"The Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Company began operations in 1894, originally connecting Olean and Allegany. At its peak, the system also ran to Bolivar, Shinglehouse, Salamanca, and Little Valley in N.Y. and Bradford and Lewis Run in Pa., via Rock City or Limestone. (It reached Bolivar in 1902). In 1921 it was sold at bankruptcy and reorganized as the Olean Bradford & Salamanca Traction Company, but by 1927 all streetcar operations ceased. Better roads, rising auto ownership, and competing buses caused the trolley's demise. But in its heyday, it was the way to go for folks in the valley of Little Genesee Creek from Richburg to Ceres. They could visit the cities of Olean and Bradford for shopping, dining, and business matters. And for fair weather fun, they could pack a picnic basket for Riverhurst Park in Weston's Mills or explore Rock City Park south of Olean."
"However, the crowning attraction of the trolley run ‘into two states’ had to be the ‘City of Rocks’ known to us as Rock City. Nothing seemed to surpass it in the Northeastern States, excepting only Niagara Falls."
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