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A Gowanda Timeline
Snippets from the history of a small town.
1829 - A lot is purchased from Alvin Bugbee for $25; Asahel Camp and Stephen Green, as a committee, build a frame house 22 feet by 26 feet at a cost of $125.
1835 - Judge Chester Howe opens his law office.
1850 - Carl Averill transfers his interest in the Mansion House to P. Pemberton, formerly of the Lodi House. P. Harder then succeeds Pemberton the following year as Mansion House landlord.
1865 - The Gowanda Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical Society purchases 20 acres west of lower Broadway Road for "The Fair Grounds." Annual fairs are held there until 1875 and horse races are a big draw.
Aug. 9, 1874 - The Gowanda Union Free School burns.
1909 ad - No saw edges on collars laundered at the Gowanda Laundry,"The Laundry that knows how," as special machinery is used to make them smooth. If you have ever worn a collar with a saw edge, you will appreciate this.
1961 - Robin Hood appears at Ragona's Bell's IGA Supermarket.
December 1961 classified ad - For Sale: 1954 Buick Hardtop $200.