Cattaraugus Creek, S. Branch

Not Forties:
Having grown up above Zoar Valley near Gowanda (our property adjoined the State Land that literally overlooked Valentine Flats and the confluence of the East and South Branches of Cattaraugus Creek), and lived in the area for 35 years, I can tell you the area below the falls on the South Branch near Skinner Hollow is known as Forty, not Forties. The old iron bridge, now long gone, was known as the Forty Bridge. Indeed, the road leading down into the gorge from the west, off Point Peter Road, is called Forty Road. I don't know where the moniker came from.