by Old Mentz | Apr 4, 2013 | aqueduct, Cayuga County, Erie Canal, Mentz, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron, Wilt's Mill
It is not too often that I get to see a Dayharsh original, but here is one of Wilt’s Mill. It has the raised lettering in the lower right corner that shows it was made by Mr. Dayharsh all those years ago.Standing on the Green Street bridge, we are looking...
by Old Mentz | Mar 24, 2013 | Erie Canal, Hayden's Dam, Hayden's Mill, Mentz, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron
This is a nice image taken around the Port Byron area, but not of Port Byron. Of course, if the postcard printer had put down “Hayden’s Dam, Mentz, NY”, no one would know where this was.This photo is of a dam that goes way back to the 1820’s....
by Old Mentz | Mar 4, 2013 | Brown and Martens, Cayuga County, Port Byron, Utica Street
These photos are in the collection of the Port Byron Library. They show the new Brown and Martens Auto Dealer. The following ran in the Port Byron Chronicle in August 14, 1947.By July 22, 1948, the building was complete and the following story ran in the PBC.
by Old Mentz | Feb 9, 2013 | 1940, Port Byron, Port Byron school, Yearbook
My neighbor was kind enough to drop off this 1940 yearbook she found in her attic. So over time, we will feature pages of it here. As you can read, it was titled “The Phoenix” as the school has risen from the ashes just as the mythical bird...
by Old Mentz | Jan 22, 2013 | downtown, Mentz, Port Byron, Port Byron school
It is 1938 and the new school is complete. This photo gives us a real nice view of Port Byron. See what you can find. The Warren Mill, with the millpond in the upper right corner, the churches on Church Street, the lumber and coal yard, the route of the old Erie Canal...
