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A Gowanda Timeline
Snippets from the history of a small town.
1827 - The Methodists and Presbyterians organize separate churches.
1844 - A report of the Cattaraugus County Board of Supervisors contains, among other items, $85 in wolf bounties.
1851 - The site of the Dayton Post Office is changed to the depot; James Rice is appointed postmaster.
1859 - Gowanda Village Board of Trustees - C.C. Torrance, Orlando Allen, William W. Welch, William Peacock, G.W. Hanford.
April 1865 - John H. Melvin establishes The Gowanda Weekly Bulletin in a brick office on Main Street.
1873 - Gowanda Village Board of Trustees - Lemuel S. Jenks, John Kammerer, Jacob G. VanOstrand, George L. Vosburgh, Byron L. Kimble.
1909 ad - Buggy tires set while you wait. F.M. Davis, horseshoer.
1909 ad - Commencing July 8th, we inaugurated a 15-cent rate to Buffalo. Three-minute conversation. Federal Telephone & Telegraph Co. operating Warner Telephone Co.
April 19, 1898 - The Dankert Engine Company disbands.
1966 - Police Officer Raymond Pilon is attacked at Vogtli Construction while patrolling.
1974 - Gowanda Library Board of Trustees Officers: Elliot Fraser, president; Frederic Weyand, vice president; Mary Dorothy Hubbard, secretary; Bob Colburn, treasurer.
1974 - Twelve Gowanda Central School students tour Germany: Ross Lawton, Sylvia Heath, Robin Cole, Mary Ann Paul, Laurie Schindler, Pat Mentley, Nancy Stitzel, Tammy Goochee, Debbie Goodwill, and Karen, Kevin and Bruce Bollinger. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bollinger accompany the group.