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Willard Asylum for the Insane in Ovid, NY - Featured Image
December 21 2014

An Inside Tour of ‘Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane’ – Ovid, NY

Finger Lakes Region Central New York, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Region 100

by Chris Clemens Each year in May there is a rare opportunity for those looking to tour a piece of intriguing history on the eastern shores of Seneca Lake. Three-hour walking tours of the Willard Asylum in Ovid, NY provide photogs, history buffs, explorers and the wildly curious a chance at a guided tour of the […]

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Eternal Flame in Chestnut Park Buffalo, NY - Featured Image
December 14 2014

Eternal Flame Falls in Chestnut Ridge Park – Buffalo, NY

Niagara Frontier Region Buffalo, Erie County 5

Eternal Flame Falls is a waterfall gorge featuring a natural gas powered eternal flame in a small grotto created in the shale rock bed. by Chris Clemens Orchard Park is a southeast suburb of Buffalo. It’s probably most famous for being the home the holiest of sites for Upstate football fans. In addition to being […]

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The Story of Catharine's Town, NY - Featured Image
December 6 2014

The Story of Catharine’s Town, NY

Finger Lakes Region Central New York, Finger Lakes, Seneca Lake 1

by Michael Brewster Because only one battle and a handful of skirmishes were fought in the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign of the American Revolutionary War, it is relegated to the dusty backrooms of history by most historians and school textbooks. However, over two centuries later, the events of the Summer of 1779 echo across the lives of […]

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Town of Agloe, NY - Featured Image
November 30 2014

The Town That Never Existed – Agloe, NY

Catskills Region Delaware County 3

The town of Agloe, New York was a fictitious paper town created by a map company to protect their intellectual property. by Chris Clemens Protecting intellectual material can be a bit of a precarious plight. One intellectual’s creation could be interpreted and then slightly changed (or not) and then published as something brand new. Nearly everyone […]

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Bee Sting Death in Hopewell, NY - Featured Image
November 22 2014

Second Bee Sting Death in U.S. – Hopewell Center, NY

Finger Lakes Region Finger Lakes 0

The second bee sting death recorded in the United States happened on May 12, 1814 to Timothy Ryan near Canandaigua, New York. The event is marked with a historical marker near the cemetery in the town of Hopewell Center. by Chris Clemens Bee stings cause on average about 50 deaths per year in the United […]

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1779 Congress passes a resolution giving General George Washington authority to take measures intended to protect newly settled inhabitants from native tribes.
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