Left behind compared to its neighboring towns and villages, Dunkirk remained the last bastion of the frontier legacy of Greater Western New York. What waited for Lafayette in its still promising harbor? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “To The Dunkirk Dinghy By The Dawn’s Early Light,” to see how, no matter how crude the frontier, pomp and circumstance shall not be overlooked.
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