The Montezuma Swamp may be outside our immediate area, but it is familiar to us all from travel on the NYS Thruway. Doug Farley tells the story of how this immense obstacle was overcome in the building of the Great Erie Canal.
The full content is available in the Spring 2008 Issue.
We take a look at the origins—and remnants—of what was once called “Buffalo’s Two-Million-Dollar Playground.”
A extra from our Spring 2022 issue, featuring a rundown of some of the rides from Buffalo's $2 million playground.
The Erie Canal opened the West-- but getting there could be a deadly gamble, as this 1841 tragedy demonstrated.
The first solo exhibition of this artist’s work highlights the business and beauty of the region’s waterways.
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An Ecological Study of the Dr. Victor Reinstein Woods State Nature Preserve
By: Bruce Kershner
By: Marvin Rapp
A collection of Erie Canal folklore and songs available in print and dvd format.
When the United States entered World War II, industry across the country transformed to meet the production needs of the war effort. Lockport’s Harrison Radiator Corporation provides a single local example of this nationwide phenomenon.
Once an uninhabitable forest full of rock ledges, the area now known as Lockport seemed like an unlikely spot for a boom town. That all changed when the Erie Canal needed a place to climb the Niagara Escarpment.