Wheels of Change: The Automobile in Early Trumansburg (Past Event)
Joe Baldwin, the author of Tales of Old Trumansburg, had been working on a book about the coming of the automobile to Trumansburg from 1898 forward. Joe passed away before he could finish the book, but Tom and Bill Overbaugh picked up and completed Joe’s work with the publication of Wheels of Change in 2025.
Please join us at 7 pm on January 27 to hear Bill Overbaugh talk about the personalities and machines that graced Trumansburg at the beginning of the 20th century.
(Copies of Wheels of Change will be available for sale.)
Craig Williams: The Erie Canal (Past Event)
This year is the 200th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal. Craig Williams is a well known historian of the Canal – and a resident of Trumansburg. Using seldom-seen manuscripts from the New York State Archives from the first days of the Clinton’s Ditch, Williams will provide an illustrated overview of how the people of New York State learned to survey, design, construct and operate this unparalleled engineering achievement. Who took the first shovel and where? Who did the rest of the shoveling? Once built, who was going to maintain it and how? New Yorkers were the first to undertake such a massive public works. As we are in the midst of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, now is an especially good time to better appreciate this truly remarkable accomplishment.
Libbie Wilson's Journals, 1873-1923 (Past Event)
Rodney Bent will talk about a new publication of the Ulysses Historical Society, Libbie Wilson’s Journals. Libbie was born 25 years before the Civil War and died ten years after World War I. From at least 1873 onwards she wrote daily about life on a farm in Ulysses, providing a vivid perspective on a hard yet full life. She -- and the Town of Ulysses – experienced major changes during that period: railroads, telephones, cars, improvements in dentistry and medicine, the temperance movement, and moving pictures.
Holiday Open House & Russian Tea (Past Event)
Join us at the Ulysses Historical Society on December 7, 2024, from 1 to 4 p.m. for our annual Russian Tea, featuring homemade treats, hot cocoa, a performance by Harmony Falls, and tours of the museum's exhibits. Enjoy viewing beautifully decorated Christmas trees and take family photos with Silver Dan hitched to an antique sleigh.
Backbone Ridge (Past Event)
The Backbone Ridge is the name given to the hilltop that runs between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes. Its history represents a microcosm of the larger economic, social, and political transformations that have taken place in American society.