Pop Warner: Father of Modern Football

The name Pop Warner is instantly recognizable to football fans nationwide but oftentimes the youth football league named after the legend overshadows his innovative genius. Glenn Scobey Warner was born on April 5, 1871 in the Town of Concord, second son of William H. and Adaline Scobey Warner. Until he was ten, the young Walked more than a mile to a one-room school. HIs family then moved to Springville... and Glenn attended the famed Griffiths Institute, graduating in 1889. An exceptional athlete, Warner excelled at baseball and often played an informal and crude game of football with friends, utililizing an inflated cow's bladder for a ball.

To read more of Alan V. Manchester's story, see page 8 of the Fall 2008 Heritage Magazine.

On and Off the Point

The walk-in trade at Babbitt's Daguerreotype Miniature Rooms wasn't good at all.Platt D. Babbitt opened his Rideout Street studio in London, Ontario, in November 1850. He felt that he might do well in the growing western Ontario town, then with a population of about 10,000.... For several previous summer seasons he had packed up his equipment and hauled it to Niagara Falls. He operated there as an itererant photographer. Although it had not more residents than London, Niagara's summer population swelled to 50,000 or more...In Niagara Falls, Babbitt took portraits in rented rooms, gave photography instruction, sold photographic chemicals, and recorded local outdoor events of interest.

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Herman Grieb: Naturalist & Renowned Taxidermist

Buffalo-born Herman Grieb (c.1867-1928) was a life-long student of the natural place: the flora, fauna and landscapes of our region. As a taxidermy artist his production was prodigious and enduring. Eighty years after his death his signed works regularly appear on the natural art and antiques market.

Grieb began his taxidermy career in 1887 as a young man. His studio was located at 673 Elm Street, near High, in the predominantly German "Fruit Belt" district of Buffalo. He gained distinction in his field in 1895 by successfully mounting an American bison.

To read more of this story by John H. Conlin, see page 28 of the Fall 2008 Heritage Magazine.

 

 

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