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Visiting Verona's Oak Orchard Site – Forgotten Central New York History

Eric Meier — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:37:38 +0000

In a region where historical sites go back to the American Revolution and before, it’s easy to get lost in the historical shuffle, and perhaps that is what happened to Oak Orchards in Verona. The site was active at the turn of the nineteenth century. Located along Wood Creek Road off of Route 49, Oak Orchard was [...]

Oneida County Was Once the 'Western Boundary of Civilization' [PHOTO]

Eric Meier — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:32:39 +0000

An ominous sounding historical marker on New York Route 12 between Paris Hill and Waterville notes that this part of New York was once considered the ‘Western Boundary of Civilization.’ The ‘Property Line’ was set in the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix between the British Empire and the Iroquois. All land to the west of Fort Stanwix (modern [...]

New York Ontario and Western Railroad Makes Its Final Run-Historical CNY

Eric Meier — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:18:33 +0000

The New York Ontario and Western railroad once criss-crossed upstate New York from the Delaware Valley to the Lake Ontario port city of Oswego. Lines ran to Utica and Rome and south to the coal rich mountains of northeast Pennsylvania.

Historical CNY: Herkimer County in Pictures

Eric Meier — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:09:20 +0000

In our final installment in our week-long look at Central New York history through historic photographs, we're featuring locations in Herkimer County including Little Falls and Old Forge. These great photos are from the collection of the Library of Congress

Historical CNY: Oneida County from Vernon to Utica

Eric Meier — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:39:32 +0000

This week’s we’re spotlighting our area’s rich history through great vintage photographs. We scoured the collection of the Library of Congress to find some amazing images from around Oneida County. Our series concludes tomorrow with a look at Herkimer County.

Historic CNY: Postcards of the Adirondacks

Eric Meier — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:00:10 +0000

This week we’re featuring images from our past. Today we delve into a region that’s been a vacation spot for centuries, the Adirondack Mountains. Thanks to the postcard collection of the New York Public Library, we’ve got some scenes of the lakes and mountains of the North Country, as majestic and inspiring today as then.

CNY History In Pictures: Mill Workers' Strike of 1910

Eric Meier — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:00:07 +0000

This week we are looking back at signifcant moments in the history of Central New York and the Mohawk Valley in photos. Today we’re giving you a glimpse of a strike of mill workers in New York Mills. The Village of New York Mills, of course, takes its name from the large textile mills that populated the [...]

CNY History In Pictures: Utica Hosts State Funeral of Vice-President James Sherman

Eric Meier — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:35:17 +0000

This week we're featuring some historic photographs showing significant moments in the history of Utica and the Mohawk Valley.

Today we're looking at the funeral of James Sherman. The Utican was Vice President under William Howard Taft and the last Vice President to die in office. His funeral was held in Utica on the 2nd of November, 1912.