Lafayette’s 1825 Visit To Greater Western New York (Part II)
In the first half of the show, host Chris Carosa, author of an upcoming book on post-Revolutionary Western New York, reveals the unplanned nature of Lafayette’s Chautauqua County route. A local businessman, Walter Smith, funded the visit, turning a chaotic steamboat dispute in Erie, Pennsylvania, into a grand land journey through Westfield (then Portland), where eager crowds gathered.
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