The war has a significant role in Chautauqua County, with the county being basically on the front lines, and formed right before the war began. “The British controlled Canada and Lake Erie ... first ...

The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to be in 1912, when a 19-year-old North East man crossed the frozen lake. "It had never been done before," the Erie Times-News said ...

They stood together Wednesday behind the podium at the Buffalo History Museum, military interpreters entering their third year of celebrating the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Already ...

As a result, they won the day on July 2, 1863, and, many have said, the war. However, this story does not focus on the tactical leader of that skirmish ... originates from Erie (in fact, he ...

Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen lake in the winter of 1813-14. The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to ...