NEW YEAR ... NEW BEGINNINGS This year has slipped away and was still in the grips of Covid-19 and all of its variants. This leaving small groups like ours up in the air for events and fundraising. The museum continued opening every other Sunday or by appointment for the most part, not closing this year …
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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 Burma and …
Eaton and the Chenango Canal
The Chenango Canal is really an interesting and important part of Eaton’s history. In reality though...only a small part of it is in Eaton…but that small part was probably the most important part of it, as it is through Eaton that all the water for the main section of the canal flowed to fill it. The …
Eaton’s Early Roots!
Since this Memorial Day we will be Celebrating our Revolutionary War Soldiers including Myles Standish Jr. who is buried in our Cemetery and fought in the Revolutionary War.....some history! Many of our original settlers in Eaton date back to the Mayflower and the settlers of Natick especially the Morse, Leland, Kent and Stowe families. Eaton followed much …
Opening of our Mini Ag Museum
The Friends of the Old Town of Eaton Museum invite the public to join them for the Grand Opening of their new Agricultural Mini - Museum, located on the grounds of the Old Town of Eaton Museum at 2776 River Road in Eaton. The new building was made possible by a grant from the Mid-York Foundation …
Friends of the Old Town of Eaton Museum 