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Notice: OPEN HOURS, ALLEGANY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

 We will be open to the public Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays

from 10 am until 3 pm.  Also, we are open Saturdays by appointment only!

Email: alleganychs@gmail.com   Snail Mail: ACHS - P.O. Box 252 - Andover, NY 14806

PHONE DURING OPEN HOURS: 607-478-5390 (Leave message if no answer)

Phone for special appointment with ACHS: Ron Taylor, President (cell) 585-610-8668

Email:  ron.taylor@alleganyhistory.org

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ANDOVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

will be open Wednesday & Saturday 11 am until 2 pm.    

or by Special Appointment Contact:
 
Diane Pitts, Andover Historical Society President - (585-610-0967)

email:  iampitts@roadrunner.com 

or, 

Ruth Manske - (607) 478-8184

email:  tpmram8184@gmail.com 

 
 Museum is Operated by Volunteers of Allegany County Historical Society 
& Andover Historical Society.

 "About Us" - Our Staff & Hours (ACHS) -- ACHS Constitution & By-Laws 

ACHS Membership Application (rev.8-9-23 )   

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• Obituary, Wilbur James "Cy' Dawson
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, December 2023; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Granger Gazette, December 2023; Granger Gazette archive
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, November 2023; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Ames, Yentzer enlist, proving ability to handle horses (1918)
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, September 2023; Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, September 2023;  Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Our ACHS Newsletter, "The Recorder", August 2023, ACHS newsletter archive
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, June 2023; Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter "THE THELMA", June 2023; Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Our ACHS Newsletter, "The Recorder", May 2023; ACHS newsletter archive
• Granger Gazette, June 2023; Granger Gazette archive
• Obituary, Robert James Lehman, of Wellsville
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter "THE THELMA", April 2023; Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, March 2023; Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Pioneer Oil Museum 2023 newsletter
• Granger Gazette, March 2023; Granger Gazette archive
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, March 2023; April 2023; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, February 2023; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, Sept./Dec. 2022; Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Angelica's women voters in the 1893 election
• Two family church in Angelica eyes future [ca. 1970]
• Tall Mail Box At Richburg Stops, Baffles Passersby
• Caneadea Dam nears 8th birthday
• Plat book is directory to Allegany county farms & rural properties (date unkown)
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, January 2023;  Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, December 2022; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Granger Gazette, December 2022; Granger Gazette archive
• Rockville Lake is disappearing [date unknown]
• Early plans for an Allegany County museum
• Canaseraga, Allegany County's unknown gem
• Passing through ... Birdsall (1989)
• Town name tidbits
• Obituaries: Eleanor R. Schwalb, of Wellsville and Joanne M. Black, of Andover
• Our ACHS Newsletter, "The Recorder", November 2022; ACHS newsletter archive
• Ingalls family (of Cuba) photos
• Obituary, William Allen "Bubba" Greene
• A history of the Birdsall House tavern, restaurant, and hotel
• Participants recall details of Belfast bank robbery
• One-copy newspaper tells Oramel what's going on [ca. 1938-39]
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, November 2022; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• West Almond: A town caught in time
• Major fire in 1967 in Almond business block is recalled
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, October 2022; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• A short history of Almond, N.Y.
• Phillips Bros. strike oil in Wellsville (1896)
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association, September 2022; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• A double life in Wellsville: Henry Wilcox was Patrick Henry Cox 
• Town of Wellsville Indexes: vol.2; vol.3; vol.4 (more to come!)
• Granger Gazette, September 2022; Granger Gazette archive
• Did You Know That?: Violins were made in Allegany County?
• Our ACHS Newsletter, "The Recorder", August 2022; ACHS newsletter archive
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association newsletter, August 2022. Notice of BBHA Trash & Treasure sale, Aug. 27
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, June 2022; Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, August 2022; Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Wellsville Water and Light plant damaged by explosion (1943)
• Obituary, Victor Hammond, of West Clarksville, d.1943
• Photos of members of the Duke and Clary families
• The last spike of the New York & Erie Rail Road at Cuba
• Jack Moore named Allegany County Veteran's Counsellor (1945)
• Obituary for Julia Ann Spaulding, d.1942
• Obituary for Owen Costello, of Stone Dam, d.1899,
• The story of Temperance Tavern in Alfred
• Plans for Suffrage Convention in Cuba, N.Y. (1917)
• Obituary, Richard E. Holmes, formerly of Obi
• About the Thatcher Cemetery in Alfred
• Obituary, Ellen Crandall Irish, of Friendship, d.1943
• Obituary, Mary Murphy of Alma, d.1941
• Fassett Hotel of Wellsville sold to Bradford parties (1945)
• Pauline Hare Weds Graydon Davis of Wellsville (1931)
• Obituary, Clarence Hunt, of Alma, d.1983
• Obituary, Allen A. Perry, Obi farmer, d.1942
• Obituary, Thomas O'Grady
• Early log cabin near Belfast, N.Y. (from 1907 article)
• Erie Railroad Depot at Cuba, N.Y., ca. 1900-1909
• Several new news items about the Genesee Valley Canal
• Flood on the Genesee River (1857)
• Granger Gazette, June 2022; Granger Gazette archive
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, June 2022; Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association newsletter, May 2022; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Biography, John Hammond of Hume, 1811-1887
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association newsletter, April 2022; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, March 2022; Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, April 2022; Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Distances and ports on the Genesee Valley Canal, 1873
• Report of survey of extension of Genesee Valley Canal from Belfast to Wellsville (1855)
• Pioneer Oil Museum 2022 newsletter; 2022 fundraising letter; Pioneer Oil Museum newsletter archive 
• Proposed canal extension to Wellsville (1854)
• Assorted news items about the Genesee Valley Canal
• The original Mount Morris dam, built in 1852. An article by Richard Palmer.
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association newsletter, March 2022, in 3 parts: part 1, part 2, part 3;  Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Political influence on the development of the Genesee Valley Canal
• Granger Gazette March 2022  Granger Gazette archive
• Biography of Calvin T. Chamberlain, 1795-1878, of Cuba, N.Y.
• Sketch of Erie Railroad Viaduct in Cuba, N.Y.
• Obituary, Francis M. (Frank) O'Brien, 1917-2007, of Scio
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, February 2022; Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Obituary, Barbara S. Bernstein; retired. teacher, genealogy researcher, and former trustee, ACHS 
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association newsletter, January 2022; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Now available! Granger Gazette searchable compilation, 2016-2020---we also offer an archive of past Granger Gazettes
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, December 2021; Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Bakers Bridge Historical Association newsletter, December 2021; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Granger Gazette, December 2021; Granger Gazette archive
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, December 2021 ; Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Our ACHS Newsletter, "The Recorder", November 2021; ACHS newsletter archive
• Baker's Bridge Historical Association newsletter, November 2021; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Collection of racing photos at Mills/Ulysses PA Raceway, from Jerry Seamans
• Baker's Bridge Historical Association 2022 calendar now available
• Baker's Bridge Historical Association newsletter, October 2021;  Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Obituaries, John F. Ahrens, Virginia Wilcox Ahrens
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, October 2021; Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Chronological chart of the development of the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad
• First gasoline-operated passenger car on the Shawmut Railroad
• Genesee Valley Canal advertisement (1851)
• Chronological History of the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad
• Assorted news items about the Allegany Central Railroad
• Assorted news items about the Lackawanna & Pittsburgh Railroad
• Obituary, Ralph E. Hills, of Wellsville
• Tonawanda Valley & Cuba Railroad ("Erie") timetable, 1884
• Lackawanna & Pittsburgh Railroad timetable, 1884
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, September 2021; Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Baker's Bridge Historical Association, September 2021; Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Granger Gazette, September 2021; Granger Gazette archive
• Original depot in Angelica, Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad
• Burns, N.Y. depot, Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad
• Ceres depot, Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad
• Friendship, N.Y. depot, Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad
• Topographic map of Tonawanda Valley & Cuba Railroad over Rushford Summit
• Timetable for the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad
• Addison & Northern Pennsylvania R.R. employee timetable, 1882
• From 1886: Sunday "church train" via Canaseraga, Birdsall and Angelica
• Map of Railroads near Belfast Junction, N.Y.
• Obituary, Theodore S. Bacon of the Town of Burns, 1815-1885
• Our ACHS Newsletter, "The Recorder", 3rd Quarter, 2021; ACHS newsletter archive
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, August 2021; Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, June 2021; Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• A look at Wellsville, its history, businesses, and people, from an 1868 newspaper
• Remembering the Phillips homestead at the summit of Beech Hill, in Willing
• Obituaries for Bradley M. Phillips, d.1895, former Town of Willing Supervisor, and his wife, Sarah A. (Johnson) Phillips, d. 1907.
• Obituaries for Ferd J. Phillips, d.1890, and Ella May (Phillips) Slawson, d. 1894, both of Willing, N.Y.
• Obituary, Sidney "Sid" Miles, longtime athletic coach in Wellsville, d.1975
• Granger Gazette, June 2021; Granger Gazette archive
• Obituary for Marjorie V. James Hall, of Hallsport, N.Y., d.1971
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, June 2021; full Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Obituaries: Arthur J. Weir, of Birdsall, and Leon N. Weir and Loren A. Weir, both of Friendship, N.Y.
• Our ACHS newsletter, "The Recorder", 2nd Quarter, 2021; ACHS newsletter archive
• Obituary, Arthur M. Van Tyne, of Wellsville; petroleum geologist and community leader
• Baker's Bridge Historical Association, May 2021 newsletter; full Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Obituary for Patrick J. McKinley, "The Captain", of Wellsville.
• Obituaries: John Harvey, Eldon Harvey, Esther (Sanford) Harvey, all of Swain, N.Y.
• Obituaries: Coralie A. Brown Frey, Nelson Sanford, Delores M. Sanford, James O. Sanford
• Obituaries: Darlene B. Lacy, Carl E. Saxton, Hugh L. Lacy, Harley L. Sanford
• Obituaries: Carrie Sanford Kellogg, Charles Burr Kellogg, Richard B. Kellogg, Harold Lacy, Donald Harold Lacy
• Obituaries: Charles H. Kellogg, LaVerne Kellogg, Opal R. Kellogg, William P. Marvin, Myrtie Sanford Marvin
• Obituary, James F. Mulholland (1941-2021); former Andover funeral director and County Treasurer
• Obituaries: Lloyd D. Sanford, Lloyd G. Sanford, Nettie B. Sanford, Vera Sanford Brown
• Obituary, Lewis M. Holbert (1849-1913), of Spring Mills, Town of Independence
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, April 2021; full Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, March 2021; full Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Obituary, Philo V. Payne, 1844-1913
• Obituary, Paul M. Davie, 1888-1970, of Wellsville; businessman and conservationist
• Obituary, Benjamin K. Stickney 1794-1875, early settler of Friendship
• Obituary, Kenneth V. Carey, 1913-1980; associated with the 4-H program
• Baker's Bridge Historical Association, March 2021 newsletter; full Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• The African American Experience in Rural Western New York - Suggested Sources
• Obituary, Betty J. Coats, of Hallsport; d.1984
• Obituary, Louisa Krusen Burrow, d.1894
• Obituary, Roena (Lester) Brown, d.1982, of Wellsville; had owned and operated the Wellsville Hotel
• Obituary, John Allan, d. 1969; industrial arts teacher in Wellsville for nearly 34 years
• Obituary, Andrew Jackson McDivitt, of Bolivar (died in 1924)
• Photo, Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, in Belfast, N.Y.  Photo contributed by Richard Palmer
• Granger Gazette, March 2021; full Granger Gazette archive
• Photo, Tonawanda Valley & Cuba Railroad station in Rushford
• Our ACHS newsletter, "The Recorder", 1st Quarter, 2021; ACHS newsletter archive
• Obituary, Preston L. "Roy" Lucas
• Obituary, Stanley W. Herdman
• Belfast Trestle; more photos of the Belfast trestle
• Obituary, Lawrence W. "Larry" Browning, active member of the Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society
• School photo, believed to be in Almond, N.Y.
• Erie Depot in Belmont, N.Y.
• Buffalo & Susquehanna R.R. station at Belmont
• Train arriving in Almond, N.Y ; photo courtesy of Richard Palmer
• Baker's Bridge Historical Association, February 2021 newsletter;  full Baker's Bridge Historical Assoc. archive
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, February 2021; full Thelma Rogers newsletter archive
• Houghton schoolhouse, District No. 6
• Obituary, Lee Gridley, longtime trustee of the Allegany County Historical Society
• Obituary, Robert E. "Bob" Black, active member of the Andover Historical Society
• Obituary, Leonard M. Watson, former Allegany County Legislative Chair
• Richburg-Wirt Historical Society newsletter, December 2020; full Richburg-Wirt Hist. Society newsletter archive
• Demolishing the Belfast Trestle, early 1980s (photo courtesy of Richard Palmer); more photos of the Belfast trestle
• Photo, Stony Brook Railroad Bridge, in Dansville; more photos of the Pittsburgh, Shawmut, and Northern Railroad
• Inspection report, 1901, Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railroad
• A remarkable photo of the Erie Depot in Wellsville, submitted by Richard Palmer; more Erie Railroad photos here
• Two photos of the Pennsylvania Railroad Rossburg Depot, added to our Gallery.
• A history of the Swains Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad
• Our listings for Woodlawn Cemetery in Wellsville have been updated, with our thanks to Mary Rhodes for her efforts