Bicentennial Historical Photo

Melinda Vizcarra, co-owner of Becker Farms in Gasport, checks out the cider apples in 1983.

For over 100 years Lewiston children attended Hickory College. After World War II, with the booming industry in Niagara Falls, Lewiston became a growing suburb. In 1947 the Lewiston-Porter School District was formed and schools like Hickory College were gradually phased out in the early 1950s.