New York's Southern Tier | Regions of New York State

The southern tier is an under-appreciated and deeply interesting region of New York state. Home to cities like Binghamton and Jamestown and such tourist destinations as the corning museum of glass and the national comedy center, the southern tier is well worth exploring. In this video, we look at the geography and history of this region, as well as some of the more famous tourist attractions of the southern tier.

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Intro: 00:00
Seneca Nation: 00:53
Binghamton/Broome/Tioga: 2:14
Elmira/Corning/Chemung: 3:42
Olean/Salamanca/Allegany: 5:00
Chautauqua/Jamestown: 5:44

I apologize to Hornell for not being featured.

Special thanks to Michael Connolly for writing some of the script of this video, as well as Zach Libby, Patrick Egan, James Kearney, and Derek Baranski for accompanying me on a trip to the southern tier.

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[WedgeLife]

Skipped the Hornell area. Was super important in the rail industry way back, had the only turn table between Buffalo and Binghamton i do believe. Also now its the center for Amtrak high speed rail project.

[LimitlessThinker]

Olean is located along the Allegany River. Bradford, Pa is a very short drive and it's the home of Zippo Lighters. St. Bonaventure University is so large, it has it's own zip code. St. Bonaventure was the university that famous Matt Gantt attended. He was drafted by Phoenix Suns, 4th round (12th pick, 59th overall),  1972 NBA Draft.

[yazx]

looking at property inthe southern tier ( i live up near rochester) but whenever i think of the southern tier i think of like ADK with all the woods, animals, and hills. Thanks for the great video!

[mattshaw]

Well researched and overall nice vids.

[MmmK-fv]

Spent several years in the STNY. Great place and even better people. Had great times there.

[xXPhoenixLordXx]

I just found your channel today but I'm loving your stuff. I'm from Binghamton, but I don't know too much about the western side of the southern tier so it was really cool to learn about that stuff.

Side note, It's not really important but Binghamton is also the carousel capital of the world. We have 6 antique carousels. George F. Johnson of EJ shoes built these to be free to the public as he was too poor to afford them when he was a kid. They're all still operating free to the public with the exception of the Ross park carousel which requests you bring a piece of litter to ride (but I rarely see this enforced).

[agentsader]

Nice vid! Would've loved to hear more about Olean. How about it being called "Little Chicago" and how Al Capone use to visit there?

[wordawakeningny]

Great video sir. About to move to the Binghamton area.

[normbograham]

Historically speaking, Broome County was huge. Even Windsor, was the buggy whip capital. However, even today, Buggy Whip Factories is a phrase associated with obsolesce. But, there were MULTIPLE Buggy Whip Factories on main street in Windsor.

[TBgunsandbutter]

I86

Southern Tier stories !

i have them

[evandermajor]

I've only passed through Olean. Great dive bar there!

[AnthonyWatts-ew]

Grew up in Endicott and went to college at Saint Bonaventure!

[Chris-wjze]

Nice video. Most people familiar with the Southern Tier would include Delaware County as well.

[ky_e]

Interesting area of the country. You should also note that john d rockefeller, once the richest man in the world, was born in tioga county, richford, ny

[GermanShepherdDaphne]

I'm 5 miles from PA border here in Tioga County

[deanchapman]

I don't know if Chautauqua County is relatively flat. I thought it rolled. Think about it, you go from 570 feet at Lake Erie to 1300 at Chautauqua Lake, less than 10 miles away.

[Stumper]

These types of videos inevitably miss subjects that could have been included. This one is great, but there was nothing about Allegany County, home to Cuba, NY which was once responsible for setting the price of cheese in the Eastern United States. The cheese factory in Cuba exists today. Cuba is also the birthplace of Charles Ingalls, "Pa" from Little House on the Prairie. Or Belfast, NY, the Bare-Knuckle Boxing Capital of the World. And Rushford, NY, birthplace of former New York State Governor, Frank Higgins in 1856 - the last New York State Governor to come from the Western side of NY until our current Governor, Kathy Hochul. And Rushford Lake, which flows into the Genesee River and over the falls in Letchworth State Park, the Grand Canyon of the East. Angelica, NY is home to the Alton A. Sylor Bridge, the longest clear span timber arch bridge in America. The Village of Angelica was named for Angelica Schuyler Church, sister-in-law of founding father, the nation's first treasury secretary and man on the 10-dollar bill, Alexander Hamilton.

[normbograham]

You ignored Lisle, and Center Lisle, which was at one time a hub. (Now, not so much).

[nokspot]

Can you make a video on Isle la Motte Vermont?

[robgribbroek]

Nice video, just a side note, you pronounced several words incorrectly, Also, it's Chautauqua Institution, not institute. Not trying to be picky, just saying...