Old Mentz Heritage Center

The Old Mentz Heritage Center is the historical society for the towns of Mentz and Montezuma, and the village of Port Byron, NY

Clara Barrus

by | 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...