Tag: Niagara’s History

This is a photo of the Gasport Gulf south of Route 31 on the west side of the road. It was taken around the turn of the 19th century into

This is a road-widening project in the fall of 1963, at the corner of Quaker and Lake Roads, looking north. A 1963 Ford Falcon sits in the lot of the

One of the most intriguing man-made features of Niagara County is the Erie Canal. The waterway crosses the entire county, from Middleport all the way to North Tonawanda. Most of

In this undated photograph, an accident at the corner of Upper Mountain and Saunders Settlement Roads has traffic blocked. As we look east, the Lockport Bypass has not yet been

September 8, 1914, Lockport postal carriers pose for a photo in front of the historic post office at the corner of East Avenue and Elm Street. Both the 1914 and

The one thing you learn fairly quickly when you’re working with history is the concept of urban legends. The historical field abounds with them, often to the detriment of the