New York Trip 30 Apr, 2010

Here it is the last day of April, 2010 and we are on the road again, this morning going down streets with these lovely blossomed filled trees along the road for us to look at. We were on our way to Olean and Jamestown, New York for our missionary inspections for this transfer. The day was beautiful--temperatures went into the 70's--and we were on our way!! It was a beautiful day for traveling- - --

As you can tell, the white clouds indicate a warm, beautiful day!!

Our first stop was in Jamestown, and in their backyard, this beautiful blossomed tree. I had to show that New York has the same stuff as we do here in Pa.

We were then on the road to Olean, where we inspected the apartment, went to a really good chinese buffet to eat lunch, and then were on our way back to Pa. We had already planned that we were going to stop in Salamanca, N.Y. to see the "Seneca-Iroquois National Museum and so that was our first stop. Here is Dad out front of the museum

These were some of the decorations on the outside of the building

these are grinding stones and if you can notice there are several indentations in this big rock where they would use to grind their grains to bake and cook with.

Yet another picture. You can see smaller stones in the background.

This is another of the murals on the outside of the building We were not able to take any pictures inside the building, but inside there was a partially reconstructed longhouse and a rebuilt log cabin. Along with skins of animals, beaded costumes, baby carriers (the ones they put on their backs) hunting equipment and utensils used in preparing meals, etc. There were various pictures of residents of the Iroquois descent and told of their history in that area. Along with crafts, costumes, dolls, baskets, snow sticks, etc. It was very interesting.

from there we went to the Salamanca Rail Museum. It was only a couple of miles down through town. Just to the left of the depot are these railroad cars

This is the fully restored passenger depot constructed in 1912 by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. Just walking through the door you feel like you have walked back into time. To the left were the original benches people would have sat on to wait for the trains to leave the station to parts unknown

These were some of the seating thatwould have been inside the building In the rear you can see the wheels of one of the cars that were used to check the tracks

Here is a picture of what it used to look like

These are the seats just inside the door on the left. Can't you imagine sitting on these waiting until the ticket master called out the next departing train??

How would you like to be summoned by that big bell??

And of course it would not be complete without a model of what the train station and depot looked like at that time period.