AHHA's Summer 2007 event, "Ghost Toast Angola," featured paranormal author, Mason Winfield on Aug. 9.
The event, held at the village's new Desperado's Barbecue on Commercial Street, was hugely successful and sold out to a standing-room crowd in less than 20 minutes.
Ghost Toast Angola - August 2007
AHHA Events
Mason Winfield spins a ghostly yarn.
A standing-room crowd is riveted by Winfield's tale.
Monopoly Tournament
Christmas in the Village
2007
Monopoly Tournament
Christmas in the Village
2007
Nearly 200 Angola residents and others interested in the hidden history of the Angola Horror and the ongoing movement to honor the victims of the 1867 disaster with designated memorials turned out for a free lecture May 22 at the New Angola Theatre on Main Street. The event was co-sponsored by AHHA, Town of Evans Historical Society, Village of Angola, New Angola Theatre and the Evans-Brant Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Vogel presents some of the new research she has assembled about The Horror.
Patrons file into the theatre in advance of the 7 p.m. opening.
Charity and fellow AHHA member Karen Kennelly share a moment before the start of the lecture.
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.
To be linked to the article, entitled "The Angola Train Wreck," online, click here.
    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#
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/.
May 2008   The New Angola Theatre
Local Old House Treasure Hunter Visits Evans
AHHA-sponsored event April 27 draws standing room crowd at Evans Historical Society
Peter Jablonski displays his find and explains its origins.
Jablonski's other treasures.
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Privy pits are a goldmine for old artifacts.
SRO at the EHS
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