Cuba,NY - Smith's Driving Park c.1879

Here is a pen drawing, showing the Cuba Valley Point Agricultural and Mechanical Society's Fair and Races, held on Smith's driving Park, Cuba, which fourished during the latter part of the 1800's.

One gets, to the extreme left, right and background, a view of the Genesee Valley Canal, which was one of the important waterways of New York State for many years after it was completed in 1856.

CUBA VALLEY POINT AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY'S FAIR AND RACES held on SMITH'S DRIVING PARK, CUBA, ALLEGANY CO., NY

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(From Diamond Jubilee Edition, Olean Times Herald, May 15th 1935 loaned to Webmaster by Keith & Clifford Day of Little Genesee; Original drawing from "History of Allegany County New York-1806 thru 1879" F.W.Beers & Co., New York)