Among the stories in John S. Minard’s book, Recollections of the Log School House Period and Sketches of Life and Customs in Pioneer Days, a short book with a long … Continue reading A Retelling of Bill Moseley’s Turkey Shoot
Tag: Genesee River History
John S. Minard, Allegany County’s Celebrated Historian
When researching Allegany County history, the first resources I turn to are books by John S. Minard. Without his writings, much of the county’s storied history would be lost. Throughout … Continue reading John S. Minard, Allegany County’s Celebrated Historian
The Glen Iris Orchard Company
If it’s autumn along the Genesee, it’s apple time, cider time, and fry-cake time. For anyone who’s lived in Western New York, the familiar sight of bushel baskets of apples, … Continue reading The Glen Iris Orchard Company
Dr. Edwin G. Munn: Genesee Country’s First Ophthalmologist
Most of us regularly visit our “eye doctor” once a year for a checkup, and consider cataract surgery a rite of passage in the aging process. Laser surgeries and other … Continue reading Dr. Edwin G. Munn: Genesee Country’s First Ophthalmologist
The Noted Musicians of Castile
This month’s story is a personal one and part of my maternal grandmother’s family history, dating back almost 100 years to the time of the Great Depression. It’s a story … Continue reading The Noted Musicians of Castile
Riding the Stagecoach Along the Genesee
Just mentioning the word “stagecoach” likely conjures up images of vintage western movies featuring desperate gangs of robbers holding up passengers, or a high-speed chase across the desert with Indians … Continue reading Riding the Stagecoach Along the Genesee
Crime Along the Genesee: Murder in the Cemetery
It was an ordinary Saturday when seventeen-year-old Anna Schumacher asked her mother for permission to visit her father’s and sister’s graves on August 7, 1909. The young woman wanted to … Continue reading Crime Along the Genesee: Murder in the Cemetery
In the Line of Duty: Lieutenant Thomas Boyd and Sergeant Michael Parker
Part Two The first-person accounts from the diaries of officers with General Sullivan give us a front-row seat to the gruesome scenes these men found as they advanced to Little … Continue reading In the Line of Duty: Lieutenant Thomas Boyd and Sergeant Michael Parker
In the Line of Duty: Lieutenant Thomas Boyd and Sergeant Michael Parker
Part One If you’re familiar with the drive on NYS Route 39 between Perry and Geneseo, you’ll know about the Boyd-Parker Park just outside of Cuylerville on the south side … Continue reading In the Line of Duty: Lieutenant Thomas Boyd and Sergeant Michael Parker
Scales, Shape Notes, and Singing Schools
Early in the 19th century, as villages dotted the landscape along the Genesee River and Western New York, churches sprang up, and residents organized according to Protestant doctrinal persuasions—Presbyterian, Baptist, … Continue reading Scales, Shape Notes, and Singing Schools
