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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]