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Advertisers in this section include: Cutco Ka-Bar Visitors Center, O.J.'s Smoke Shop, The Crosspatch Horseback Riding Stable & Crosspatch Creations Jewelry & Art, Zoar Valley Canoe & Rafting, Aim High Outdoor Adventures and Deluxe Cabin Rentals, Seneca Nation of Indians, High Banks Campground, Vacation Properties, Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary, Randolph Area Community Development Corporation's Amish Trail, Seneca Iroqiouis National Museum, Robert Gordon Enterprises, Holiday Inn Express, Salamanca Mall Antiques & Collectibles, Hampshire Mills, Elkdale Country Club, Myer's Steakhouse & Inn, Highbanks Campground, Mongillo Jewelers, The Enchanged Mountains 2 Week Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run and Quick Center at St. Bonaventure University. |
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Take a country drive and get away from the heat of the city. Our quaint villages come alive with the sounds of music at various locations throughout the summer. We have equestrian events, dice runs, stock car races, environmental walks, civil war reenactments, heritage days and a variety of activities that can meet the needs of your family. |
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The next week on the fairgrounds, the Cattaraugus County Sportsmen’s Show will be held from August 8th to the 10th. There will be exhibits, vendors and wild life seminars for the hunting, fishing and archery enthusiasts. The 2008 Bicentennial 14 day, 180 mile Stagecoach Run will be an educational living history celebration. An educational presentation about wagons, horses and people of our heritage will be given each evening. Join the train for the entire 2 week ride, for a day or two or for an evening around the campfire when they set up at various locations around the county August 9th through the 22nd. Onoville Bicentennial Community Day Event will also be held August 9th. Live music, food, fireworks and craft vendors are scheduled. Children's activities and kayaking are two planned events. Ellicottville proudly presents The Taste of Ellicottville on August 9th and 10th. You can sample area special food creations and enjoy live entertainment. The following weekend, Ellicottville will host the Children 1st Festival, August 16th and 17th with two days of free fun for kids of all ages. Join us for the fashion show, parade, fireworks and plenty of hands on activities. On August 15th through the 17th the Harley’s will be back in town for the 6th Annual Rally in the Valley at Bradner’s Stadium in Olean. Enjoy music, vendors, a dice run, chicken BBQ and cash prizes. As Mother Nature paints the hillsides with her brushstrokes of autumn’s colors, and as we reach the annual passing of the harvest moon, The Enchanted Mountains of Cattaraugus County offers sunny, crisp days and cool nights filled with exciting opportunities that await the adventuresome in spirit as well as those that wish to take a scenic drive in the beautiful countryside. Vibrant hillsides of ever changing hues add to an already exciting Enchanted Mountains Fall experience. Nothing puts you closer our area’s natural wonder than experiencing autumn in the Enchanted Mountains region of Cattaraugus County by motorcycle. Six suggested tours, featuring routes picked by local motorcyclists, are compiled in the new Cattaraugus County Ride Guide. Copies are available at select county tourism information locations, Gowanda Harley-Davidson, 2535 Gowanda Zoar Rd., Gowanda, or by calling 1-800-331-0543. As you take a spin around our country roads, soaking in the beauty of our Enchanted Mountains during Mother Nature’s breathtaking autumnal display, stop to check out our many antique shops or tour the back roads to discover the various Amish Shops. Contact our department for a FREE map of Amish Country. The Art in the Park will be held September 7th in conjunction with the Taste of Olean on the JCC campus. Sample specialties from our local restaurants and see art and crafts by local artisans. Watercolors, acrylics, oils, sculpture, basket weaving and pottery will be featured. Experience Ellicottville’s Rock 'n Oldies Weekend September 19th through 21st along with a car show, talent competition and kids' contests. Pumpkinville in Great Valley will officially open on September 20th. Enjoy the spirit of the harvest, the beauty of the Enchanted Mountains and a day of family fun at the farm. This year, Pumpkinville will be hosting their 3rd Annual Certified Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off on October 5th. Pumpkins weighed in this contest will be eligible to compete against growers from all over the world. You can also watch as freshly picked apples are washed and squeezed to create the greatest cider you’ve ever tasted. Pumpkinville is open daily, 9am – 7pm, through October 31st. Join in our other celebrations of autumn at Gowanda’s Heritage Harvest Festival September 20th and 21st, Salamanca’s Falling Leaves Festival September 26th through the 28th, Randolph’s Annual Harvest Festival October 11th, and Ellicottville’s Fall Festival October 11th and 12th. All have unique arts, crafts, food vendors and family entertainment. For a change of pace, visit the Pfeiffer Nature Center, near Portville. Take an evening nature walk or learn more about the environment at one of the many seminars they hold for the entire family. Dare your friends to ride the tractor drawn hayride that is visited by scary creatures at Nightmare Hayrides on Sommerville Street in Ellicottville beginning October 4th running weekend evenings until October 26th. They are open 7:30 – 9:30 pm, food is available and no reservations are required. For that rainy weekend, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University is open to the public and FREE. On exhibition are paintings, sculpture, ivories, works on paper and photographs. Enjoy a world class museum in your own backyard. For more information on these and many other fall activities and events or if you would like a free copy of the Enchanted Mountains of Cattaraugus County travel guide; please call 1-800-331-0543 or e-mail visitor@enchantedmountains.info. Also you can view our website at www.enchantedmountains.info. Discover the Enchanted Mountains of Cattaraugus County…..… Naturally yours 1808 CATTARAUGUS COUNTY 2008 BICENTENNIAL WAGON TRAIN/ STAGECOACH RUN and YOUTH for HORSES CONTEST Do you remember seeing pictures of long lines of pioneers in covered wagons heading west accompanied by outriders; the wagons circling for the night? Or seeing the stagecoach come roaring into town bringing travelers from far away? Did you ever wish you could have been a part of that time in history? Well, if you are one of those souls and would like to see or participate in a real, live covered wagon train with stagecoaches and outriders ---come to Cattaraugus County located in western New York from August 9th to the 22nd 2008. In celebration of the Bicentennial for Cattaraugus County, The County’s Equine Advisory Committee is hosting a Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run that will begin in Ellicottville, NY on August 9th and conclude in Little Valley, NY on August 22nd 2008. In that two-week period, the wagon train will travel throughout the County, with overnight stops scheduled for Cattaraugus, Randolph, Leon, South Dayton, Gowanda, Otto, West Valley, Delevan, Franklinville, Hinsdale, Portville, Allegany, Salamanca and Little Valley. “We already have 50 wagons participating so far,” says Dolly Little, one of the coordinators for this unique event. The Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run will also stop at many other communities on its daily route, and the arrival of the stagecoach will set the stage for many of the County’s rural communities to have their own bicentennial celebrations. This Wagon Train is a way for the people of Cattaraugus County, as well as other interested visitors, to celebrate their heritage, with an emphasis on the roles horses and wagons have played, and will play, in their quality of life. In conjunction with the Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run, Cattaraugus County’s Equine Advisory Committee will sponsor a “Horses for Youth Contest” for children ages 8-18. Five Winners will be selected from a drawing to spend a day and night on the Wagon Train accompanied by a parent/guardian. They will participate in all of its outdoor activities such as feeding the horses and cooking over the campfire. This will be a Cattaraugus County version of Reality TV! All of the winners’ expenses associated with the one day and one night stay on the Wagon Train will be paid by contest organizers. All expenses to and from the Wagon Train are the responsibility of the contest winner and their family. Winners will experience first hand how our ancestors once traveled. The 2008 Cattaraugus County Bicentennial Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run will be an educational living history celebration. During the two weeks the proposed 180-mile route will include as many towns, villages and hamlets as possible in Cattaraugus County, so as to involve everyone in the communities as part of the adventure. People are welcome to join in with horse/oxen/mule/pony driven wagons or on horseback. The stagecoach became part of Cattaraugus County Heritage from about 1808-1814 in the form of the Chautauqua Trail. The Trail started in Chautauqua County as a means of transportation of mail, freight and passengers from one destination to another. The Stagecoach run will travel about 3 miles an hour, stopping for a midday meal and for camp at day’s end. Each day we will end in or near a town to set up our camp. There will be educational presentations about the wagons, horses and people of our heritage and horse people of the present. There will be hands-on demonstrations at each site. Storytellers and music will be part of the evening activities. Our goal is to involve as many communities as we can, so everyone can become a part of our Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run. The youth contest winners will be an integral part of this adventure. We will pick up memorabilia pertinent to each specific town, representing their individual heritage to be put in our end of the line Time Capsule to be buried at the end of the Bicentennial Celebration in Little Valley, NY. The main host horse-drawn vehicles will include a stagecoach, a chuck wagon, and a Sheepherders’ wagon. The stagecoach is an authentic refurbished Concord Coach from the Abbott and Concord Coach Co. built in Concord, New Hampshire in approximately 1890. It features a spring suspension system and weighs about 1500 pounds. The southern and Midwest coaches had leather slung suspensions and were much heavier. The chuck wagon’s running gear is original. The wagon box and chuck box were built from 1908 Sears and Roebuck Catalog plans, by Jim Little and Len Brainard. The chuck wagon serves the same purpose today as the 1800’s – to carry food, supplies and to set up to prepare food from campsite to campsite. It was designed by Charles Goodnight for use by cattle operations. The sheepherder’s wagon design has been used for centuries, dating back to the gypsies of Normandy and Romania. These bow top caravans were used by shepherds as their homes through the seasons while they tended their flocks and herds. These wagons are still in use today giving cattlemen and shepherds in the mountains a convenient, comfortable and portable “home” among their animals. Whole families lived in these wagons for months at a time. Our wagon has the convenience of rubber tires and bucket seats, but the basic design is authentic. During the County’s Centennial celebration in 1908, Moses Taylor and Abraham McIntyre, an old settler accompanied a schooner wagon through Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties advertising the Centennial Celebration in Salamanca. The Bicentennial Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run “is a way for the people of Cattaraugus County, as well as visitors, to celebrate their heritage, with an emphasis on the roles horses and wagons have played, and will play, in their quality of life,” said Annie Widger, chairman of the Equine Advisory Committee and president of the Cattaraugus County Horsemen’s Association. We hope to inspire our citizens just as these men did 100 years ago, to come and join the adventure. For more information, to volunteer to help along the route, or to bring a wagon or horse to join in on the adventure just call Dolly Little at 716-938-6313 or jimdolly@webtv.net or to enter the Horses for Youth Contest call Leah Leising at 716-532-3357 or lleising@netsync.net. Come join in on some educational, wholesome family fun with horses this summer---try out the pioneer life style for real! Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary If you are an animal lover, you have to check out Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary located in Delevan, NY. They are only open to the public on Sundays, July 6 through August 31, 2008 from 2-5pm. They do accept group tours throughout the year by appointment and specialize in senior tours. Gooseneck Hill has two of the largest aviaries in the United States which house over 300 exotic, endangered and protected ducks, geese and swans. You are able to observe and hand-feed over 23 different species of birds and over 1,000 Koi fish from Japan. Gooseneck Hill is suitable for older, well-behaved children since birds are naturally peaceful animals and do not like sudden movements or loud noises. There are over 25 beautiful rock gardens and paths with many varieties of plants that add to the tranquil site. Enjoy an adult puppet and parrot show or peruse the many items in their gift shop. They are handicapped accessible and offer a 20% senior discount. Since they are a not-for-profit facility, donations are always welcome. Their mission is to protect waterfowl in a natural habitat and foster the preservation of endangered species and to promote community appreciation, awareness, acceptance and education in order to preserve and conserve waterfowl. For more information or directions call 716-942-6835 or go to their website at gooseneckhillwaterfowlfarm.com . Zoar Valley Canoe & Rafting - Fun For All Ages If you’re searching for adventure, Zoar Valley Canoe & Rafting can help provide some outdoor fun for both spring and summer. Now in their 25th year, they offer an introduction to white water rafting as well as their normal trips. The introduction to white water rafting takes place on a 6-mile section of Cattaraugus Creek. With I and II class rapids at normal water level, this trip is suitable for most ages, especially children. To experience Western New York’s hidden gem at a more strenuous level, white water rafting on the mighty Cattaraugus, through Zoar Valley, is the way to go. With highest water levels generally in mid-March and early April, you’ll view rugged cliffs hundreds of feet high, waterfalls (both free falling and hidden by old growth stands of oak, hemlock and tulip), nesting bald eagles and you’ll experience the finest white water west of the Adirondacks. The season runs from Mid-March through May and the ten mile trip takes approximately 2-4 four hours to complete. The Adventure Tour, which begins in mid-May, is an extension of the spring white water rafting trip through Zoar. The water will be much lower but also much warmer! You will float the quiet sections, run the rapids that are available, portage through the low sections (carry the rafts), swim, hike and enjoy the pristine beauty of Zoar Valley all the way through. With the guaranteed water release, summer on the Salmon River is a hot spot for class I, II and III white water action. This river, with its six mile run, is excellent for ducky boats and 4-person self-baling boats. The Salmon River is located in Pulaski, NY just North of Syracuse. Scheduled guided trips are planned on specific dates July through September. Camping is available with these excursions. For information, reservations and special group rates, contact Zoar Valley Canoe & Rafting at 1-800-724-0696, raftzvc@yahoo.com or check the website at www.zoarvalleyrafting.com. Quick Center for The Arts – An Unbelievable Free Museum Located on the campus of St. Bonaventure University is the Quick Center for the Arts. The most incredible thing about this museum isn’t the beautiful architecture, modern furnishings, their vast collection or their exhibition schedule – it’s the admission – it’s free! The permanent collection of St. Bonaventure University at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts consists of approximately 1800 works of art from across a wide span of history. The collection includes paintings from Venetian Renaissance artists to 17th century Dutch art featuring a portrait from the workshop of Rembrandt. Important works by Thomas Lawrence, Peter Frederick Rothermel, Theodore Robinson, William Bliss Baker, Edward Burne-Jones, Ernest Lawson, and Ludwig von Langenmantel, to name just a few, are also displayed. In addition, the Center exhibits the University's impressive collection of non-Western art. These objects include six Japanese wooden Nio guardian figures, a bronze Thai Buddha, several Chinese export porcelain vases, along with dozens of smaller wood, ivory, and jade carvings from China and Japan. The bulk of the University's permanent collection is always on view during museum hours in addition to the several spaces that display rotating exhibitions. For a current exhibit schedule go to www.sbu.edu or call 716-375-2494 Gucci Camping at Aim High Outdoor Adventures Do you enjoy nature and the outdoors but don’t like waking up with twigs in your hair or your back out of place from the hard ground? Aim High Outdoor Adventures is the perfect place for those seeking the comforts of home, while enjoying hiking, fishing or relaxing by a campfire. Their deluxe cabins sleep six and are fully furnished complete with indoor bath facilities, full kitchens (stove, refrigerator, microwave and stocked with dishes, flatware, pots and pans) and they even provide linens & towels. All you have to do is bring your clothes, toiletries and food. There are no TVs but if you can’t be away from it, bring yours along – the reception is great from their location. Speaking of locations, Aim High Outdoor Adventures is located in the heart of Amish Country, in Leon, NY on 120 peaceful acres of private land. The view from their hillside location is spectacular. In addition, they have a 30 target 3-D Archery Course (golf with a bow & arrow). Equipment rental and lessons are available. They are an easy drive to Lake Erie, Chautauqua Lake and Allegany State Park. They can provide you with maps to local Amish businesses and can give suggestions about other area attractions to make your getaway complete. For more information, gift certificates or reservations call (716) 988-5867 or 296-5246. Visit them at www.aimhighoutdoors.com. |
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