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 …
A New Year for the Old Town of Eaton Museum
Words cannot describe the 20 plus years we (I) have spent down here trying to keep the history of Eaton alive. Time mixed with memories that are both good and bad. The original group of Neighbors for Historic Eaton formed out of the group that put on the Bicentennial for the Hamlet of Eaton… a …
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Holidays in Eaton
For All My Friends & My Favorite Christmas Poem Once again on the week behore Christmas I find myself lost amid old memories, problems of the present… and the dificulties of living in this (at the very moment) place in history where in seconds news is flashed, reflashed, disected and rehashed within the blink of …
Thoughts on Fall & the Families of Eaton
The Fall is coming on us quickly, and while getting ready stacking wood and thinking of our next museum event, " Fall Festival History Weekend" followed by our November Pie Sale...I dug this up and thought you might enjoy reading it again! Many of our original settlers in Eaton date back to the Mayflower and …
