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Meat Trains to Markets: The Nickel Plate Road and Buffalo’s Niagara Frontier Food Terminal

Competition mixed with a reputation for fast freight led the owners of the Nickel Plate Railroad to develop massive food terminals in two major cities.

The Old Photo Album: Artistic Practicality—A Gallery of Climax Basket Labels

A colorful-- and practical--gallery of basket labels from the Chautauqua Grape Belt

Ed Delahanty’s Last Trip: Baseball Star Mysteriously Plunged to His Death Over the Falls

An early baseball superstar mysteriously vanishes from the International Railway Bridge.

Brocton: In the Heart of the Grape Belt

Find out how the work of energetic entrepreneurs caused a Chautauqua County hamlet to become known as “The Buckle of the Grape Belt.”

Old Photo Album: Niagara River Bridges

A visual survey of spans across the Niagara River, past and present.

Old Photo Album : Train Stations of Western New York

The author's college photography project provides a glimpse into regional rail stations of the past.

Erie Beach Amusement Park: The Lore and The Legacy

We take a look at the origins—and remnants—of what was once called “Buffalo’s Two-Million-Dollar Playground.”

Jack Dempsey vs. Al Capone: Olean’s 1926 “Little Chicago” Confrontation

Did Olean’s police chief Jack Dempsey actually arrest Al Capone? We take a look at the theories and evidence.

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