Western New York and Southern Ontario were quite argueably the heart of a the social and cultural ferment of the mid-to-late 19th and early 20th centuries. The stories of the Underground Railroad, Women's Rights, the Chautauqua Movement, the Niagara Movement, the Arts and Crafts Movement, the War of 1812, and the development of modern architecture were all written, in no small part, right here in our backyard.

"Neither side of the river can tell their history without referencing the other."