of Hulbert Harrington Warner and His Safe Cures
Dr. Edwin G. Munn: Genesee Country’s First Ophthalmologist
Most of us regularly visit our “eye doctor” once a year for a checkup, and consider cataract surgery a rite of passage in the aging process. Laser surgeries and other … Continue reading Dr. Edwin G. Munn: Genesee Country’s First Ophthalmologist
The Noted Musicians of Castile
This month’s story is a personal one and part of my maternal grandmother’s family history, dating back almost 100 years to the time of the Great Depression. It’s a story … Continue reading The Noted Musicians of Castile
Riding the Stagecoach Along the Genesee
Just mentioning the word “stagecoach” likely conjures up images of vintage western movies featuring desperate gangs of robbers holding up passengers, or a high-speed chase across the desert with Indians … Continue reading Riding the Stagecoach Along the Genesee
Crime Along the Genesee: Murder in the Cemetery
It was an ordinary Saturday when seventeen-year-old Anna Schumacher asked her mother for permission to visit her father’s and sister’s graves on August 7, 1909. The young woman wanted to … Continue reading Crime Along the Genesee: Murder in the Cemetery
In the Line of Duty: Lieutenant Thomas Boyd and Sergeant Michael Parker
Part Two The first-person accounts from the diaries of officers with General Sullivan give us a front-row seat to the gruesome scenes these men found as they advanced to Little … Continue reading In the Line of Duty: Lieutenant Thomas Boyd and Sergeant Michael Parker
