The spirit of the Greater Western New York Region undulated like a volatile rollercoaster in the decades immediately following the close of the Revolutionary War. What caused this? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Lafayette’s Farewell Tour: The State Of Greater Western New York In 1825,” to see why, by 1825, the trend in our region was up, up, up!
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