by Old Mentz | May 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The warmer weather certainly slows down research, but we have added a couple new groups to the Port Byron Family Tree project. As we were preparing the spring issue of the Lock 52 Chronicle newsletter, we had a question about the Tatgenhorst Block and where it was...
by Old Mentz | May 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Front row, seated left to right: Charles Howell Sam Roney Jack Graham John Corfield Eugene Lyons Dan Elliot John Caveny/Ware/Hearn (?) (children) Charlie Blass Mr. ________ Dan Baldwin Mr. Newkirk J T Dixon Dolly Vosburg Lew Jones Earl Elliot Glen Clarke Bob Beach Gus...
by Old Mentz | May 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Anita Messina On a walk through a small woodland off Trumbull Road, Cato Town Historian Eva Sholes and her daughter Amy came upon a large granite boulder, four feet in diameter, lying on the west bank of a slender creek off Trumbull Road and Route 31. Imbedded in...
by Old Mentz | Apr 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
The construction and opening of the New York State Barge Canal in 1918 ended the canal era in Port Byron. The original Erie Canal had been built through the young village in 1819 and had opened for business in 1820. Ninety-eight years later the old Erie was abandoned,...
by Old Mentz | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
We were given the chance to borrow and scan a few of the older yearbooks, however the binding made it difficult to get a good scan without beating up the book too much, so we opted for a few scans of the students. We start with the yearbook staff, a mix of fourteen...