On October 26, 1825, at the “Wedding of the Waters”, America’s first civil engineers became legend. The NYS Historical Marker on the site of the house of James Geddes in the Town of Camillus, on busy Genesee Street near the Fairmount Shopping Center, cannot possibly tell the whole story of New York’s Canal system. One of the …
Author: Mary Messere
The Chenango Canal and Leland Pond
The history of the Chenango Canal and the Ponds and Reserviors are and important part of our history! Image of Native American near today's Leland Pond. This week I finally have been able to start back on a project I started before becoming injured and ill, a film on the Chenango Canal that we have …
A Special Black History Month Post
I was on Facebook today and found a quote posted of a woman I greatly admired when I was much younger. The Quote Her name was Isabelle Baumfree, born in 1797, into slavery, right here in the State of New York. Yes, New York …and as a young person I found that hard to believe …
History Marches on in Today’s World….
The history of Eaton Village and the Town of Eaton have continued now for over 230 years plus, in a way it is just a pebble in the sand of time.The horses and the wagons that carried people to this once wilderness have disappeared and in their place have sprung up horse facilities and horse …
Missionaries of Eaton
While working on a new book named “The History You Never Knew” the past few days, I came across much information that has actually never come to light in regular history books. Many of the young folk in Eaton actually tried to become missionaries to exotic lands many were successful. It seems the lure of …
Friends of the Old Town of Eaton Museum 