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 …
Emily Chubbuck AKA Fanny Forester
The Summer Lecture Series will come to an end this month ... thank you to all who have attended. I promised to try and do a lecture on Emily Chubbuck, as well as Eaton's famous missionaries with its links to Colgate University that included Nathaniel Kendrick, its incorporators, Jonathan Wade, and the many others. so …
History on the Eatonbrook once called the Alderbrook
There is so much history in the area called the Eatonbrook, I found this piece in an old newspaper and thought everyone would enjoy it. The Eatonbrook This mill is one of the old landmarks which our citizens will regret to see pass away. Some 35 years ago, an old saw mill stood upon the …
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A Man called Louis Ante Muller & his Hill
Since everyone loves a mystery, since next Saturday is Bastille Day… I thought I would write a blog on Georgetown, NY and a man who many believe escaped from France to avoid the “Guillotine” and the powers that ceased the rule of the Bourbons. The following Wednesday evening...July 18.. I will be giving a …
