Winter 2003 ISSUE

Inside:
Lest We Forget: William J. Donovan
By Salvatore R. Martoche Part l:The early life and times of one of Buffalo's most honored heroes and the founder of the 0SS, the forerunner to today's CIA.
Niagara'sVisual Music in the Paintings of Claire Shuttleworth
By David F Martin The beauty of the Niagara River, Falls and Gorge are captured in a series of symphonic paintings composed between 1910 and 1920.
Father Hennepin at Niagara Falls (1678) By John H. Conlin
Old Photo Album By Megan J. O'Neil Flexlume Signs
The Early Log Architecture of Western NewYork
By John H. Conlin Log buildings, the quintessential symbol of the American spirit, have u rich history inWNY. A few of these venerable edifices still remain, including the Gipple Cabin in the Town of Lancaster, the oldest surviving building in Erie County.
The Early Days of Skiing in Western NewYork: Wooden Skis, Leather Boots and Studebaker Rope Tows By W. Richard Ohler Meet some of the hard-working, fun-loving skiers who transformed Buffalo's southtown's farmland into a winter wonderland for snow sports enthusiasts.

DEPARTMENTS
A Letter from the Editor
From Our Readers
Guide to WNY's Treasures -
Antiquer's Alley
American Express
Last Look:Vernor Building

Guide to Professional Services

ON THE COVER
"Father Hennepin at Niagara Falls, 1678" Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), oil on canvas, 7' x 20' mural. Commissioned by Robert Moses for the NewYork State Power Authority and installed in "PowerVista' theVisitor Center of the great Niagara hydroelectric project.

Fall 2002 ISSUE IS NOW AVAILABLE! Inside the latest issue:

Mark Twain: Bachelor Editor in Buffalo
by Tom Reigstad
The Most Humane of Humans: Mark Twain and John Harrison Mills
by William Loos
William G. Fargo, The Tycoon from Buffalo, Part II
by Jacek Wysocki
Frank Lloyd Wright's "Buffalo Venture" Revisited
by Jack Quinan
Frontier Telephone
by Norman C. Bauman
View the Centerfold: A New Commercial Street Painting
by Robert Averill

Fall 2001

Leon Czolgosz: A Psychiatric Assessment

Looking Backward and the Assassin

Mark Twain and Buffalo in 1901

Selling the Larkin Idea

The Pan-American Exposition in 3-D

Cantilevered Architecture on the Commercial Slip

The Transportation Stamps of the Pan-American Exposition,

History of Baseball in Buffalo

Old Photo Album - Pan-American Hotels and Lodgings