Before making plans to attend the May 22nd event, be sure to read the most comprehensive and detailed account of the 1867 Angola Horror train disaster authored by Charity Vogel, an AHHA founder and award-winning journalist.American History Magazine's "Feature Article" online, it was also published in its February 2008 print edition. The 140th anniversary of the disaster occurred on Dec. 18, 2007. Centennial, Colo. - House and Garden Television (HGTV) featured the FF Watt House on Locust Street in Angola on its nationally-televised show, "If Walls Could Talk," on March 3.
The home is also featured in the AHHA brochure of Angola's Historic Homes.
For more information about researching the history of your house, go to the HGTV website at: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_travel_landmarks/article/0,1801,HGTV_3217_1384942,00.html#
The 1898 FF Watt House in 1911
To read Charity Vogel's Buffalo News article "Making History" about the experience of preparing for and welcoming an HGTV film crew into your house, please visit the bottom of the "Angola's Historic Homes" page on this website.
The HGTV feature was also covered by WGRZ-TV, Channel 2 on their 5 p.m. newscast March 3 and on their Daybreak show the next morning.
To find out how to get on HGTV, check out this link: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/be_on_hgtv/.
