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THE STORY OE ERIE
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1,500. Seat of a Franciscan college and convent and of
double the price, and bought the other half for #7,000, and
St. Elizabeth's Academy under the charge of the Sisters of St. purchased 600 acres more. In 1838 he dividedit into shares.
Francis. Four miles beyond Allegany the Indian Reservation
One-quarter of it was to have been donated to the Erieif the
begins.
railroad was completed in 1842. Dunkirk, incorporated a
(VANDALIA, CARROLLTON, and GREAT VALLEY, village in 1837. Population, 1898, 14,000. Manufacturing.
Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. Stations between Allegany and
[4 churches; 9 schools; 5 newspapers; * banks; 17 hotels.
Salamanca. Carrollton, junction of the Bradford Division. Young Men's Christian Association and Free Library. Port
Great Valley, originally Killbuck station. Centre of an extensive
ol entry on Pike Erie. Legal western terminus of the Erie.
lumbering business.)
Elei trie railroads, electric lights. Extensive shops of the
SALAMANCA, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. loom New- Erie were here until 1 SOX ; then abandoned and became the
York, 415 miles; Dunkirk, 45. Settled, 1865 ; incorporated, lhooks Locomotive Works. Resides the Erie, the Lake Shore
187S. Population, 5,000. Manufacturing and railroad centre.
and Michigan Southern, New York, Chicago and St. Louis,
7churches ; 5 schools ; 3 newspapers ; 1 2 hotels ; 2 banks I ; lunkirk, Allegany Valley and Pittsburg, and Western New
hospital; building and loan association ; library: gymnasium.
Named by James McHenry for the Marquis of Salamanca,
Spain, a liberal contributor to the building of the Atlantic
York and Pennsylvania
at 1 lunkirk.
railroads run through or terminate
and Great Western Railroatl. Salamanca is built entirely on BUFFALO DIVISION.
the lands of the Indian Reservation, which are held under enabling
Congressional legislation by long tenure of leasehold.
Salamanca came into existence with the building of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railroad, now the Nypano Division
of the F]rie, which has its eastern terminus at this point. At
that time the site of the present Salamanca was a tangled
(Erom Hornellsville ; see Allegany Division.)
ARKPORT, Steuben Co., N. Y.; BERNE, CANASE-
RAGA, GAR WOODS, and SWAINS, Allegany Co.,
N. Y. ; DALTON, HUNTS, and PORTAGE, Livingston
Co., N. Y.; CASTILE and SILVER SPRINGS, Wyoming
swamp. The settlement was a mile west of the present sta­
Co., N. Y. Thrifty villages between Hornellsville and War­
tion, and known as Bucktooth, now West Salamanca. The
first settlers in Salamanca were greatly hampered by the difficulty
of securing satisfactory leases of ground to build upon,
because of the lack of legal authority vested in the Indian
proprietors to make them. After a long effort legislation
saw. I (alton is the station for Nunda, a village of 1,000 population.
At Portage is the great Erie Railroatl bridge across
the Genesee River at the Portage Falls. Silver Springs is the
station to Silver Lake.
WARSAW, Wyoming Co., N. Y. From New York, 375
miles; Buffalo, 48. Settled, 1S03. Incorporated, 1843.
Population, 3,000. Agricultural and manufacturing. On the
Great Wyoming Salt Belt, some of the finestwells being here
and in the vicinity. 7 churches ; high school ; 2 newspapers ;
2 banks ; 5 hotels. Also on the Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad.
(GALE, Wyoming Co., N. Y. ; LINDEN, Genesee Co.,
N. Y. Small places between Warsaw and Attica, in an agricultural
region.)
ATTICA, Wyoming Co., N. Y. From New York, 392
miles; Buffalo, 31. Settled early in century. Incorporated,
1837. Population, 2,000. 5 churches; 1 newspaper; union
was at last obtained doing away to a great extent with this
difficulty, but it was not until a few years ago that the present
beneficial legislation was procured through which the citizens
were warranted in making such improvements as the importance
and steady growth of the place demanded. Besides
the Erie and its system, Salamanca is on the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg and Western New York and Pennsylvania
railroads.
LITTLE VALLEY, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. From
New York, 421 miles; from Dunkirk, 39. Settled early in
the century. Population, 1,000. Became the county seat
m 1868. Cattaraugus County Fair Grounds ; ^ churches, 2
schools. Centre of rich dairy country.
school ; 1 bank. At the junction of the Rochester and Buffalo
(CATTARAUGUS, DAYTON, PERRYSBURG, Cattaraugus
Co., N. Y. ; SMITH'S MILLS and FOREST- divisions, forming a single line to Buffalo.
branch of the New York Central.
Also on a
VILLE, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Original Erie stations (GRISWOLD and DARIEN, Genesee Co., N. Y.; ALand
old villages on the elevated land between Little Valley DEN, TOWN LINE, LANCASTER, CHEEKTOWAGA,
and Dunkirk. At Dayton the Buffalo and Southwestern Division
from Jamestown and Chautauqua Lake to Buffalo connects
Erie Co., N. Y. Neat and thriving villages between Attica
and Buffalo.)
with main line. All these stations are thriving centres BUFFALO, Erik Co., N. Y. From New York, 425
of the great Chautauqua and Cattaraugus dairy regions.) miles. Village laid out by Holland Land Company in 1801.
DUNRIRK, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. From New York,
In 1S12 it was burned by the British. Congress voted
460 miles. Settled in 1810. Called Chadwick's Bay, after $80,000 to compensate for the loss. Incorporated a city,
the original settler, Solomon Chadwick. 'Phe land now occupied
by Dunkirk originally belonged to De Witt Clinton and new city charter went in force January 1, 1854. Population
April, 1832. Black Rock included in city limits, 1852, and
Isaiah and John Thompson. In 1817 Walter Smith bought
then, 45,000. Population, 1898, 300,000. Port of entry.
half for $10,000. In 1837 he sold it to New York men for
Seat of justice of Erie County. Western terminus of Erie