Jordanville

September 27 2014

Holy Trinity Monastery – Jordanville, NY

Adirondack Region Herkimer County, Jordanville

Holy Trinity Monastery is a Russian Orthodox Monastery in Jordanville, NY open to visitors. It features a museum, gift shop, multiple sites of worship, a large cemetery, and beautifully decorated buildings. by Chris Clemens There’s no mistaking that Upstate is one of the most picturesque areas in the country. I have friends who have moved […]

This Day In Upstate History

1901 New York becomes the first state to require license plates on automobiles

1936 A radio beacon is activated at the Oswego Lighthouse station that is synchronized with the fog signal for distance finding.

1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway officially opens to allow shipping

2009 The fifth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at the Rochester Institute of Technology, features guests Armcannon, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Geek Comedy Tour, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, and John Swasey. This would be the final year that the convention is only a single day--all following events would be two-days.

2010 The second and final day of the sixth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at Rochester Institute of Technology. This would be the first year that the event was two days instead of one. The event featured guests Armcannon, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Geek Comedy Tour, Gavin Goszka, Yuko "Aido" Ota, Ananth Panagariya, Michael Poe, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Adam Smithee, Eric Vale, and Billy West and approximately 2,500 were in attendance.