by Old Mentz | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
The name Akin is not well known when it comes to Mentz history. We tend to think of names such as King, Buck, Rooker, and many others. But Akin? The story of Ethen Akin will be the subject of a upcoming column, but for the purpose of today’s article, we look to deaths...
by Old Mentz | Jun 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
There was, for a brief period of time, an era of transportation in Port Byron and Weedsport that will never again be recreated. That time was from 1908 to 1931 when the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Electric Railway operated a fast trolley car service between...