Lein’s Park was a popular, rustic amusement park that operated on the scenic south bank of Cazenovia Creek — the current site of Houghton College on Union Road. Henry Lein developed and ran the park from 1896 until 1922. In this photograph from circa 1910, a well-dressed and happy young lady named Esther Stellweggen holds a teddy bear that she likely acquired at the park. She is standing in front of the wooden bridge that allowed access to the park over the creek. The bridge also carried the “Toonerville Trolley” passenger train, which ran from South Buffalo to the park. Courtesy of Jim Pace, town historian (Do you have a memory of the West Seneca area you would like to share with Bee readers? Send it to “Out of the Past,” West Seneca Bee, 5564 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14221-5410).