The Ghost Girl of Knoche Road Tonawanda #tbt

Ghost Girl of Tonawanda

I grew up (late 70s/ early 80s- Gen X represent!) hearing the Ghost Girl of Knoche Road story. I had no idea just how old the story was. I also don’t want to admit for how long I kept looking for her whenever I was in the Knoche Road/ Delaware Avenue area.   TOWN POLICE … Read more

Murray’s Marathon Service Gaylord, MI #tbt

Murray’s Marathon Service I-75 and Old 27 Gaylord, MI 49735 “Go Worry Free, Travel Guaranteed, Go To Murray’s Marathon, Get What You Need” Rest Stop, Refreshment Center and Clean Rest Rooms. Sno-King Sales and Service. Benalli Mini-Bikes Sales and Service. TRAILER SANITATION SERVICE. Your Marathon Men- Bob & Bill Murray (not that Bill Murray)

#tbt The last ever Flag Day at Philip Sheridan Elementary School

Philip Sheridan Elementary School, Tonawanda NY, final flag day 1982

The year was 1982. The Baby Boomers were growing up which left the post-WW2 suburb of Tonawanda, NY with more schools then students. The smaller K-2 schools built quickly for the boomer kids had already started to close (I was supposed to attend Horace Mann school but it closed the spring before I started- it … Read more

#TBT Torn Down Buffalo Saint Joseph’s New Cathedral, Buffalo, NY (demolished 1976)

St. Joseph's New Cathedral, Buffalo, NY (demolished 1976)

Saint Joseph’s New Cathedral History (via preservationready.org and Kay Nou = Our House) In the early years of the 20th century, Roman Catholic Bishop Charles Henry Colton began plans to construct an even grander cathedral several miles north of the existing church, along Buffalo’s Delaware Avenue, where the well-heeled lived. The new structure would be build for $500,000 … Read more

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