Ken Wallace is a lifetime resident from Castile, New York. He is now retired, after working 39 years as a Water Treatment Plant Operator for the Village of Warsaw NY, he spends much of his time now exploring and reading about Letchworth State Park. He is also known for the Art of Flintknapping . This is a process that was used by Native Americans and all early cultures of the world. Flintknapping is performed by using natural materials such as stone, bone and leather to create arrowheads, knife blades, and other stone tools out of flint/chert. He began learning this skill in 1985 and is the founder of the Stonetool Craftsman show held each summer in Letchworth State Park. There is a wonderful display and video in the museum in the park that shows how he creates stone tools. Ken began visiting Letchworth state park in the late 1950’s with his parents and has a family connection to Mr. Letchworth as his Grandfather Charles Wallace lived behind the Trout Pond as a young man and worked for Mr. Letchworth at his Glen Iris estate and his dairy farm. He has studied the history of the Park his whole life and loves to share this knowledge with others willing to listen.
