A Good Journey: 150 Years of St. Bonaventure University

On October 4th St. Bonaventure University celebrated 150 years serving Western New York. The selected date is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order. Saint Bonaventure or Bonaventura, a Franciscan whose name means Good Journey, was one of the great academics of the 13th century. Franciscans established schools and missions throughout the Spanish Colonies of North America but did not come to English/American territory until the 1840s.

To read the rest of this story by Clarence C. Picard, see page 42 of the Fall 2008 Heritage Magazine.

 

Engineering for Speed

"..Beginning with the adolescent who was equal parts Peter Pan and Dennis the Menace, and who really hasn't changed much more eight decades later, Bill's life has been one of unrelenting adventure, togehter with risk and innovation...To Bill, risk was part of the adventure, with innovation as the logical successor."

To view the rest of this story by Keith S. Herbst, see page 54 in the Fall 2008 Heritage Magazine. Subscribe now!

Another Look: The Harry Yates Barn

The massive and picturesque red and white barn complex of Edgewood Farm is a prominent and familiar visual landmark in Orchard Park. The gambrel roof structure is both a historic and symbolic representation of the agrarian heritage of the town. It was built for the enterprising Harry Yates about 1923 on the then 100-year-old Ransom Jones farm. The barn is sited near the 1825 Jones-Yates-Morgan farmhouse, considered by Austin Fox to be one of the best Greek revivial houses in Erie County. Together the two buildings represent the essential agricultural history of the suburban town.

To read the rest of John H. Conlin's Another Look, see page 66 of the Fall 2008 Heritage Magazine.

 

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