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Wyoming County Only an hour’s drive from Buffalo or Rochester, Wyoming County is a perfect day trip. Enjoy driving the rolling hills in late summer into fall as splashes of red from turning leaves add vibrant color. Golfing is wonderful in this season. |
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Perry’s Farmers’ Market, with live music, is held every Sat. morning in August and Sept. Outside of Perry on Silver Lake is the Pioneer Picnic on Aug. 3 with a chicken BBQ, history talks, music and entertainment. Beaver Meadow Audubon Center hosts Sunday Family Walks & Talks and the night sky observatory is open at dusk on Aug. 1, `6. A Homestead Festival will be held there on Sept. 13 with homemade crafts and craftsmanship. Enchanted Forest on Oct. 10-12 delights young children with an evening visit with some of the nocturnal critters who call Beaver Meadow home. Learn About Letchworth Lecture Series will be held on Tuesdays and highlights the history and environmental heritage of the park, held at Lower Falls Restaurant, Letchworth State Park. The park also will have a Stone Tool Technology Show on Aug. 23-24 with flint knapping, Native American dancers and crafts at the Highbanks Recreation Area. Also at this area on Aug. 31 is the Summer Farewell Festival with musical performances, comedy/variety acts, family activities, food and fireworks. On Sept. 6 try the Glen Iris 5K Run and Walk, sanctioned by US Track & Field Association, at the south end of Letchworth. Concerts will be held at Charcoal Coral, Perry, weekly on Tuesdays; Gazebo in the Park in Attica on Aug. 6, 20, 27; and Blues in the Valley on Aug. 9 at Warsaw Village Park. Not to be missed is a real country fair, the Wyoming County Fair in Pike Aug. 9-16. Horse shows, parades, exhibits, rides and plenty of food attract families in droves. Rev up those engines at Wyoming County International Speedway outside of Perry with racing held Fri. nights through August, then on Sundays in the Fall. On Aug. 31 is Stock Car Racing and free camping Labor Day Party Weekend, and the Coca-Cola Fall Shoot Out is on Oct. 4-5 with ground-pounding, racing excitement. If car shows are more of your thing, then Super Cruise 3 at the Charcoal Corral on Aug. 21 outside of Perry will wow you with 400-500 of the finest classic cars, trucks and motorcycles in Western New York. The Arcade & Attica steam excursion train runs weekends with a special Civil War Days on Aug. 9-10 with battles raging on and off the train, and a Children’s Train on Aug. 15 with storybook and cartoon characters. On Sept. 1 is Labor Day Train Run, Murder Mystery Theater on the train on Sept. 13, and Oct. 11 and Fall Foliage Runs weekends in October. A Halloween Haunted House at the Curriers Station will be held Oct. 25-26. All summer and fall shop the charming boutiques in Gaslight Village and sample a meal or stay at the Hillside Inn or Wyoming Inn. The premier AppleUmpkin Festival on Sept. 27-28 really showcases the village with great shopping, music and fun. Visit the Ressler Corn Maize on weekends August - October with an interactive corn maze, hay rides, parties, farm animal zoo and haunted events at Halloween in East Arcade. The fabulous Letchworth Arts & Crafts Show & Sale will be held Oct. 11-13 at the Highbanks Recreation Area with over 300 artist and craftsmen and live entertainment. Call Wyoming County Tourist promotion Agency at 1-800-839-3919 for a FREE travel guide. Visit www.wyomingcountyny.com for an on-line travel guide and additional tourism information. |
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Sold to the boys in the white T-shirts Four young men set out with truck and trailer to purchase four bucking horses for their up-coming 1st Rodeo. Their journey led them to Jamestown Penn. where a horse sale was being held. The group of 4: Dave Wheeler, Dave Leslie, Bernie Buckenmeyer, and Gene Reding, sat anxiously on the bleachers of the horse sales ring and as the Auctioneer took their bids, he hollered out "sold to the boys in the white T-shirts". The boys loaded their horses for home. The purchase price was between $75-$100 for each horse. This was the start of 48 successful rodeos. Out of the four horses a mare was purchased, which when unloaded at home became a gelding!" The boys were the "new kids on the block" and someone pulled a switch on them in the trailer. All of the other livestock was then purchased for the rodeo. Dean Sawyer bought some Brahma Bulls that could jump a 6' fence standing still, so as they say "on with the show". The arena, a little smaller than today had a fence but no bleachers, the people pulled their vehicles up to the fence and sat on their hoods to watch the rodeo. The 2nd row seating was on the roofs of their cars. The lighting system consisted of spotlights on old poles. The club as small as it was owned and maintained all the livestock for 30 plus years. They ran the chutes, announced the show, hired the acts, clowns, and secretaries ran the entire deal. They were determined to copy the rodeo in Bradford, PA. The first year food stand consisted of a leaky shed roof built 12' x 16' where they served hot dogs, hamburgers and pop. There was no beer stand, and there weren't any bathrooms. All gates were built out of wood by hand and all railroad ties were hand-dug to support the arena fence. Now in it’s 51st year, The Attica Rodeo has been voted the #1 Rodeo by the Cowboys & Cowgirls of the American Professional Rodeo Association. See the changes that have occurred in 51 years to make this Rodeo continue be one of the best. The 2008 Rodeo will take place August 1-3, 2008. For more information go to www.atticarodeo.com. |
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