by Old Mentz | May 19, 2013 | Cayuga County, Hayden's Mill, Interurban railroad, Mentz, Port Byron Telephone Company
It is hard to see, but the caption says “View at Hayden’s”, which would mean that this is now Rt 38 looking to the south, or towards Auburn. Hayden Road would be just behind us. The old highway is still there, although it now serves as a driveway....
by Old Mentz | May 12, 2013 | downtown, Mentz, Port Byron, Port Byron Telephone Company
We are going to start featuring some photos given to the Society by the phone company. These were from the days of the Port Byron Telephone Co. and show many scenes around the town and village. Our first shows the scene of an accident at the corner of 31 and 38. What...
by Old Mentz | May 8, 2013 | Cayuga County, Grace Austin, Mentz, Port Byron, Port Byron school
This is the second of the photos loaned me by Joni Lincoln. It was very faded, so I did my best to bring it back. I did make out that it was taken in 1896 at the Port Byron School. Grace Austin wrote the pageant that marked Port Byron centennial. She was listed as the...
by Old Mentz | Apr 24, 2013 | Mentz, Myra Coulter, Port Byron, Port Byron school, Richard Bunn Bonelli, school students
Miss Myra Coulter was the teacher of this Port Byron class. I would place this photo around 1896-1900 as Richard Bunn (later the opera singer Richard Bonelli) is in this class in the front row and he was born in 1889.There are lots of interesting names in the record...
by Old Mentz | Apr 13, 2013 | Erie Canal, Harry King, Historical Society of Port Byron, Lock 52 Historical Society, Mentz, Port Byron, Port Byron Historical Society, Richard King
This time, I am featuring a letter I found in the files. It is a great look back at the village and what was going on in the Erie Canal times. This letter was written by the Rev. Harry King to his brother Richard T. King, who many will recall was the publisher of the...
