Tag: Camillus local history

OHA Presentation: The Danforths of Onondaga County

October 6, 2022 By ml-admin

The Danforths of Onondaga County
An interactive educational program presented by the Onondaga Historical Association

Thursday, October 13
6:30 to 7:30 PM
Free
Registration required

Meet Major Asa, his wife Hannah, and their family and friends. The Major and Hannah share the hardships faced by soldiers and their families during the Revolutionary War. Experience snippets of their rugged life in the wild west of Central New York in the late 18th century. Become privy to the trials and tribulations of one of our first families during their life in Onondaga Hollow and help them in the decisions they must make. Experience an insightful interactive adventure of early life in the wilderness for young and old.

Visitors to the library must continue to adhere to accepted COVID-19 safety protocols.

Onondaga Historical Association’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Image credits:
“Where the Indian Trail” Marker
Photographed by Mollie, February 1, 2020
From HMdb.org, “The Indian Trail”
License: HMdb.org copyright terms

From the Archives…

April 28, 2021 By ml-admin

In getting ready for appointment-free browsing starting May 3, Rena & Alyssa have been moving some things out of public spaces that had become de facto storage during the past year. In the course of doing that, this blast from the past turned up:

Statistics for February 1922 showing total circulation for the month of 4 juvenile non-fiction, 39 adult fiction, and 20 juvenile fiction items. Cursive comment reads 'Closed because of scarlet fever'.
Maxwell’s Record of Books Borrowed for February 1922

We are in the process of going through our old records and found this! 99 years ago, February 1922, we were closed due to scarlet fever. While it was only for a month, Covid was not the first time we were closed for health concerns.

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Mischievous Memories

August 12, 2020 By ml-admin
Image from: Sweet, Homer D.L. Sweet’s new atlas of Onondaga Co., New York. New York: Walker Bros. & Co., 1874.
License: Public Domain

Mischievous Memories is the transcript of a series of 14 hour-long interviews Lee Goetcheus conducted with Tino Martin between September 2012 and May 2014. It’s both an oral history of the West Hill area of Camillus and a memoir by a talented storyteller.

The book can be borrowed from Maxwell’s Local History collection, but we also have a number of copies for sale at $10 each.

Banner image credit:

Excerpted from the map of the Village of Camillus from Sweet, Homer D.L. Sweet’s new atlas of Onondaga Co., New York. New York: Walker Bros. & Co., 1874.

License: Public Domain