Monday, November 30, 2020

Esther Baker Steele: A Woman of her Word

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 by Susan Zehnder, Education Director In the 19th century, the Reverend Gardner Baker and his wife Esther, and daughter also named Esther, l...
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Monday, November 23, 2020

The Iroquois Confederacy: The Original American Federalism

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  By Rachel Dworkin, archivist In honor of Native American Heritage Month, let’s all take a moment to acknowledge that Chemung County is o...
Monday, November 16, 2020

Carrying On During the Flood of 1902

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  by Erin Doane, Curator What would you do if you saw flood waters rapidly rising in the street in front of your downtown business? Woul...
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Monday, November 9, 2020

The Bachelor Governor

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by Susan Zehnder, Education Director Back in the day when our building housed the Chemung Canal Bank, there were apartments for rent on the ...
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Monday, November 2, 2020

Win with Willkie

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  By Rachel Dworkin, archivist Can anyone remember the last time a presidential candidate visited Chemung County? It wasn’t in my lifetime...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Spooks in Wellsburg

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by Erin Doane, Curator The death of Miss Mabel Evans in Wellsburg was a great mystery. How did the beautiful young lady die, and why was...
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Sunday, October 18, 2020

Spirits of the season...

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By Susan Zehnder, Education Director. For those of you able to make this year’s historic Ghost Walk, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we di...