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A Gowanda Timeline
Snippets from the history of a small town.
1911 - The Persia Town Picnic is held at Allen’s Grove.
1911 - The Enterprise Military Band reorganizes.
1912 - Ralph Schaack and Alfred Hawkins purchase the clothing store of Joseph Schaack.
1912 - Clayton Witherell is appointed manager of the local Bell Telephone Company office.
1916 - A fire in Shults Steel Furniture factory is quickly extinguished by the fire department.
1916 - A. & B. Amusement Enterprise purchases the Gowanda Opera House.
1918 - Alfred Hawkins sells his interest in the clothing store to his partner, Ralph N. Schaack.
1919 - Shults Steel Furniture plant burns. The total loss of buildings and equipment is estimated a! $125,000.
1919 - Postage for first-class mail is 2 cents.