Crossing into New York State, we encountered a welcome center that showed off the history of the Erie Canal. This was a heavily traveled route for many immigrants headed to the west - to points like Michigan. I suspect my Kolkowski ancestors took this route into Buffalo.
Farther to the west, we spent the night at Auburn where William S. Burroughs spent a good bit of his younger days working at a bank where he learned the value that his adding machine technology could bring to that industry. I took a few pictures of Burroughs ancestral sites nestled in this Finger Lakes area.
Beyond the Finger Lakes, we didn't make many unnecessary stops, so onward to the west we drove. As always, Wisconsin offered several historic tidbits at their rest stops.
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