Abraham Lincoln visited Western New York several times throughout his life, even getting snowed in at Little Valley. Alan Manchester looks at the evidence to determine when Lincoln stopped at the Cattaraugus County town.

The widely-accepted story of W.E.B. DuBois’ venue choice for the inaugural meeting of the Niagara Movement cites racial discrimination as the cause.  Recent research by local scholars, however, suggests that this was not the case at all.

It's hard to imagine the immense hotels bustling with halcyon summer activities. Lakewood, near Jamestown, was like a self-contained fairyland utopia, the essence of a resort community.