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A Brief History of Allegany County
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llegany County is located in the Southern Tier of Western New York, with its center approximately 90 miles due south of Rochester. There are about 50,000 citizens residing in the County’s twenty-nine townships, ten villages, and numerous hamlets. Allegany County was created by an act of the State Legislature effective April 7, 1806. The County’s population in 1806 was just a few hundred people and grew to almost 30,000 by 1860. Soldiers serving under Generals Sullivan and Clinton during their 1779 campaign to eradicate the Indians from Western New York would soon be some of the first settlers in the Genesee Valley. These rich, fertile farmlands drew land-hungry farmers during the time of the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 and the building of the Genesee Valley Canal shortly thereafter. This latter canal offered new opportunities for harvesting and marketing vast tracts of virgin timber and agricultural products from the Genesee Valley. Of the many elements of change that have affected Allegany County, the one that had the greatest impact was the arrival of the Erie Railroad in 1851. The immediate improvements in people’s lives included rapid transportation of people and mail, access to markets overnight for products shipped
to and from the County, and the relocation of the County Seat from Angelica to Belmont in 1859. The American Civil War of 18611865 brought the greatest tragedy and loss of life in Allegany County’s history. Over 3,700 men served in the military and approximately 600 were killed. Life on the home front was forever changed as well, with great sacrifices by the women and children who had to “fend” for themselves while operating the family farms, businesses, and social institutions with so many men gone to war. The growth of large, heavy industry in the midto late-1800s was apparent in the County, with many facilities located in the Wellsville area. The first of these was the tanbark/tanning industry that brought about the building of narrow-gauge railroads. The oil boom of the late 1800s and again in the 1920s brought great prosperity to the southern part of the County. The oil industry gave rise to many “spinoffs” industries in the area, such as early steam turbine manufacturing, pipeline supply businesses, and additional narrowgauge railroads serving the oil fields. Today, the largest area of employment in the County is education. Venerable Alfred University was founded in 1836 and is the nation’s second oldest fouryear, co-ed Liberal Arts University.
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Also located in Alfred is the State University of New York College of Ceramics and the State University of New York College of Technology with two and four-year degree programs. In the nearby Village of Wellsville is the Alfred Applied Technology campus, a branch of Alfred State. In the northern part of the County is Houghton College, a four-year, co-ed Liberal Arts College affiliated with the Wesleyan Methodist Church. The County Seat is in the Village of Belmont with about 400 fulltime employees working for the County. The County is governed by a Board of Legislators, consisting of fifteen members with three elected from each of five districts. These Legislators cannot serve in an elected position for any other governmental entity. Allegany County is fortunate to be located on Interstate 86 and to be served by the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad. The major north-south road is State Route 19. The largest village in the County is Wellsville, home of the Wellsville Municipal Airport/ Tarantine Field which is capable of handling corporate jet aircraft. Source: www.alleganyco.gov
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ALLEGANY COUNTY TOWNS Town of Alfred 6340 Shaw Road, PO Box 230 Alfred Station, NY 14803 Email: town.alfred@gmail.com Website: www.townofalfred.com Phone: 607-587-8524 Fax: 607-238-3390 Supervisor: Dan Acton
Town of Angelica 49 Park Circle, PO Box 338, Angelica, NY 14709 Email: angelica.townclerk2016@gmail.com Website: www.angelicany.org Phone: 585-466-3280 Fax: 585-466-3476 Supervisor: Robert L. Jones
Town of Allen 4949 Klein Road, Fillmore, NY 14735 Email: townclerktownofallen@gmail.com Email: supervisortownofallen@gmail.com Website: townclerktownofall.wixsite.com/ town-of-allen-ny Phone: 585-567-8320 Fax: 585-567-8322 Supervisor: Todd Krzeminski
Town of Belfast 13 Merton Avenue, PO Box 472, Belfast, NY 14711 Email: town.belfast@gmail.com Website: www.belfastny.org Phone: 585-365-2623 Fax: 585-365-2691 Supervisor: David Cox
Town of Alma PO Box 67, Allentown, NY 14707 Email: townclerk@townofalmany.org Website: www.townofalmany.org Phone: 585-593-4021 Fax: 585-593-4027 Supervisor: Steve Dickerson Town of Almond PO Box K, 1 Marvin Lane, Almond, NY 14804 Email: townclerk@almondny.com Website: www.almondny.com Phone: 607-276-6665 Fax: 607-276-6630 Supervisor: Dan Hegarty Town of Amity 1 Schuyler Street, Belmont, NY 14813 Email: town.amity.clerk@gmail.com Website: www.townofamity-ny.com Phone: 585-268-5423 Fax: 585-268-5436 Supervisor: John Francisco Town of Andover 22 E. Greenwood St., PO Box 777, Andover, NY 14806 Email: andtownclerk@yahoo.com Website: www.townofandoverny.com Phone: 607-478-8446 Fax: 607-478-8664 Supervisor: Gus D. Weber
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Town of Birdsall 9423 County Road 15B, Canaseraga, NY 14822 Phone: 607-545-6072 Supervisor: Alex Person Town of Bolivar 252 Main Street, Bolivar, NY 14715 Email: boltwnclerk@yahoo.com Website: www.townofbolivar.com Phone: 585-928-1860 Fax: 585-928-2045 Supervisor: Ricky Gould Town of Burns 87 Main Street, PO Box 222 Canaseraga, NY 14822 Email: clerk@townofburnsny.com Website: www.townofburnsny.com Phone: 607-545-6509 Supervisor: Dianne Freiner Town of Caneadea 8911 State Route 19, PO Box 596, Caneadea, NY, 14717 Email: caneadeatown@rochester.rr.com Website: www.townofcaneadea.org Phone: 585-365-2928 Supervisor: Michel A. Cox Town of Centerville PO Box 94, Centerville, NY 14029 Email: centervilletownclerk@yahoo.com Website: www.centerville.wordpress.com Phone: 585-597-8424 Supervisor: Marc Bliss
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Town of Clarksville 2980 School Street, W. Clarksville, NY 14786 Phone: 585-968-2031 Fax: 585-968-3153 Supervisor: Ronald Truax Town of Cuba 15 Water Street, Cuba, NY 14727 Email: allesiaheslintoc@gmail.com Website: www.cubany.org Phone: 585-968-8113 Fax: 585-968-9008 Supervisor: Lee James Town of Friendship 4 East Main Street, PO Box 177, Friendship, NY 14739 Email: townoffriendship@yahoo.com Website: www.townoffriendship-ny.com Phone: 585-973-7580 Fax: 585-973-2125 Supervisor: Russell Hall Town of Genesee PO Box 40, Genesee, NY 14754 Email: townsupervisor@townofgenesee. com Website: townofgenesee.com Phone: 585-928-2178 Fax: 585-928-2007 Supervisor: Alexander Smith Town of Granger 10404 County Road 15, Fillmore, NY 14735 Email: grangerclerk2014@yahoo.com Phone: 585-567-8155 Supervisor: Tom Voss Town of Grove 2287 County Road 24, Swain, NY 14884 Email: grovetownclerk@gmail.com Website: www.townofgrove.com Supervisor: Jonathan L. Gorton Town of Hume 20 North Genesee Street, Fillmore, NY 14735 Email: humetownclerk@gmail.com Website: www.humetown.org Phone: 585-567-2666 Fax: 585-567-4663 Supervisor: Darlene Mason
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ALLEGANY COUNTY TOWNS Town of Independence PO Box 38, Whitesville, NY 14897 Email: town.independence@gmail.com Website: www.independenceny.org Phone: 607-356-3608 Fax: 607-356-3600 Supervisor: Jeri Reichman
Town of Willing 1431 State Route 19S, Wellsville, NY 14895 Email: townofwilling@gmail.com Website: www.willingny.org Phone: 585-593-3210 Fax: 585-593-0510 Supervisor: Ronald Wightman
Village of Belmont 1 Schuyler Street, Belmont, NY 14813 Email: villageofbelmont@yahoo.com Website: www.belmontny.org Phone: 585-268-5522 Fax: 585-268-7005 Mayor: Raymond Detine
Town of New Hudson PO Box 65, Black Creek, NY 14714 Email: nhtownclerk1@gmail.com Phone: 585-968-2179 Supervisor: Karen Perrigo
Town of Wirt 210 Main Street, PO Box 243, Richburg, NY 14774 Email: townofwirt@yahoo.com Phone: 585-928-2130 Supervisor: Tricia Grover
Town of Rushford 8999 Main Street, PO Box 38, Rushford, NY 14777 Email: tracypastorius@townofrushford.com Website: www.rushfordny.org Phone: 585-437-2206 Fax: 585-437-2529 Supervisor: Charles Bliss
Village of Alfred 7 West University Street, Alfred, NY 14802 Email: clerk@alfredny.org Website: www.alfredny.org Phone: 607-587-9188 Fax: 607-587-8623 Mayor: Jim Ninos
Village of Bolivar 252 Main Street, Bolivar, NY 14715 Email: bolivar_village_clerk@yahoo.com Website: www.villageofbolivar.org Phone: 585-928-2234 Fax: 585-928-2045 Mayor: Bob Mitchell
Town of Scio 4355 Co Rt. 10, PO Box 105 Scio, NY 14880 Email: scioclerk@gmail.com Website: www.twonofsciony.org Phone: 585-593-5777 Fax: 585-593-0302 Supervisor: Amy Ramsey
Village of Almond PO Box 239, Almond, NY 14804 Email: clerk@villageofalmond.com Website: www.villageofalmondny.org Phone: 607-276-5921 Fax: 607-276-6630 Mayor: Dennis George
Town of Ward 3013 County Road 10, Scio, NY 14880 Phone: 585-268-7079 Supervisor: James Lucey
Village of Andover PO Box 721 Andover, NY 14806 Email: andoverclerk@frontiernet.net Website: www.andoverny.org Phone: 607-478-8455 Fax: 607-478-8928 Mayor: David Truax
Town of Wellsville 2600 Tarantine Boulevard, Wellsville, NY 14895 Email: townwlsv@gmail.com Website: www.townofwellsville.org Phone: 585-593-1780 Fax: 585-593-0046 Supervisor: Shad Alsworth Town of West Almond 2769 County Road 2, Almond, NY 14804 Email: walmondtc@gmail.com Phone: 607-276-2629 Supervisor: Trevor Burt
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Village of Angelica 21 Peacock Hill Road, PO Box 158 Angelica, NY 14709 Email: vangelica@stny.rr.com or village. angelica@gmail.com Website: www.angelicany.com Phone: 585-466-7431 Ext. 1 Fax: 585-466-3103 Mayor: Robert Claypool
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Village of Canaseraga 10 Main Street, PO Box 235 Canaseraga, NY 14822 Email: vcanaseraga@stny.rr.com Website: www.canaseragany.org Phone: 607-545-8963 Mayor: Jessica Satterfield Village of Cuba 17 East Main Street, Cuba, NY 14727 Email: vocubany@gmail.com Website: www.cubany.org Phone: 585-968-1560 Fax: 585-968-9104 Mayor: Jim Barnes Village of Richburg PO Box 248, Richburg, NY 14774 Email: villageofrichburg@yahoo.com Phone: 585-928-2245 Mayor: John Day Village of Wellsville PO Box 591, Wellsville, NY 14895 Email: wendyseely@wellsvilleny.com Website: www.wellsvilleny.com Phone: 585-596-1750 Fax: 585-593-7260 Mayor: Randy Shayler
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ALLEGANY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS Alfred Station Fire Company PO Box 282 623 St. Rt. 244 Alfred Station, NY 14803 607-587-9201
Canaseraga Fire Department PO Box 322 10 Main St. Canaseraga, NY 14822 607-545-6221
Richburg Fire Company PO Box 74 277 Main St. Richburg, NY 14774 585-928-1800
Allentown Volunteer Fire Company PO Box 82, 1966 Church St. Allentown, NY 14707 585-593-6072
Centerville Memorial Fire Department 8936 Co. Rd. 3 PO Box 16 Centerville, NY 14029 585-567-8132
Rushford Volunteer Fire Department PO Box 67 8911 Upper St. Rushford, NY 14777 585-437-2522
Clarksville Volunteer Fire Co. PO Box 132 8854 Co. Rd 40 W. Clarksville, NY 14786 585-968-3138
Scio Volunteer Fire Company #1 PO Box 231 4359 County Rd. 10 Scio, NY 14880 585-593-2046
Cuba Fire Department PO Box 84 51 E. Main St. Cuba, NY 14727 585-968-2530
Scio Station #2 Petrolia 2045 Petrolia Road Wellsville, NY 14895 585-593-6112
Alma Volunteer Fire Company #1 5778 County Road 18 PO Box 49 Alma, NY 14708 585-593-0044 Almond Volunteer Fire Company PO Box 256 1 Marvin Lane Almond, NY 14804 607-276-5921 Andover Fire Department PO Box 714 60 S. Main St. Andover, NY 14806 607-478-8361 Angelica Hose Company #1 PO Box 154 85 Main St. Angelica, NY 14709 585-466-7621 Belfast Fire Department PO Box 487 11 Merton Ave. Belfast, NY 14711 585-365-2606 Belmont Fire Company 80 Schuyler Street Belmont, NY 14813 5 85-268-5550 Birdsall Volunteer Fire Company 9040 County Road 15B Canaseraga, NY 14822 585-466-3000 Bolivar Fire Department 460 Main Street Bolivar, NY 14715 585-928-1250
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Fillmore-William P. Brooks Hose Co. PO Box 53 20 S. Genesee Fillmore, NY 14735 585-567-8614 Friendship Fire Department PO Box 583 7 Depot Street Friendship, NY 14739 585-973-2371 Houghton Volunteer Fire Department PO Box 96 9750 St. Rt. 19 Houghton, NY 14744 585-567-8229
Short Tract Volunteer Fire Company 10300 County Road 15 Fillmore, NY 14735 585-567-8075 Wellsville Fire Department 40 South Main Street Wellsville, NY 14895 585-593-4980 Grant Duke Hose Company #1 80 Stevens Street Wellsville, NY 14895 585-593-4761 Dyke Street Engine Company #2 89 E. Hanover Street Wellsville, NY 14895 585-593-2454
New Hudson Fire Company 8597 St. Rte. 305 PO Box 1 Black Creek, NY 14714 585-968-1566
Emerald Hook & Ladder Company #3 40 South Main Street Wellsville, NY 14895 585-593-4980
Oramel Volunteer Fire Department 8415 State Route 19 Belfast, NY 14711 585-365-2511
Wellsville Fire Company 40 South Main Street Wellsville, NY 14895 585-593-4980
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ALLEGANY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS Whitesville Fire Department PO Box 256, 496 Main St. Whitesville, NY 14897 607-356-3223
Willing Volunteer Hose Company #1 1395 State Route 19 Wellsville, NY 14895 585-593-2385
Wiscoy-Rossburg Fire Company PO Box 171 11490 County Rd. 27 Fillmore, NY 14735 585-567-8989
ALLEGANY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENTS Alfred Village Police Department 7 West University Street Alfred, NY 14802 Phone: 607-587-8877 Fax: 607-587-9138 Chief of Police: Paul Griffith
Independence Town Police Department 887 Marietta Avenue Whitesville, NY 14897 Phone: 607-356-3608 Officer PJ Sherman
Belmont Village Police Department 1 Schuyler Street Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-5522 Fax: 585-268-7005 Police Officer in Charge: Justin Zajcek
New York State Police Troop A Zone 4 – Amity 5591 NY 19 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-597-2283 Website: troopers.ny.gov
Bolivar Village Police Department 252 Main Street Bolivar, NY 14715 Phone: 585-928-2544 Fax: 585-928-2234 Chief of Police: Steven McPherson
New York State Troop A Zone 4 – Fillmore 20 North Genesee Street Fillmore, NY 14735 Phone: 585-567-2283 Website: troopers.ny.gov
Friendship Town Police Department 50 West Main Street Friendship, NY 14739 Phone: 585-973-2222 Fax: 585-973-3015 Officer in Charge: BJ Howe
Rushford Police Department 8999 Main Street Rushford, NY 14777 Phone: 585-437-2206
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Town of Cuba Police Department 5 Bull Street Cuba, NY 14727 Phone: 585-968-1666 Fax: 585-968-9008 Chief of Police: Dustin Burch
Village of Andover Police Department 4 Main Street Hornell, NY 14843 Phone: 607-478-8448 Fax: 607-478-8928 Police Chief: Jim Rumflet Village of Angelica Police Department 49 Park Circle Angelica, NY 14709 Phone: 585-466-3737 Police Officer in Charge: Matthew Heller Village of Wellsville Police Department 46 South Main Street Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-5600 Chief of Police: Timothy J. O’Grady Willing Police Departments 1431 NY19 Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-3210
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ALLEGANY COUNTY AMBULANCE COMPANIES Alfred Ambulance 4 South Main St. PO Box 582 Alfred, NY 14802 Phone: 607-587-8880
Bolivar Ambulance 460 Main St., Bolivar, NY 14715 Phone: 585-928-1250
Houghton Ambulance, 9750 State Route 19, PO Box 96, Houghton, NY 14744 Phone: 585-567-8229
Almond Ambulance 1 Marvin Lane, PO Box 256 Almond, NY 14804 Phone: 607-276-5921
Canaseraga Ambulance 10 Main Street, PO Box 322 Canaseraga, NY 14822 Phone: 607-545-6221
Independence Emergency Squad, 508 Main Street, PO Box 309, Whitesville, NY 14897 Phone: 607-356-3238
Amity Rescue 5184 State Route 244, PO Box 62 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-5689
Clarksville Ambulance, 8854 County Rd. 40, PO Box 132, West Clarksville, NY 14786 Phone: 585-968-3138
Richburg Ambulance, 277 Main Street, PO Box 74, Richburg, NY 14774 Phone: 585-928-1800
Andover Ambulance 8 Chestnut Street, PO Box 726 Andover, NY 14806 Phone: 607-260-4032
Cuba Ambulance, 15 Water Street, Cuba, NY 14727 Phone: 585-968-1666
Rushford Ambulance, 8911 Upper Street, PO Box 67, Rushford, NY 14777 Phone: 585-437-2522
Angelica Rescue 85 Main Street, PO Box 154 Angelica, NY 14709 Phone: 585-466-7621 Belfast Ambulance 11 Merton Avenue, PO Box 246 Belfast, NY 14711 Phone: 585-365-2606
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Fillmore Ambulance, 20 South Genesee Street, PO Box 53, Fillmore, NY 14735 Phone: 585-567-8614 Friendship Ambulance, 4 East Main Street, PO Box 177, Friendship, NY 14739 Phone: 585-973-2716
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Wellsville Ambulance, 37 South Main Street, PO Box 206, Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-1800
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ALLEGANY COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS W. Brooke Harris, Chairman Kevin (Fred) Demick, Vice-Chairman County Office Building, Room 201, 7 Court Street, Belmont, NY 14813-1083 Phone: 585-268-9222 Website: www.alleganyco.gov E-mail: brenda.riehle@alleganyco.gov
DISTRICT I
(Towns: Angelica, Belfast, Caneadea, Centerville, Granger, Hume, Rushford; Village: Angelica) Kevin (Fred) Demick, Vice-Chairman 127 Railroad Ave. Angelica, NY 14709 Home: 585-466-3480 E-mail: Fred.Demick@alleganyco.gov Jennifer Ricketts-Swales 11031 Dugway Road Fillmore, NY 14735 Home: 315-806-5420 Email: Jennifer.Ricketts@alleganyco. gov Philip G. Stockin 9790 Luckey Drive Houghton, NY 14744 Home: 585-567-4162 Email: Philip.Stockin@alleganyco.gov
DISTRICT II
(Towns: Amity, Clarksville, Cuba, Friendship, New Hudson, Ward; Villages: Belmont and Cuba) Gretchen Hanchett 5725 Tuckers Corners Rd. Belmont, NY 14813 Home: 585-268-5645 E-mail: Gretchen.Hanchett@ alleganyco.gov
John D. Ricci County Office Bldg. Rm 201 7 Court Street Belmont, NY 14813 Home: 716-307-1629 Email: John.Ricci@alleganyco.gov
Steven Havey, Majority Leader County Office Bldg. Rm 201 7 Court Street Belmont, NY 14813 Work: 585-268-7190 Cell: 585-808-5418 E-mail: Steven.Havey@alleganyco.gov
DISTRICT III
James Rumfelt PO Box 76 Andover, NY 14806 Home: 607-382-4058 Work: 607-478-8455 James.Rumfelt@alleganyco.gov
(Towns: Alma, Bolivar, Genesee, Independence, Scio, Willing, Wirt; Villages: Bolivar and Richburg) Adam B. Cyr 2703 Pine Grove Road Bolivar, NY 14735 Home: 716-870-3375 E-mail: Adam.Cyr@alleganyco.gov Dwight R. Fanton 2347 Fulmer Valley Road Wellsville, NY 14895 Home: 585-593-5683 E-mail: Dwight.Fanton@alleganyco. gov Debra A. Root 5569 Wolfspring Road Scio, NY 14880 Cell: 716-498-4303 E-mail: Deb.Root@alleganyco.gov
DISTRICT IV
(Towns and Villages: Andover and Wellsville)
Dwight (Mike) Healy 4979 Starvation Hill Rd. PO Box 23 Belmont, NY 14813 Home: 585-268-5644 E-mail: Dwight.Healy@alleganyco.gov
Gary R. Barnes 1 Highland Heights Drive Wellsville, NY 14895 Home: 585-296-3795 E-mail: Gary.Barnes@alleganyco.gov
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DISTRICT V
(Towns: Alfred, Allen, Almond, Birdsall, Burns, Grove, West Almond; Villages: Alfred, Almond, Canaseraga) Janice L. Burdick 5704 East Valley Road Alfred Station, NY 14803 Home: 607-587-8812 Cell: 607-382-3093 Email: Janice.Burdick@alleganyco.gov Philip B. Curran 5431 County Road 12 Alfred Station, NY 14803 Work: 607-587-8144 Home: 607-382-1065 Email: Philip.Curran@alleganyco.gov W. Brooke Harris, Chairman PO Box 500 Alfred, NY 14802 Cell: 585-808-8207 Brooke.Harris@alleganyco.gov
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ALLEGANY COUNTY OFFICES Office for the Aging
County Administrator
County Treasurer
Office for the Aging Director
County Administrator
Treasurer
Anita Mattison
anita.mattison@alleganyco.gov 6085 State Rte. 19N Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9390 Fax: 585-268-9657 Toll Free: 866-268-9390
Clerk of the Board Brenda Rigby Riehle Clerk of the Board
brenda.reihle@alleganyco.gov Sarah M. Decker Deputy Clerk
sarah.decker@alleganyco.gov County Office Building 7 Court Street, Room 201 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9222
Carissa M. Knapp
carissa.knapp@alleganyco.gov County Office Building 7 Court Street, Room 213 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9217
County Attorney Allison B. Carrow County Attorney
allison.carrow@alleganyco.gov County Office Building 7 Court Street, Room 207 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9410 Fax: 585-268-9651
Terri L.Ross
terri.ross@alleganyco.gov Jenna Kelley
Deputy Treasurer
jenna.kelley@alleganyco.gov Courthouse 7 Court Street, Room 134 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9289 Fax: 585-268-7506
District Attorney Keith A. Slep
District Attornery
keith.slep@alleganyco.gov
County Clerk
Courthouse 7 Court Street, Room 333 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9225 Fax: 585-268-9727
Robert W. Anderson, Ph.D.
Ryan Keib
Economic Development
robert.anderson@alleganyco.gov
ryan.keib@alleganyco.gov
Economic Development Director
Community Services
Community Services Director
County Clerk
Robert L. Christman rob.christman@alleganyco.gov Deputy County Clerk
Lindy L. White, LMSW
Jessica Lynch
lindy.white@alleganyco.gov
jessica.lynch@alleganyco.gov
Assistant Director
45 North Broad Street Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-1991 Fax: 585-593-7104
Conflict Defender
Deputy County Clerk II
Courthouse 7 Court Street, Room 18 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9270 Fax: 585-268-5881
Peter Degnan
County Historian
peter.degnan@alleganyco.gov
Historian
Conflict Defender
County Office Building 7 Court Street, Room 215 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9635
Craig Braak
craig.braak@alleganyco.gov 5 Court Street, Room 3 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9293
Timothy Boyde
timothy.boyde@alleganyco.gov Crossroads Center 6087 State Rte. 19N, Suite 100 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-7482 or 800-893-9484 Fax: 585-268-7473
Elections Commissioners Democratic: Micheal McCormick
Elections Commissioner
mike.mccormick@alleganyco.gov Barbara L. Broughton
Deputy Elections Commissioner
barbara.broughton@alleganyco.gov 8 Willets Avenue Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9295 Republican: Brent Reynolds
Elections Commissioner
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ALLEGANY COUNTY OFFICES Elections Commissioners
Human Resources
Probation
Deputy Elections Commissioner
Personnel Officer
Probation Director
Marcy Crawford
marcy.crawford@alleganyco.gov 8 Willets Avenue, Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9294
Emergency Management & Fire Jeffery N. Luckey
Emergency Management & Fire Director
jeff.luckey@alleganyco.gov Bonnie VanHousen
Emergency Services Assistant
bonnie.vanhousen@alleganyco.gov 6087 State Route 19N, Suite 110 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-7650 Fax: 585-268-9695
Employment & Training Reita Sobeck-Lynch
Employment & Training Director
H. Robert Budinger
harold.budinger@alleganyco.gov
Scott G. Grantier scott.grantier@alleganyco.gov
Kimberly Francisco
Carey Brown
kimberly.francisco@alleganyco.gov
carey.brown@alleganyco.gov
Deputy Personnel Officer
County Office Building 7 Court Street, Room 216 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9212 Fax: 585-268-9742
Information Technology Keith M. Hooker
Information Technology Director
keith.hooker@alleganyco.gov Courthouse 7 Court Street, Room 155 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9802 Fax: 585-268-9473
Probation Supervisor
Jessica McKnight
Probation Supervisor
jessica.mcknight@alleganyco.gov County Office Building 7 Court Street, Room 32 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9370 Fax: 585-268-9486
Public Defender
J.R. Santana Carter Public Defender
j.r.carter@alleganyco.gov Megan Dean
Investigative Case Asst.
reita.lynch@alleganyco.gov
Motor Vehicles
Megan.Dean@alleganyco.gov
7 Wells Lane Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9240 Fax: 585-268-5176
County Clerk
Paralegal
Health Department Tyler Shaw
Public Health Director
tyler.shaw@alleganyco.gov County Office Bldg. 7 Court Street, Room 30 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9250 Fax: 585-268-9264 Jami D’Arcy
Deputy Public Heath Director
Robert L. Christman
Stefanie Lavery
rob.christman@alleganyco.gov
Stefanie.Lavery@alleganyco.gov
Alice Lentola
Deputy County Clerk III
alice.hunt@alleganyco.gov Courthouse 7 Court Street, Room 13 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9267 Fax: 585-268-9659
Public Works
Thomas H. Windus
Public Works Superintendent
Planning/IDA/Tourism
thomas.windus@alleganyco.gov
Planning Director
Public Works Deputy Superintendent
H. Kier Dirlam
Dean Scholes
kier.dirlam@alleganyco.gov
dean.scholes@alleganyco.gov
jami.darcy@alleganyco.gov
Craig Clark
Phone: 585-268-9254
craig.clark@alleganyco.gov
Executive Director, IDA
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ALLEGANY COUNTY OFFICES Real Property Tax
Veterans’ Service Agency
Real Property Tax Director
Veterans’ Service Director
Joseph L. Budinger
Micheal D. Hennessy
ACCESS ALLEGANY
(Public Transportation Call Center)
michael.hennessy@alleganyco.gov
Gwen Cooper
Dawn Austin
Pamela Fanton
accessallegany@aredentnetwork.org
dawn.austin@alleganyco.gov
pamela.fanton@alleganyco.gov
joseph.budinger@alleganyco.gov Senior Tax Map Technician
Dezeree Owens
Tax Assessment Supervisor
dezeree.owens@alleganyco.gov Courthouse 7 Court Street, Room 145 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9381 Fax: 585-268-9614
Sheriff’s Office Scott Cicirello Sheriff
scott.cicirello@alleganyco.gov Walter Mackney Undersheriff
walter.mackney@alleganyco.gov 4884 State Route 19S Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9200 Fax: 585-268-9484
Social Services Edna Kayes
Social Services Commissioner
edna.kayes@alleganyco.gov Don Horan
Social Services Deputy Commissioner
don.horan@alleganyco.gov Jennifer Bigelow
Social Services Deputy Commissioner II
jennifer.bigelow@alleganyco.gov
Veterans’ Service Assistant Director
6085 State Route 19N Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9387 Fax: 585-268-5921
Mobility Management
85 North Main Street, Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-1738 Fax: 585-593-5217 Website: www.accessallegany.com
Weights & Measures
Allegany County on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Inc.
Weights & Measures Director
Executive Director
Gilbert Green
gilbert.green@alleganyco.gov 5 Court Street, Room 2 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-5002 Fax: 585-268-5933
Workers’ Compensation Heather Bedow
Workers’ Compensation Executive Secretary
heather.bedow@alleganyco.gov County Office Building 7 Court Street, Room 213 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-5008 Fax: 585-268-5099
Youth Bureau
Edna Kayes edna.kayes@alleganyco.gov County Office Building 7 Court Street, Room 127 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-9622 Fax: 585-268-9479
William Penman
Website: www.alleganycouncil.org Administration/Prevention/ Residential Services 3084 Trapping Brook Road Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-1920 Fax: 585-236-8985 Outpatient Clinic 2956 Airway Road Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-6738 Fax: 585-593-6768
Allegany County Association for the Blind and Visually Handicapped Kathryn Kirsch RN Director
26 Jefferson Street, Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-2023 Email: blind4@verizon.net
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ALLEGANY COUNTY OFFICES Allegany County Community Opportunities and Rural Developement (Accord, Inc.)
Allegany Rehabilitation Associates (PROS)
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Executive Director
Program Director
ttuttle@goclarity.com Website: www. claritywellnesscommunity.org
Supervising Forester
Lesley Gooch-Christman
Email: lchristman@accordcorp.org Website: www.accordcorp.org 84 Schuyler Street, PO Box 573 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-268-7605 Fax: 585-268-7241 Crisis Hotline: 1-800-593-5322
Allegany County Courts: County, Family, Surrogate & Supreme
Trisha Tuttle
4222 Bolivar Rd., Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-1655 Fax: 585-593-1868
Commissioner of Jurors Lisa O’Connell Courthouse, 7 Court Street Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-449-3431
Courthouse, Room 340 Belmont, NY 14813
Community Services Agency
Thomas P. Brown
Director
Judge
Chambers: 585-449-3432 Terrence M. Parker Judge
Chambers: 585-449-3437 Heather Kunz
Chief Clerk (Family Court)
Phone: 585-449-3463 Candice Hadden
Deputy Chief Clerk (Family Court)
Phone: 585-449-3463 Dorine Jacobs
Robert W. Anderson Ph.D.
robert.anderson@alleganyco.gov 45 North Broad Street, Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-1991 Fax: 585-593-7104
Coroners
Maynard Baker bakerswan@gmail.com
Dylan P. Foust dpfoust@gmail.com
Jenise Cicirello
Chief Clerk (County & Supreme Court)
296 N Main Street, Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 585-593-5431
Miranda Forshee
Mark Rinker rinkerfuneralhome@gmail.com
Phone: 585-449-3462
5 Champlain Avenue, Cuba, NY 14727 Phone: 585-968-0100
Phone: 585-449-3462
Deputy Chief Clerk (County & Supreme Court)
gregory.muller@dec.ny.gov Nate Tucker
Senior Forester
nathanial.tucker@dec.ny.gov Tristan Fugle
Forest Technician
tristan.fugle@dec.ny.gov Justin Thaine Forest Ranger
Phone: 585-415-1521 West Almond Lands & Forests Sub-Office 2424 County Road 2A Almond, NY 14804 Phone: 585-466-3241 Website: www.dec.ny.gov
SPCA Serving Allegany County
5440 State Route 19, PO Box 181 Belmont, NY 14813 Phone: 585-593-2200 Email: spcaallegany@gmail.com Website: www.spcaallegany.org Cruelty/Abuse Reports: 585-268-9600
7 Church Street, PO Box 804, Andover NY 14806 Phone: 607-478-8740
Chief Clerk (Surrogate Court)
Phone: 585-449-3464
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ALLEGANY COUNTY SCHOOLS Alfred-Almond Central School Mascot: Eagles Superintendent: Brett Dusinberre Elementary Principal: Casey Barber High School Principal: Dr. Melissa Rivers 6795 Route 21, Almond, NY 14804 District Office: 607-276-6501 High School Office: 607-276-6555 Elementary School Office: 607-276-6525
Andover Central School Mascot: Panthers Superintendent: Jennifer Joyce Principal: Molly Turner 31-35 Elm St. Andover, NY 14806 Phone: 607-478-8491
Arkport Central School
Mascot: Blue Jays Superintendent: Jesse Harper PK-6 Principal: Claire Smith 7-12 Interim Principal: Dave Warren 35 East Avenue Arkport, NY 14807 Phone: 607-295-7471
Belfast Central School
Mascot: Bulldogs Superintendent: Wendy Butler PK-4 Principal: Chelsey Aylor 5-12 Principal: Rick Bull 1 King St. Belfast, NY 14711 Phone: 585-365-2646
Bolivar- Richburg Central
Mascot: Wolverines Superintendent: Charles Leichner Elementary School Principal: Megan Duke Middle/High School Principal: Jeff Margeson Elementary School PO Box 158, Main Street Richburg, NY 14774 Middle/High School 100 School St. Bolivar, NY 14715 Phone: 585-928-2561
Canaseraga Central
Hinsdale Central School
8 Main St. Canaseraga, NY 14822 Phone: 607-545-6421
3701 Main St. Hinsdale, NY 14743 Phone: 716-557-2227
Canisteo-Greenwood Central
Keshequa Central School
Elementary School 120 Greenwood Street Canisteo, NY 14823 Phone: 607-698-4225
13 Mill Street Nunda, NY 14517 Phone: 585-468-2900
Mascot: Wolves Superintendent: Chad Groff Principal: Shelby DeMitry
Mascot: Chargers Superintendent: Tom Crook Elementary Principal: Colleen Brownell High School Principal: Peter Reynolds
High School 84 Greenwood Street Canisteo, NY 14823 Phone: 607-698-4225
Cuba-Rushford Central
Mascot: The Rebels Superintendent: Carlos Gildemeister District Principal: Chris Fee Middle/High School Principal: Jeni Mosher Elementary Principal: Megan Retchless 5476 Route 305 Cuba, NY 14727 Phone: 585-968-2650
Fillmore Central
Mascot: Eagles Superintendent: Michael Dodge Principal: Eric Talbot 104 West Main St. Fillmore, NY 14735 585-567-2251
Friendship Central
Mascot: Eagles Superintendent: Judy May PreK- 12 Principal: Martin Pizur 46 West Main St., Friendship, NY 14739 585-973-3311
Genessee Valley Central
Mascot: Jaguars Superintendent: Dr. Brian Schmitt Elementary Principal: Brian Edmister High School Principal: Sara Donlon
Mascot: Bobcats Superintendent: Tiffany Giannicchi Principal: Sara Centanni
Mascot: Indians Superintendent: Lesley Powers Primary Principal: Casey VanEpps Intermediate Principal: Kristen Kanner Secondary Principal: Karen Bennett
Letchworth Central School
Mascot: Indians Superintendent: Todd Campbell Elementary Principal: Rachel Webster Middle School Principal: Amy Leone High School Principal: Paul Rogers 5550 School Rd Gainesville, NY 14066 Phone: (585) 493-5150
Pioneer Central School
Mascot: Panthers Superintendent: Nicholas Silvaroli Arcade Elementary Principal: Kerry Slocum Delevan Elementary Principal: Matthew Langworthy Middle School Principal: Melissa Prorok High School Principal: Joseph Cappadonia Arcade Elementary School 315 West Main Street Arcade, NY 14009 Phone: 716-492-9421 Delevan Elementary School 30 School Street Delevan, NY 14042 Phone: 716-492-9461 Pioneer Middle School 12132 Old Olean Road Yorkshire, NY 14173 Phone: 716-492-9300 Pioneer High School 12145 County Line Rd. Yorkshire, NY 14173 Phone: 716-492-9300
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Early History of Allegany County and beyond By Kathryn Ross After the Revolutionary War, much of what would become Allegany County was wilderness and protected from settlement by the Indian Boundary Line which ran from the center of New York State to Florida. From 1763 to 1799 no settler could go any further west in New York State than what would become Andover. To cross the demarcation line was a $500 fine and six months in jail, unless the trespasser was caught by the Seneca. Allegany County was the ancestral home of the Seneca, part of the Iroquois Federation. The Seneca aligned with the British during the Revolutionary War and suffered the wrath of the fledgling nation when General George Washington sent Major Gen. John Sullivan and an expeditionary force into the Genesee Valley in response to Indian and British attacks on settlers. The army conducted a scorched earth policy that decimated 40 Indian settlements and razed crops and destroyed storage facilities resulting in 5,000 Indians seeking shelter at Fort Niagara. However, it can be conjectured that the campaign also led to the settling and development of Allegany County. It is said that after the war, the soldiers of the Sullivan Campaign were so impressed with the
A forest of oil derricks brought prosperity to the county.
size of the crops grown by the Indians, their abundance, variety, and the soil, that many were enticed to abandoned their hard scrabble New England farms and the city squalor to return to the lush wooded valleys of the Genesee. In 1797, the Big Tree Treaty between the Seneca and the United States established a reservation for the Seneca in Caneadea. They sold the reservation land in 1826 and migrated from the area. In Cuba, to this day the Seneca still own the Oil Springs reservation giving them access to Cuba Lake. It wasn’t until July 2023, that the Seneca returned to their ancestral home, 197 years after leaving. The first white settler in what would become Allegany County was Nathaniel Dike. Dike was born in 1747 in Killingly, Conn. In 2016 local historian William Greene wrote of Nathaniel Dike’s arrival in the county, “After a short stay in Steuben County they (Dike’s band of settlers) headed up Purdy Creek and over
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the hills into what is now Allegany County, in 1795,” Dike made a home in Elm Valley between what would become Andover and Wellsville and there he established a mill. While Dike was first, Philip Church was the catalyst. Church was born in 1778 in Boston, Mass. He studied as a lawyer, served in the army and was an aide to Alexander Hamilton, his aunt’s husband. In May 1800, Church became a major Western New York landowner at a foreclosure sale in Canandaigua, when he purchased 100,000 acres from the Morris Reserve which included the present-day county. Morris, a primary financer of the Revolutionary War, and indebted to Church’s father, went bankrupt after using his land in the West as collateral for a loan. The land had once been part of the Phelps and Gorham Tract. In 1801, Church travelled to the area to take possession of his land. He established and designed a settlement near the Genesee River,
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naming it after his mother, Angelica. He opened the village up for sale to settlers, and by 1803, the village was populated with several log cabin homes. He also erected a sawmill, a gristmill and other businesses. Angelica went on to become the first county seat where the first county courthouse still stands today. Throughout the early part of the 19th Century the county grew with the development of lumbering, tanning, and farming. With that came a flourishing dairy industry. Towns and villages grew. In 1806 the state legislature established the county, but over the next 50 years its borders changed as new counties developed. Today the county is 1,034 square miles with a population of a little over 46,600 people. In the 1850s the railroad was constructed, opening trade with New York City and eventually farther West. The modern history of Allegany County centers around the rise and fall and second recovery of the oil industry starting in 1879 when a southern transplant named O.P. Taylor drilled his Triangle No.1 oil well in the hills southwest of Wellsville. It was the first commercially successful oil well in the state. As a result, the towns of Bolivar and Richburg boomed as did the oil industry. In the late 1800s and into the early 1900s there was a virtual Early History continued on PAGE 20 19
➡Early History continued from PAGE 19 forest of oil derricks between the two towns. Refineries and ancillary businesses to support the industry grew up, as did businesses to support the thousands flocking to the get-rich-quick oil fields. Prior to the Great Depression and well past World War II, Allegany Oil was shipped around the world. Folklore states that due to the oil boom in the early 1900s there were more millionaires living in Wellsville than in any
other community in the state. Ron Taylor of the Allegany County Historical Society wrote, “Just as faithful as it was back on that memorable date of June 12, 1879, when it gave birth to an industry that has established for all time the prosperity of the locality, golden oil still bubbles from the depths of the Triangle well.” By the latter part of the century the county’s oil industry had slowed to a
drizzle, but the fortunes it made did not dry up. The industry and homes that were built with oil money are now a major attraction for tourists and investors in those oil rich villages. Today Allegany County is rich in manufacturing and education with three major colleges on four campuses. There is a rapidly developing tourism industry which centers on the county’s attributes – the hills, the fields the lakes and the river, the abundance of
wildlife and its people. Festivals celebrating those features; Indian history, colonial heritage, dairy, farming, and oil history abound throughout the year. As the county marches into the 21st century many of its villages are acknowledging their individual bicentennial years, as residents celebrate the abundance that brought the original settlers to Allegany County.
Unique Places in Allegany County By Kathryn Ross
Balcom Beach – Rushford
Balcom Beach Rushford
Finding a beach in Allegany County isn’t easy, but Balcom Beach on the south shore of Rushford Lake is a gateway for swimming, fishing and boating on a crescent-shaped, 585-acre reservoir just off Route 243. Balcom Beach offers public swimming, fishing and a boat launch. Anglers can expect to catch bass, walleye, trout, and crappie. Boats may be launched at the beach for a fee. All car-top watercraft – kayaks, canoes, and trailered sail boats – may launch without charge. When the steward is on duty, motorized fishing boats (25 hp or smaller) 20
may launch for $15, seven days a week. Pleasure craft, runabouts, jet skis, and pontoon boats may launch Mondays through Thursdays for $20. On weekends (Fri. – Sun.) and
holidays the fee is $45. Rushford Lake was formed when Caneadea Creek was dammed in 1927 by RG&E to control the water level on the Genesee River
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to the Rushford Lake Recreation District for its management. Rushford Lake was the setting of the 2004 horror movie “Ghost Lake.”
Star-gazing Alfred
If you are into
serious star-gazing Stull Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Alfred University in the village of Alfred off Route 21. The observatory is open to the public on clear
Friday nights from 9 to 11 p.m. in Sept., Oct., Nov., Feb., March, and April. In May, June and July it is open on Thursday nights from 10 p.m. to midnight. Reservations are not required, but are requested for large groups.
The observatory was named after John Stull, who helped establish it in the late ‘90s. The site includes seven independently housed telescopes ranging in size 8 to 32 inches. The largest, the Austin-Fellows 32inch Newtonian reflector ranks as one of the two largest optical telescopes in the state. In addition, the site includes: the Metzger 20-inch reflector, a 6-inch heleostat, a 16inch reflector, 24-inch Planewave CDK and a 9-inch refractor., dating from 1863. Call (607) 871-2208 to make contact with this out-of-this-world activity. Unique Places continued on PAGE 22
Artfully Cheesy – Cuba
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Artfully Cheesy Cuba
At one point in time the world-wide price of cheese was determined in the small village of Cuba. Starting in the 1870s, Cuba was a notable cheese producing town in New York. Due to its location on the railroad line making access to New York City easy. In the early 20th Century, Cuba was known as the “Cheese Capital of the World. While that is no longer the case, the village on state Route 305 has a number of attractions. In keeping with the tradition, a Cheese Museum is located on Main Street and the nationally known Cuba Cheese can be 22
purchased from a factory store on 305. The village is also the site of McKinney Stables of Empire City Farms. Known locally as the Block Barn, it was built in 1909 and is completely fireproof. It was built to house William Simpson’s champion “McKinney” horse. The Seneca Oil Spring is located near the spillway end of Cuba Lake on the Oil Springs Reservation the site of the first recorded mention of oil on the North American Continent. In the past two decades, local artists have decorated the village with several gigantic murals, making a walk around
Cuba a delightful and artistic stroll.
Hike to Pa, on the WAG - Wellsville
The WAG Trail is a 9-mile multi-use recreational trail between the Village of Wellsville and the Pennsylvania state line. It follows the route of the former Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad from which it takes its name. The WAG Trail is open for all non-motorized uses, as well as snowmobiling in season. The trail also provides fishermen access to the Genesee River. The trail is multipurpose and can be used for hiking and other recreational activities. It has a grass surface and is
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very flat. The grade is less than 5-percent with only 80-feet of elevation change over its length. In recent years many improvements have been made on the trail to make it easily accessible. Horseback riding on the trail is also available from a private vendor. The WAG Trail starts in Wellsville at the entrance to Island Park and follows the Genesee River south to the Pennsylvania border. A favorite with local photographers a variety of wildlife can be found on the trail as it winds past the campus of Alfred State College on the former Sinclair Refinery site and past fields and pastures under a canopy of trees. October 26, 2023 | Bradford Publishing Company
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A Brief History of Cattaraugus County
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attaraugus county was formed in 1808 from Genesee County and named “Town of Olean”. Under the act of its formation, Cattaraugus County was provisionally annexed to Niagara County until there were 500 taxable residents qualified to vote for members of the NY Assembly. In 1812, for judicial purposes and convenience of the inhabitants, the eastern portion of the County was annexed to Allegany County. Acquiring in 1817 the required number of taxable inhabitants qualified to vote, Cattaraugus County was chartered as it is today. The first court house and jail were built in Ellicottville in 1817-18, with the courts and
county business being conducted there until 1868 when the county seat was moved to Little Valley. The original court house, designated by state and federal agencies as an historical site, had been restored following a 1969 fire and is now used for Town and Village of Ellicottville offices. Located in Western New York’s scenic uplands, Cattaraugus County is a panorama of thriving communities, rolling farmlands, forests and picturesque waterways. Its wooded hilltops overlook valleys sculptured by glaciers of the Ice Age. Source: historicpath.com
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY CITIES & TOWNS City of Olean Municipal Building 101 East State Street, Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-376-5604 Fax: 716-373-4906 Website: www.cityofolean.org Mayor: William J. Aiello
Town of Carrollton 640 Main Street, Suite 1, Limestone, NY 14753 Phone: 716-925-8842 Fax: 716-925-7571 Website: www.carroltonny.org Supervisor: Robert Rinfrette Email: bryson91@hotmail.com
City of Salamanca Municipal Building 225 Wildwood Avenue, Suite 3, Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: 716-945-4620 Fax: 716-945-8289 Website: www.salmun.com Mayor: Sandra L. Magiera
Town of Coldspring 2604 Lebanon Road, PO Box J, Steamburg, NY 14783 Phone: 716-354-5752 Fax: 716-354-2012 Supervisor: Tina M. Hyde Email: townofcoldspringsupervisor @outlook.com
Town of Allegany 52 West Main St., Allegany, NY 14706 Phone: 716-373-0120 Fax: 716-373-4522 Supervisor: Michael P. Higgins Email: supervisor@townofallegany. com
Town of Conewango 4762 Route 241, Conewango Valley, NY 14726 Phone: 716-358-9577 Fax: 716-358-2011 Supervisor: Wayne H. McGuire Email: conewangosupervisor@gmail. com
Town of Ashford 9377 Route 240, West Valley, NY 14171 Phone: 716-942-6016 Fax: 716-942-3957 Supervisor: John A. Pfeffer Email: ashfordsupervisor@gmail.com
Town of Dayton 9100 Route 62, Markhams Road, Dayton, NY 14138 Phone: 716-532-3758 Email: rcook.townofdayton@gmail. com Supervisor: Paul Luce Email: pluce.townofdayton@gmail. com
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Town of East Otto 9014 East Otto-Springville Road, East Otto, NY 14729 Supervisor: Ann E. Rugg Email: eottosupervisor@gmail.com Town of Ellicottville 1 West Washington Street, Ellicottville, NY 14731 Phone: 716-699-2240 Fax: 716-699-2334 Supervisor: Matthew J. McAndrew Email: mjmellicottville@wny.twcbc. com Town of Farmersville 8963 Lake Avenue, Farmersville, NY 14737 Phone: 716-676-3030 Fax: 716-676-3871 Supervisor: Melanie Louise Brown Town of Franklinville 11 Park Square, Franklinville, NY 14737 Phone: 716-676-3077 Fax: 716-676-5261 Supervisor: Robert Breton Email: townsupervisor@franklinville. org Town of Freedom 1188 Eagle Street, Freedom, NY 14065 Phone: 716-492-0961 Fax: 716-492-0935 Supervisor: Dustin E. Bliss Email: Supervisor@freedomny.org 27
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY CITIES & TOWNS Town of Great Valley 4808 Route 219, Great Valley, NY 14741 Phone: 716-945-4200 Fax: 716-945-0230 Supervisor: Daniel J. Brown Town of Hinsdale 4129 Route 16, Hinsdale, NY 14743 Phone: 716-557-2478 Fax: 716-557-2241 Supervisor: hinsdalesupervisor@gmail. com Town of Ischua 1850 Mill Street, Ischua, NY 14743 Phone: 716-557-8787 Fax: 716-557-8989 Supervisor: Jeffrey S. Goodyear Email: jgoodyear167@gmail.com Town of Leon 12195 Leon-New Albion Road, Conewango Valley, NY 14726 Phone: 716-296-8132 Fax: 716-296-5429 Supervisor: Fred S. Filock Email: frado@netsync.net Town of Little Valley 201 Third Street, Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-6441 Fax: 716-938-6057 Supervisor: Peter E. Wrona
Town of Mansfield 7691 Toad Hollow Road, Mansfield, NY 14755 Phone: 716-257-9288 Supervisor: Carl R. Calarco, Jr. Town of Napoli 4672 Allegany Road, Napoli, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-6836 Fax: 716-938-9132 Supervisor: Daniel T. Martonis Town of New Albion 7151 Route 353, Cattaraugus, NY 14719 Phone: 716-257-5677 Fax: 716-340-2121 Supervisor: Patrick Murphy Town of Olean 2634 Route 16 North, Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-373-0582 Fax: 716-373-0640 Email: jrg-otc@hotmail.com Supervisor: Annette M. Parker Email: drvrad@verizon.net Town of Otto 8842 Otto-East Otto Road, Cattaraugus, NY 14719 Phone: 716-257-3111 Website: www.ottony.org Supervisor: Ronald W. Wasmund Email: ronwas54@msn.com
Town of Lyndon 852 Lyndon Center Road, Lyndon, NY 14727 Phone: 716-676-9928 Fax: 716-676-2077 Supervisor: Barbara Montante
Town of Perrysburg 10460 Peck Hill Road, Perrysburg, NY 14129 Phone: 716-532-4090 Email: perrysburgtownclerk@gmail. com Supervisor: Dennis K. Parker
Town of Machias 3483 Roszyk Hill Road, Machias, NY 14101 Phone: 716-353-8207 Supervisor: Stephen J. Cornwall Email: machias.supervisor@wny.twcbc. com
Town of Persia 8 West Main Street, Gowanda, NY 14070 Phone: 716-532-4042 Fax: 716-532-4607 Website: www.persiany.org Supervisor: John T. Walgus
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Town of Portville 1102 Route 417, Portville, NY 14770 Phone: 716-933-6658 Website: www.portvilleny.net Supervisor: Timothy D. Emley Email: emley1352@gmail.com Town of Randolph 72 Main Street, Randolph, NY 14772 Phone: 716-358-9701 Fax: 716-358-5572 Supervisor: Dale S. Senn Town of Red House 8642 Lockto Hollow Road, Red House, NY 14779 Phone: 716-354-5052 Supervisor: Tamara A. Booth Email: townofredhouse@hotmail.com Town of Salamanca 4295 Center Street Extension, Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: 716-945-4775 Fax: 716-244-6882 Supervisor: Charles Oyler Town of South Valley 11888 Sawmill Run Road, Frewsburg, NY 14738 Phone: 716-354-2090 Email: svalley2018@hotmail.com Supervisor: Heather Lamberson Town of Yorkshire 82 Main Street, Delevan, NY 14042 Phone: 716-492-1640 Fax: 716-492-4832 Supervisor: Marcia J. Lexer Email: yorkshiresupervisor@ roadrunner.com Village of Allegany 106 East Main Street, Allegany, NY 14706 Phone: 716-373-1460 Fax: 716-373-4388 Mayor: Gregory W. Pearl Email: gpearl@allegany.org
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CATTARAUGUS COUNTY CITIES & TOWNS Village of Cattaraugus 14 Main Street, Cattaraugus, NY 14719 Phone: 716-257-3661 Fax: 716-257-3270 Email: cattvillage@hotmail.com Mayor: Anthony Nagel Village of Delavan 85 South Street, Delevan, NY 14042 Phone: 716-492-1424 Fax: 716-492-0729 Email: delevanclerk@roadrunner.com Mayor: John C. Stumpf
Village of Ellicottville 1 West Washington Street, Ellicottville, NY 14731 Phone: 716-699-4636 Fax: 716-699-4316 Mayor: John A. Burrell
Village of Portville 1 South Main Street, Portville, NY 14770 Phone: 716-933-8404 Fax: 716-933-0151 Mayor: Anthony Evans
Village of Franklinville 19 Pennsylvania Avenue, Franklinville, NY Phone: 716-676-3010 Fax: 716-676-3446 Mayor: Michael J. Sikora
Village of South Dayton 17 Park Street, South Dayton, NY 14138 Phone: 716-988-3833 Fax: 716-988-3833 Mayor: Robert W. Killock Email: southdaytonmayor@gmail.com
Village of Little Valley 103 Rock City Street, Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-9151 Fax: 716-938-9154 Mayor: James F. Bown Email: mayor@villageoflittlevalley.org
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS Allegany Engine Company 186 West Main Street Allegany, NY 14706 Phone: 716-373-1245 Allegany Fire Department 1st Street Allegany, NY 14706 Phone: 716-373-1245 Fax: 716-373-1430 Allegany Indian Reservation Volunteer Fire Department 8184 E Loop Rd. Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: 716-945-2730 Cattaraugus Volunteer Fire Company 24 Memorial Drive Cattaraugus, NY 14719 Phone: 716-257-5177 City of Olean Fire Department 542 N. Union St. Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-376-5609 Fax: 716-376-5681
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City of Salamanca Fire Department 225 Wildwood Avenue Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: 716-945-3311 Fax: 716-945-3339 Coldspring Volunteer Fire Department 2603 Highway 394 Steamburg, NY 14783 Phone: 716-354-5425 Fax: 716-354-2240 Conewango Fire Department 12477 Northeast Rd. Conewango Valley, NY 14726 Phone: 716-287-3718 Dayton Fire Hall 9604 Allen Street Dayton, NY 14041 Phone: 716-532-2627 Dayton Volunteer Fire Company 9512 Route 62 Gowanda, NY 14070 Phone: 716-532-2627
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Delevan Volunteer Fire Company 85 S Main Street Delevan, NY 14042 Phone: 716-492-0821 East Otto Fire Department 8990 Reed Hill Road Cattaraugus, NY 14719 716-257-9444 East Randolph Volunteer Fire Department 141 Main Street Randolph, NY 14772 Phone: 716-358-6070 Fax: 716-358-5572 Ellicottville Fire Company 30 Fillmore Drive, Ellicottville, NY 14731 716-699-2717 Farmersville Volunteer Fire Department 980 Elton Road Farmersville Station, NY 14060 Phone: 716-676-2644
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CATTARAUGUS COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS Franklinville Fire Department 75 N. Main Street Franklinville, NY 14737 Phone: 716-676-2539 Gowanda Fire Department 230 Aldrich Street Gowanda, NY 14070 Phone: 716-532-3434 Great Valley Volunteer Fire Company 6035 Depot Street Great Valley, NY 14741 Phone: 716-945-1398 Fax: 716-945-0684 Hinsdale, Maplehurst & Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department 3832 Church Street Hinsdale, NY 14743 Phone: 716-557-2513 Humphrey Volunteer Fire Department 4591 Humphrey Road Great Valley, NY 14741 Phone: 716-945-5123 Ischua Volunteer Fire Department 5634 Route 16, Hinsdale, NY 14743 Phone: 716-557-8819 Kill Buck Fire Department 3790 Killbuck Road Kill Buck, NY 14748 Phone: 716-945-3232 Knapp Creek Fire Department 253 Route 16 S Allegany, NY Phone: 716-372-4523 Leon Fire Company 12194 Leon New Albion Rd. Conewango Valley, NY 14726 Phone: 716-296-5600
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Limestone Volunteer Fire Department 5886 Church Street Limestone, NY 14753 Phone: 716-925-8270
South Dayton Volunteer Fire Company 34 Maple Street South Dayton, NY 14138 Phone: 716-988-5153
Little Valley Volunteer Fire Department 101 3rd Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-6646
Town of Olean Volunteer Fire Department 1297 Old Rock City Road Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-372-2467
Lyndon Volunteer Fire Department 828 Lyndon Center Road Cuba, NY 14727 Phone: 716-676-5150
Versailles Volunteer Fire Department 11851 Buffalo Road Perrysburg, NY 14129 Phone: 716-532-3019
Machias Volunteer Fire Department 9548 Main Street Machias, NY 14101 Phone: 716-353-8793
West Valley Volunteer Fire Department 9091 NY-240 West Valley, NY 14171 Phone: 716-942-3942
Mansfield Volunteer Fire Company 7690 Maples Road Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-699-5401
Westons Mills Fire Department (Kinney Hose Company) 1310 Olean-Portville Road Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-372-1995 Fax: 716-372-7632
Otto Volunteer Fire Department 9099 Jark Road Otto, NY 14766 Phone: 716-257-9211 Perrysburg Volunteer Fire Company 12006 Main Street Perrysburg, NY 14129 Phone: 716-532-4045
Yorkshire Fire Department 12211 Church Street Delevan, NY 14042 716-492-4470 Fax: 716-492-2288
Portville Volunteer Fire Department 5 South Main Street Portville, NY 14770 Phone: 716-933-6179 Randolph Fire Department 70 Main Street Randolph, NY 14772 Phone: 716-358-9300
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CATTARAUGUS COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENTS Allegany Village Police Department 106 E. Main Street Allegany, NY 14706 Phone: 716-373-1460 Fax: 716-373-4388 Chief of Police: Christopher Baker
Franklinville Village Police Department 101 North Main Street Franklinville, NY 14737 Phone: 716-676-5697 Fax: 716-676-5189 Chief of Police: Mark Slavinski
Cattaraugus Village Police Department 14 North Main Street Cattaraugus, NY 14719 Phone: 716-257-9119 Fax: 716-257-3270 Police Officer: Daniel Waasdorp
New York State Park Police – Allegany Headquarters 2373 Allegany State Park Route 1 Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: 716-354-9111
Ellicottville Town Police Department 1 West Washington Street Ellicottville, NY 14731 Phone: 716-699-2120 Fax: 716-699-2334 Officer in Charge: Don Auge
New York State Police Troop A Zone 4 – Ellicottville 1 West Washington Street Ellicottville, NY 14731 Phone: 716-699-8012 New York State Police Troop A Zone 4 – Machias 9761 New York 16 Machias, NY 14101 Phone: 716-353-8800
Olean City Police Department 101 East State Street Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-376-5677 Fax: 716-376-5668 Police Chief: Ron Richardson Portville Village Police Department 1 South Main Street Portville, NY 14770 Phone: 716-933-8773 Fax: 716-933-0259 Chief of Police: Mark Crosson Salamanca City Police Department 1 Barrett Drive Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: 716-945-2330 Fax: 716-945-6522 Police Chief: Jamie Deck
New York State Police Troop A Zone 4 – Olean 722 Homer Street Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-373-2550
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SCHOOLS Allegany – Limestone Central School
Mascot: Gators Superintendent: Tony Giannicchi Elementary Principal: Maren Bush Middle-High Principal: Joseph Steger Elementary School
120 Maple Avenue, Allegany, NY 14706 Phone: 716-375-6600
Cattaraugus – Little Valley Central School
Mascot: Timberwolves Superintendent: Sharon Huff Elementary Principal: Molly Wallschlaeger Middle School Principal: April Preston High School Principal: Tina Maines
Middle-High School
25 North Franklin St., Cattaraugus, NY 14719 Phone: 716-257-3483
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3131 Five Mile Rd., Allegany, NY 14706 Phone: 716-375-6600
Ellicottville Central School
Mascot: Eagles Superintendent: Robert Miller Elementary Principal: Kathryn Mendell Middle-High School Principal: Erich Ploetz 5873 Route 219, Ellicottville, NY 14731 Elementary Phone: 716-699-2318 MS/HS Phone: 716-699-2316
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CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SCHOOLS Franklinville Central School
Mascot: Panthers Superintendent: Donald Putnam Elementary Principal: Melissa Martin Jr./Sr. High School Principal: Robert Hirsch 31 North Main Street, Franklinville, NY 14737 Phone: 716-676-8000
Gowanda Central School
Mascot: Panthers Superintendent: Robert Anderson PreK-4 Principal: Carrie Dzierba 5-8 Principal: Todd Miklas 9-12 Principle: Rebekah Moraites Elementary School
450 Aldrich St., Gowanda, NY 14070 Phone: 716-532-3325 Middle/High School
10674 Prospect Street, Gowanda, NY 14070 Phone: 716-532-3325
Hinsdale Central School
Mascot: Bobcats Superintendent: Tiffany Giannicchi Principal: Sara Centanni 3701 Main St., Hinsdale, NY 14743 Phone: 716-557-2227
Olean City School
Mascot: Huskies Superintendent: Dr. Genelle Morris East View Elementary Principal: Laura Hodara Washington West Elementary School Principal: Lauren Stuff Intermediate-Middle School Principal: Maureen B. DiCerbo High School Principal: Jeffrey Andreano East View Elementary
690 East Spring Street, Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-375-8920 Washington West Elementary School
1626 Washington Street, Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-375-8960
Olean Intermediate Middle School
401 Wayne Street, Olean, NY14760 Phone: 716-375-8060 Olean High School
Mascot: Cardinals Superintendent: Kaine Kelly Elementary School Principal: Kristy Carlson High School Principal: Jason Halpainy Gail N. Chapman Elementary
22 Main Street, Randolph, NY 14772 Phone: 716-358-7030
Randolph Junior/Senior High School
18 Main Street, Randolph, NY 14772 Phone: 716-358-7007
Salamanca City School
Mascot: Warriors Superintendent: Dr. Mark Beehler Prospect Elementary Principal: Kim Oakes Seneca Intermediate Principal: Nicole Beaver Salamanca High Principal: Christopher Siebert
410 W. Sullivan Street, Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-375-8010
Prospect Elementary School
Portville Central School
Seneca Intermediate School
Mascot: Panthers Superintendent: Thomas Simon Elementary Principal: Brian Crawford High School Principal: Lawrence Welty 500 Elm Street, PO Box 790 Portville, NY 14770 Phone: 716-933-6000
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Randolph Central School
300 Prospect Avenue, Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: 716-945-5170 50 Iroquois Drive, Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: 716-945-5140
Salamanca High School
50 Iroquois Drive, Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: 716-945-2404
West Valley Central School
Superintendent: Dr. Danielle Cook Principal: Stephen Sayoc
Mascot: Wildcats Superintendent: Dr. Taweepon Farrar Principal: Daniel Amodeo
336 Main Street, Randolph, NY 14772 Phone: 716-358-6866
5359 School Street, West Valley, NY 14171 Phone: 716-942-3100
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CATTARAUGUS COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS Chairman: Howard V. VanRensselaer Vice Chairman: M. Andrew Burr Majority Leader: Michael M. Brisky Assistant Majority Leader: Norman L. Marsh Majority Whip: Kelly J. Andreano Minority Leader: David M. Koch Clerk of the Legislature: John R. Searles Deputy Clerk of the Legislature: Lori A. Pangborn Journal Clerk: Ann Giglio Assistant to the Legislature: Diane Graham
District 1:
District 4:
District 7:
M. Andrew Burr – Republican Email: mburr@americanwiretie.com
Howard V. VanRensselaer – Republican Email: hvvanrensselaer@cattco.org
Kip A. Morrow – Republican Email: kamorrow@cattco.org
(Towns of Dayton, New Albion, Otto, Perrysburg and Persia)
Richard L. Klancer – Republican Email: rlklancer@cattco.org
District 2:
(Towns of Ashford, East Otto, Freedom and Yorkshire) Joseph F. Boberg – Republican Email: jfboberg@cattco.org Richard F. Helmich, Jr. - Republican Email: rfhelmich@cattco.org
District 3:
(Towns of Conewango, Leon, Little Valley, Napoli, Randolph and South Valley)
(Towns of Hinsdale, Humphrey, Ischua, Town of Olean and Portville)
Norman L. Marsh – Republican Email: nlmarsh@cattco.org
James Joseph Snyder, Jr. Republican Email: joeandbarbsnyder@gmail.com
District 5:
District 8:
(Towns of Coldspring, Great Valley, Red House, Town of Salamanca, City of Salamanca) David M. Koch – Democrat Email: dmkock@cattco.org Laurie A. Hunt – Republican Email: lahunt@cattco.org
(Towns of Ellicottville, Farmersville, Franklinville, Lyndon, Machias and Mansfield)
District 6:
Michael M. Brisky – Republican Email: mmbrisky@cattco.org
R. Donald Benson – Republican Email: edbenson@cattco.org
Ginger D. Schroder – Republican Email: gdschroder@cattco.org
Robert A. Parker – Republican Email: raparker@cattco.org
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Frank H. Higgins – Republican Email: fhhiggins@cattco.org Richard C. Smith – Republican Email: rcsmith@cattco.org Kelly J. Andreano – Republican Email: kjandreano@cattco.org
(Towns of Allegany and Carrolton)
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CATTARAUGUS COUNTY OFFICES County Office
County Administrator/ Budget Director:
John “Jack” Searles 303 Court Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: Little Valley 716-938-2577 Olean 716-701-3201 Fax: 716-938-2760
Coroners
Cleon W. Easton III Phone: 716-676-2452 Kevin M. O’Rourke Phone: 716-945-4760
Economic Development, Planning and Tourism Crystal Abers
Director of Economic Development, Planning & Tourism
Bradley M. Spink Phone: 716-372-2200
303 Court Street, Second Floor Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-2310 Fax: 716-938-2779
Deputy County Administrator
Howard T. VanRensselaer Phone: 716-485-3660
Board of Elections
Ryan Ferguson
County Attorney
Phone: 716-938-2277
County Attorney
Kelly Reed
Phone: 716-938-2235
Deputy Budget Director
Department of Aging Cathy Mackay Director
1 Leo Moss Drive, Suite 7610 Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-701-3226 or 1-800-462-2901 Fax: 716-701-3730
Building and Grounds James Adsit Director
Olean County Building 1 Leo Moss Drive, Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-701-3800
Community Services Mary O’Leary Director
1 Leo Moss Drive, Suite 4308 Olean, NY 14760 Counseling Center Phone: 716-7013294 Olean; 716-945-5211 Salamanca; 716-353-8241 Machias
Ashley Smith
207 Rock City Street, Suite 100 Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-2400 Fax: 716-938-2775
303 Court Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-2391 Fax: 716-938-2787
Kevin C. Burleson
County Clerk
Republican Commissioner
Darrell Klute County Clerk
Diana Brodie-Anderson Deputy County Clerk
303 Court Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-2297 Fax: 716-938-2773
District Attorney
Lori Pettit Rieman 303 Court Street, Little Valley, NY 14755 Email: lprieman@cattco.org Phone: 716-938-2220 Jessica Ungaro
First Assistant District Attorney
Email: jaungaro@cattoco.org Phone: 716-938-2282 Daniel E. Waasdorp Criminal Investigator
Email: dewaasdorp@cattco.org Phone: 716-938-2364
Democratic Commissioner
Phone: 716-938-2404 Cortney Spittler
Phone: 716-938-2405 Laura Howard
Democratic Deputy Commissioner
Phone: 716-938-2403 Kelle J. Brisky
Republican Deputy Commissioner
Phone: 716-938-2400
Emergency Services Christopher J. Baker
Director and Fire Coordinator
303 Court Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-2240 Fax: 716-938-9170
Health Department Dr. Kevin Watkins
Public Heath Director
1 Leo Moss Drive, Suite 4010 Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-373-8050 Public Heath Emergencies: 1-800-2512584
Sgt. Clark O. Parry Criminal Investigator
Email: COParry@cattco.org Phone: 716-938-2223
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CATTARAUGUS COUNTY OFFICES Human Resources John R. Searles Personnel Officer
303 Court Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-2339 Fax: 716-938-2759
Information Services Dawn M. Pezzimenti Director
303 Court Street, Little Valley, NY 14755 Email: dmpezzimenti@cattco.org
Probation Department Michael R. Sharbaugh Director
1 Leo Moss Drive, Suite 3140 Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-373-8047 Fax: 716-701-3725
Public Defender
Darryl R. Bloom, Esq. Public Defender
175 N. Union Street Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-373-0004 Fax: 716-373-3462
Public Works
Kathleen M. Ellis Commissioner
Michael Prinino
Deputy Commissioner
Jack Ellis Drive, 8810 Route 242 Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-9121 Fax: 716-938-2753
Office of Real Property & GIS Services Daniel T. Martonis
Director of Real Property
207 Rock City Street, Suite 101 Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-2224 Fax: 716-938-2758 County Assessing Office: 716-9382343
Social Services
Erin L. Whitcomb Commissioner
1 Leo Moss Drive, Suite 6010 Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-373-8065 Fax: 716-701-3724
Treasurer’s Office Matt Keller
County Treasurer
Little Valley: 303 Court Street Phone: 716-938-9111 Fax: 716-938-2762 Olean: 1 Leo Moss Drive, Suite 7610 Phone: 716-373-8010
Veterans Service Agency
County Court System County Court 303 Court Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-379-6636 Fax: 716-938-6413 Family Court 1 Leo Moss Drive Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-379-6616 Fax: 716-373-0449 Supreme Court Chief Clerk’s Office 303 Court Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-379-6636 Fax: 716-938-6413 Surrogate Court 303 Court Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-379-6637 Fax: 716-938-6983
County Judges
Hon. Moses Mark Howden 1 Leo Moss Drive, Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-379-6614 Fax: 716-373-0449
Director
Hon. Terrance M. Parker 303 Court Street, 2nd Floor Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-379-6636 Fax: 716-938-6413
Youth Bureau
Hon. Ronald D. Ploetz 303 Court Street, Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-379-6643 Fax: 716-938-6413
Steve E. McCord
1 Leo Moss Drive, Suite 6510 Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-701-3298 Fax: 716-701-3715 Catherine Mackay Acting Director
207 Rock City Street Little Valley, NY 14755 Phone: 716-938-2601
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Volk’s House on the New York & Erie Railroad in Dayton in the hay day of Cattaraugus County railroads in the 1870s.
Natural resources a key to Cattaraugus County’s beginning By Rick Miller Cattaraugus County’s history after the first settlers developed tracts of land purchased from the Holland Land Co. centered around its fertile soil, the abundance and variety of its timber, streams to power mills and transportation and animals and fish for food. The first occupants of what is now Cattaraugus County in Southwestern New York pre-dated the Seneca Indian occupation and were called Mound Builders. Their successors, the Senecas, Keepers of the Western Door, were later driven from much of their historical Iroquois lands across Western New York and sold much of their remaining lands to the Holland Land Co. 40
Maj. Adam Hoops received the first land sale contract with the Holland Land Co. in 1803, near the confluence of Oil Creek (now Olean Creek) and the Allegheny River. Originally the area was called Hamilton. Six years later, the county’s territory contained only 458 residents. Many families passed through Cattaraugus County on their way west with the Allegheny River and later the Old Chautauqua Road through the center of the county providing those pathways. The first road connecting Cattaraugus County with the outside world, according to L.H. Everts’ “The History of Cattaraugus County,” was authorized by the State Legislature in 1810 from Canandaigua at the head
of Conesus Lake to the mouth of Olean Creek. That same year, a road opened from Buffalo through Springville in Erie County and Franklinville to Olean Point. Cattaraugus County was created by the State Legislature on March 11, 1808, but it would be nine more years – March 17, 2017 – before the county was formally organized. Prior to that, some towns were linked to Allegany County and others were part of Genesee County. The county was covered by dense growth of heavy timber. Much of the southern part of the county was covered in pine, while the northern area consisted of oak, hickory, elm, ash, chestnut, beech, maple and other hardwoods. These natural resources would be a
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key to the growth of the region. Another natural resource, the Allegheny River, would be the key to getting lumber and agricultural products to markets in the West. To demonstrate the river’s ability to open up new markets for the region’s timber, three men – Jebediah Strong, Bibbins Follett and Dr. Bradley – set out on the first raft from Olean Point to Pittsburgh in 1807. It was the first of many. By 1834, more than 300,000 feet of lumber was rafted down the Allegheny. Everetts wrote the Allegheny River “was regarded as the great natural highway of this portion of the state.” Cattaraugus County was the envy of Southern Tier counties. Natural Resources continued on PAGE 41 October 26, 2023 | Bradford Publishing Company
➡Natural Resources continued from PAGE 40 “It was the one advantage which nature had given to Cattaraugus and denied to all other counties in the Southern Tier — a large and navigable stream along whose smoothly flowing current, boats laden with products from the fields and forests of New York might find an early and rapid passage to the markets of the Southwest.” Steamboats ran upstream on the Allegheny to Olean Point. Besides the Allegheny, Cattaraugus Creek in the north and Conewango Creek in the west were also instrumental in transporting goods. The creeks were also used for water power for wood and flour mills. Other significant creeks in the county’s
development include: Four Mile, Tunagawant, Quaker Run, Dodge’s, Haskell’s, Five Mile, Great Valley, Little Valley and Coldspring. Later, the Genesee Valley Canal would be extended to Olean, opening up a new route for the region’s timber and agricultural products. An even more important mode of transportation, the railroad, would also prove to be very important. The first railroad through Cattaraugus County was the New York and Erie Railroad, which entered the county from the east at Cuba, then went south to Olean, where it generally followed the Allegheny River to Salamanca. The railroad turned north to
Little Valley and Dayton on its way to Dunkirk on Lake Erie. Next, the Atlantic and Great Western Railway was built from the mouth of Little Valley Creek in West Salamanca to the state line, with the first trains using the line in 1861. More railroads would come: the Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad; the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad; the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad; the Rochester and State Line Railroad; the Cattaraugus Railway Company; and the Olean, Bradford and Warren Railroad. One form of transportation that never found much favor in Cattaraugus County was the plank road. One, the
Olean and Portville Plank Road, was built in 1852 and abandoned five years later. People subscribed to the use of the road. Subscriptions for the first plank road in the county, which ran from Leon Center to Cherry Creek (Chautauqua County) were opened in 1850. Another, the Ellicottville and Great Valley Plank Road Company, was built in 1853 and operated for several years before it was abandoned in 1864. Of course, the development of the oil industry in the late 1800s would power the county into the industrial age and largely form the economy that developed into the 20th century.
Villages, two cities rise during county’s history From Olean to Cattaraugus, from Salamanca to Franklinville, the cities, villages and towns of Cattaraugus County have a rich history.
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Major Adam Hoops, a Revolutionary army officer, had worked as a surveyor for Robert Morris. After Morris sold his property to the Holland Land Company,
Hoops took title to 20,000 acres in 1803 — including what would eventually become Olean. In 1804, Hoops asked Holland Land Company surveyor Joseph Ellicott to help with an effort to rename the area from Ischua to Olean, a reference to the nearby Oil Springs. An 1808 map of the village laid out a public square now known as Lincoln Park,
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as well a streets named for Revolutionary War veterans and State and Union streets as the major thoroughfares. Olean was incorporated as a village in 1854. Olean Point became a popular embarkation point on the river, with thousands of migrating families passing through. In addition, large log rafts traveled downriver to Pittsburgh and on as far as
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New Orleans. The traffic began to slow after the Erie Canal opened and the Erie Railroad came through in 1851. The development of Olean as a city began when the Buffalo and Washington Railroad opened in 1872 and within a few years the community became a major oil and industrial center. Olean County’s History continued on PAGE 42 41
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was incorporated as a city on April 25, 1893.
ALLEGANY
With information from The History of Allegany County, Edited by William Adams, October 1893
Ebenezer Reed, a native of Connecticut who settled on the west side of Five Mile Creek in 1820, was the first actual settler in the town. Amos and David Orton settled on the Jewell
farm on Five Mile Run that same year. The brothers left three years later to join the Mormons at Nauvoo, Ill. The name of the town was formed from Great
Valley on April 18, 1831 and named Burton. Humphrey was broken away in 1836, and the town renamed Allegany in 1851. An 1854 fire destroyed many early records of the town, so the names of many early clerks, justices of the peace and other officials are unknown. Lumber was the first major industry, with an estimated 125 million board feet harvested and rafted away down the river from the nowgone pine forests and hemlock groves. Once gone, farming became the predominant business until oil boring began in 1875. As of the turn of the century, more than 1,000 oil wells were operating across the town. St. Bonaventure College — today the county’s only university — was founded County’s History continued on PAGE 43
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives haul a freight train through the village of Allegany.
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➡County’s History continued from PAGE 42 to the area, working in lumbering and rafting. Settlements did not grow quickly in the early years, with only a handful of residents until about 1840. Many of the early pioneers came from Allegany County, after having come from New England and the eastern part of New York. During the lumber rush, the area at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Dodge Creek became something of a port of call, hence the name Portville was chosen.
A community concert in Pioneer Park in Portville.
FRANKLINVILLE
by the Franciscan order in 1858 after financier Nicholas Devereux sought assistance from Bishop John Timon in founding the Allegany community.
PORTVILLE
With information from the Portville Historical and Preservation Society In 1806, 16 settlers made contracts with the Holland Land Company for land in Township 1, Range 3, which later became Portville. The first settlers in the community are believed to be the family of William Athertonin 1809, later followed by several brothers. The family
remained until around 1819 before moving west. In 1810, Gideon Haskell and Hill, his brother-inlaw, came in and settled on Haskell Creek, in the western part of the town and built a sawmill and the first framed house in the town along the creek and later road now known as “The Haskell.” John Morris, in 1813 became the first settler on the site of the village of Portville. A Revolutionary War veteran, he arrived in Olean in 1811 to work for Major Hoops. He married a German immigrant and moved to what is now Portville. Later that year, the Dodge brothers moved
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Gen. Joseph McCluer, the pioneer of pioneers, arrived in March 1806 with his wife and children, occupying a log cabin. He was employed as a surveyor by Joseph Ellicott for the Holland Land Company. Men from as far as Angelica came to help with his barn raising. With war on the horizon and fears of attacks from Native Americans and the British, few moved to the area until after the War of 1812. The town was broken off of the town of Olean in 1813, bearing the name of Ischua. The town name was changed to Franklinville in 1824. Later, the current town of Ischua was separated from the town of Hinsdale in 1846, which itself had been broken away from the town of Olean in 1820. The village of Franklinville was incorporated in 1874 after a plebiscite. Farming and dairy have long been
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major industries. By the turn of the century, six large cheese factories producing almost 700,000 pounds of cheese were in operation.
SALAMANCA
The City of Salamanca originally began as two separate communities along the Allegheny River — one called Hemlock at the mouth of the Little Valley Creek, and one called Kill Buck at the mouth of the Great Valley Creek, part of which still exists today. The two villages were incorporated into a single city in 1913 following its growth as a railroad boomtown. It was a hub for three lines — the Erie Railroad traveling eastwest on the north side of the city, the Pennsylvania Railroad traveling eastwest on the south side of the city and the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway traveling northsouth through the east end of the city. The city’s population peaked at just below 10,000 people in the 1920s and has about 6,000 residents today, making it one of the smallest populated cities in the United States. Nearly the entire city is located inside the Allegany Reservation of the Seneca Nation. Tourist destination the Seneca Allegany Casino operates at the city’s southwest end. The city is adjacent to Allegany State Park with one of the main entrances at the city’s southeast end. County’s History continued on PAGE 44 43
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Ellicottville began as one of the early settlements in Cattaraugus County, serving as the original county seat in 1808 before moving to nearby Little Valley in 1868. It is named after Joseph Ellicott, principal land agent of the Holland Land Company, which opened an office in the town in 1818. The village of Ellicottville was incorporated in 1837. Although small — the village today has a population of about 300 after peaking at about 1,200 in the 1960s — Ellicottville is home to several of the county’s historic buildings and sites. The downtown Ellicottville Historic District, the Ellicottville Town Hall that served as the original county courthouse and the Jefferson Street Cemetery are all listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. Today, Ellicottville is a major tourist hub for the county as home to two of the largest ski resorts in the Eastern United States — Holiday Valley and HoliMont — which have become popular destinations for skiers from Canada and Ohio.
LITTLE VALLEY
Little Valley was an early settlement of Cattaraugus County, forming in 1818 from the southern half of the town of Perry, which at the time covered the entire western half of the county. It’s named after its local geographical setting as the two tributaries to the Allegheny River — the Little Valley Creek and the Great Valley Greek. Due to the presence of the Erie Railroad through the growing hamlet, the county seat moved from Ellicottville to Little Valley in 1868. The village was
incorporated in 1876 and is full of historic buildings, such as the Civil War Memorial Building in 1911 and the former Little Valley Central School building in 1921. The post office built in 1941 is the only one listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The cutlery industry was a major driver of the village’s early economy, home to the Cattaraugus Cutlery Company, formed in 1886. Today, Little Valley’s main attraction is the Cattaraugus County Fairgrounds which hosts the annual fair and several other events throughout the year.
CATTARAUGUS
Cattaraugus began as the second settlement in the town of New Albion, after a hamlet of the same name, settled in the late 1820s. The hamlet began to grow in 1850 with the arrival of the
Erie Railroad, quickly becoming a boomtown of 1,500 residents. The village was incorporated in 1882. The railroad made Cattaraugus the shipping and trading center for foods and manufactured goods for the surrounding towns in northwest Cattaraugus County. When Setter Bros. developed in the early 1900s, the village became a “company town” as the majority of residents worked to manufacture rolled paper sticks for lollipops and veneer wood products. The downtown Cattaraugus Village Commercial Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. Its notable buildings include the American Cutlery Museum building (1888), the former Bank of Cattaraugus (1882) and the Hook and Ladder Building (1892).
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Pumpkinville is one of the first fall destinations that comes to mind — especially for children. There are numerous displays and activities geared toward children, but parents have a place where they too can relax
and watch a football game — the beer garden, which stocks Ellicottville Brewing Co., beers including Pumpkinville Latte and wine from Ellicottville Winery. Another stop on a fall drive through
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Photos by Rick Miller Pumpkinville’s Candy Cannon is a popular weekend attraction for kids who run after candy fired into a field.
65,000 acres in Western New York. Be sure to check out the new 3.6-mile Quaker area multi-use trail that runs from the Quaker Store to Quaker Beach. The $6.8 million trail that features breathtaking views of Quaker Lake was completed in time for the summer camping season. It joins the initial 1.6-mile Trail segment that runs from the Quaker Store to the Taft Cabin Trail along ASP Route 3. The state park is also gearing up for fall hunting seasons. Until the snow flies and leaves remain on the trees at Rock City Park on Route 16 south of Olean, the trail through the giant conglomerate rock
An Allegany State Park visitor walks her dog along the new Quaker multipurpose trail along Quaker Lake.
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formations will be open daily. There are some steep stairs and the trails that wind through the rocks that were once on the bottom of an ancient ocean can sometimes be muddy. Watch your step. Sprague’s Maple Farm
and Restaurant is always a regional destination, no matter what season it is. During peak colors this year, Sprague’s offered wagon rides to the hillside sugar shack where visitors sampled apple cider and maple donuts. Ellicottville and the
Holiday Valley and HoliMont resorts have been a destination all fall, not just during the annual Fall Festival the first weekend in October. Even then, many leaves were past peak. The village’s restaurants and bars welcome visitors welcome fall visitors right up until the first snowfall. Then the welcome mats roll out for skiers and snowboarders. A visit to the Ellicottville area isn’t complete until you take a drive to nearby Griffis Sculpture Park in Ashford and East Otto. There are dozens of giant — and not so giant — steel sculptures at the Rohr Hill Road site, and hundreds more at the main Mill Valley Road site. Griffis Sculpture Park just completed another season of Night Lights, where hundreds of steel sculptures were illuminated in colored lights. Another fall destination is Cattaraugus County’s
Amish Trail. Besides Amish farms and residents driving horsedrawn buggies, there are hundreds of Amish businesses and craftsmen along the roads in western and central parts of the county. For a slow roll through Amish country, go online to www.amishtrail.com to plan your visit. And while you are driving through the Amish region, be aware of slow-moving wagons and buggies. While you are in the western part of the county, there’s another colorful fall ride to consider along the Allegheny Reservoir’s West Perimeter Road to Onoville, the Cattaraugus County-operated marina and campground. Besides the color left in the leaves on hillside trees, the seasonal drawing down of the Allegheny Reservoir water level leaves vast stretches visible of what used to be the Allegheny River channel.
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