Owl Club

I came across this photographic copy of a print or painting that showed the Port Byron’s Owl Club Roost #1. As with many items stuck on the shelves, there are no attributes, notes, who did it, no hints at all as to what it was. The print does offer clues of it’s own....

Frank W. Jacobs, the Horse Radish King

At the Lock 52 Historical Society, I have a shelf of Port Byron branded items. One of these items is a small jar that once held Pure Horse Radish made by F.W. Jacobs. Dave Thomas stopped by and said he had an article on the man, which gives us a look into the...
Ted Eiben

Ted Eiben

Ted EibenConservationist and Fighter Plane AviatorBy Anita MessinaTed Eiben recalls the first time he came to Port Byron to visit one of Port Byron’s gifted artists, Lindy Burke. He drove through town and noticed “the most beautiful building, the school.” A slight...