by Old Mentz | Dec 21, 2011 | Lock 52 Historical Society, Port Byron
The Masonic Building with the Port Byron Drug Store and Lowe Brothers Store. Below is an ad from the November 3, 1939 Chronicle.
by Old Mentz | Dec 15, 2011 | Clara Barrus, Port Byron
Clara Barrus was a Port Byron native who went onto to become an early woman physician and author. Wikipedia says;”In 1901, [John] Burroughs [the early naturalist] met an admirer, Clara Barrus (1864–1931). She was a physician with the state psychiatric hospital...
by Old Mentz | Dec 10, 2011 | Port Byron, school teachers
It is the spring of 1946 when the Port Byron teaching staff posed for this photo.I have the names, but see how many you can identify.
by Old Mentz | Dec 9, 2011 | Erie Canal, hours, winter
The weekly business hours have ended for the winter. We will be open again come April. Genealogy assistance available by appointment. Call Betty Smith 776-4035 or Chick Walker, 776-4027.This photo, taken a couple years ago, is looking west along the old Erie Canal...
by Old Mentz | Dec 9, 2011 | Henry Wells, Port Byron
Another Barben photo from 1968. The located is the northwest corner of the Rt 38 and 31 intersection, behind the Port Byron Diner.
