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Allegany
Olean

The following information was already compiled and presented in brochure form and on the St. Bonaventure Archives website - Archives.sbu.edu/buildings/statue_mobile. On the Archives website, you can explore the history of even more sites on campus or look for an additional walking tour of the buildings of St. Bonaventure and the plantings. There is also great information on the people, the athletics, the folklore and the collections of The University on the Archives website. They can be reached by calling 716-375-2322.

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Rt. 16
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Delevan (Village)
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Hinsdale
Ischua
Machias
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Olean Station
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Yorkshire Corners

Route 16 is one of the earliest established roads in Cattaraugus County and this driving tour will open your eyes to the past

NYS Historical Marker for Anna Botsford Comstock
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Otto

Anna Botsford Comstock, born Anna Botsford on September 1, 1854, was early contributor to, and leader of, the Nature Study Movement. The Nature Study Movement was a push toward encouraging outdoor, first-hand observation and study of plants, animals, insects, etc. rather than through just reading books. Anna was born in Otto, NY in Cattaraugus County. Anna’s early years were spent observing the natural world with her mother around the family farm. Her mother taught her the names of flowers, plants, constellations, and more.

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Olean

Remembering the

Map of Genessee River Canal
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Portville

The following article was found written by someone in the Portville Historical Society.  Content of the article indicates that it was written in the year 2011.

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Farmersville
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Yorkshire Corners

Submitted by the Ischua Valley Historical Society (Maggie Fredrickson), here is a list of Veterans who enlisted in the Civil War from the towns of Machias, Franklinville, Ischua, Yorkshire, Farmersville, and Lyndon. 

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People of the Underground Railroad
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Mansfield

Stage Coach Mary was born into slavery in TN and named Mary Fields. Her slave master was a Judge. Mary was a 6 ft, 250lb woman who knew how to shoot, carried a pistol and rifle on her at all times, drank whiskey, smoked cigars, didn’t take shit from anyone, and was extremely hard working, loyal  and intellegent. 

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Cattaraugus (Village)
Cattaraugus County

"The Statute of Liberty, a gift from France, erected on Bedloe Island,  New York Harbor in 1886, is a symbolic landmark of the dreams and aspirations of mankind to live, under God, free and peacefully with each other."

(Cattaraugus Historical Society.  "Karl Wittman and his Statute of Liberty")

Charles Williams, Franklinville, NY
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1st Lt. Truman C. White of Otto, NY
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Otto
Benajmin Tallman of Olean, NY
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Olean
Stanley Shippy
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Leroy Shippy
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Otto
Eugene Shippy of Portville, NY
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Portville
Augustus Shippy of Otto, NY
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Otto
Aaron Shippy of Otto, NY
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Otto
Pvt. Cyrel Seekins of Randolph, NY
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Randolph
Pvt Ransom Terry of Ischua, NY
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Hinsdale
Ischua

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