RTS (Round the Square)

HISTORY: The end of summer in 1900 was a dry one in Bradford, but that ended with an October storm of some note . “The drought was broken yesterday af...

DRAFT: It seems we aren’t the only ones who have been inspired to do some historical reading. A reader sent us some information from “History of the G...

PUFF : We often have visitors stop by with interesting things to show us. Seldom do we see something like what Kerry Roslinski brought in. At first gl...

FIRE : Sally Costik, curator of the Bradford Landmark Society, has been sharing some information about early volunteer fire companies in Bradford. The...

AH HA: We’ve enjoyed bringing you some history of Bradford courtesy of information from Curly Walters. As we were reading it, we had our suspicions th...

MORE : What was Bradford like in 1899? Thanks to Curly Walters, we’re still reading about it. “The trolley line has been extended to Lewis Run and up ...

PRICES : In January 1900, The Fair at 22 Main Street in Bradford was holding a marvelous after-Christmas sale. “Ladies’ garments that speak for themse...

CASE : RTS reader Bill Keesler of Mount Jewett dropped us a note about an experience he had in Arkansas regarding Case knives. Bill told us he and his...

TOYS: Which toys will make it into the hallowed halls of the National Toy Hall of Fame this November? “Will Uno play its cards right? Can the Magic 8 ...

HISTORY : We found a few more notes we jotted down from our search through old newspaper archives. Here is this description of movies of the day from ...

AIR DAY : We promised readers some more observations from Bradford’s “air day,” the day commercial flight service began at the Bradford-McKean Airport...

For the past six years, Becky Plummer has provided coats to people wearing several layers of flannel, or mittens to people with frozen fingers, at Des...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — There was a battle raging in Allegany this weekend — between the Union and Confederate armies. Dozens of people were witness to a the...

PLATINUM : The 70th anniversary is traditionally platinum, but in this case, we’re calling it an “air” anniversary. That’s because Sept. 8, 1948 was t...

CALENDAR : Readers may remember RTS contributor Clayton Vecellio’s “Earth Calendar.” It’s a simplified calendar Clayton has created, where January, Ap...

HISTORIC : We hope readers are as enamored with the language used in century-old Era stories as we are. We took a look back at editions in September o...

HISTORY : For Labor Day, we are bringing you some news from 1908, when Bradford’s Mayor R.J. Hoffman wrote a letter to city residents about the celebr...

LAUGHS : While we were looking through some microfilm from Era editions of 100 years ago, we came across some gems in a column called “Random Notes.” ...

TRAIN : What a different time it was a century ago. We were looking at some microfilm of The Era from 1918, and found it fascinating to read about the...

TULLAH: Many local history buffs or residents over the age of 60 may remember stories connected to the late Bradford resident, Tullah Hanley, renowned...