Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz
Matthew Urtz
Matthew Urtz

On Sunday July 31st at 3:00 pm the Oneida Community Mansion House will host a gallery talk on the art of Coles Phillips and Oneida Limited.  Coles Phillips’ unique style distinguished him as one of advertising’s most creative artists.  Attendees will get to learn about his work as well as create their own Oneida add.  Admission is free for members, $7 for non-members, and students are $3.  For more information please visit http://www.oneidacommunity.org/.

On Monday August 1st at 7:00 pm the Fabius Historical Society will host Roger Cook who will present on the Belmont Powder Mill in Cazenovia.  During its short existence (1888-1988) the factory was the 2nd largest in the nation.  It was closed down following a series of questionable explosions.  There is no charge for this event.  Light refreshments will be served immediately afterwards.  For more information please call Sandy Beglinger at 315-683-5878.

On Tuesday August 2nd from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm the Madison County Historical Society will host a Farmer’s Market on Cottage lawn.  The market features fresh local, seasonal produce, pastured meats, cheeses, dog treats, maple products, soaps, candles, breads, herbs, baked goods, salsas, jam, hops, ice cream, candy, popcorn, wine and more from more than 20 vendors.  Special events are planned each week as well.  For more information please visitwww.mchs1900.org.

On Wednesday August 3rd at 5:30 pm the Rome Historical Society will host its annual Ice Cream Social in front of the museum.  Ice cream has been generously donated by Nicky Doodles and entertainment will be provided by singer/songwriter Eddie Arcuri.  The fundraiser benefits the society and its property including Fort Bull, Lower Landing and the Tome of the Unknown Soldiers of the American Revolution.  All of the society’s sites will be represented at the event.  For more information please call 315-336-5780 or visit www.romehistoricalsociety.org.

On Thursday August 4th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.  Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Saturday August 6th at 2:00 pm the Quincy Square Museum in Earlville welcomes Kathy Yasas who will present on the Sherburne Inn.  Yasas, President of the Board of Directors of the Sherburne Inn, will speak about the history of this popular building first built in 1917 and plans on how it will be utilized in the future.  There is no charge for this event.  For more information please call Colleen Buchta at 315-691-4208.

Starting Monday August 8th through Wednesday August 10th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pmeach day the Madison County Historical Society will host their annual Charles L. Page Summer Camp for kids.  The camp focuses on far life of the mid-nineteenth century and the changing farming practices of the day.  The lessons and workshops are geared for children aged 9-12 and cover farming, cross-stitch and baking.  Registration is $35 for members and $45 for nonmembers and must be made by July 19th.  For more information please visitwww.mchs1900.org or call 315-363-4136.

On Tuesday August 9th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm the Madison County Historical Society will host a Farmer’s Market on Cottage lawn.  The market features fresh local, seasonal produce, pastured meats, cheeses, dog treats, maple products, soaps, candles, breads, herbs, baked goods, salsas, jam, hops, ice cream, candy, popcorn, wine and more from more than 20 vendors.  Special events are planned each week as well.  For more information, visit www.mchs1900.org.

On Wednesday August 10th at 7:00 pm the Erieville/Nelson Heritage society welcomes Jim Georges who will present “History of the Coke Bottle.”  Georges is a collector of all things Coke and will tell the story of its beginnings through today.  The talk will be held at the Town of Nelson Office Building.  There is no charge for this event.  For more information please call 315-366-2453.

On Thursday August 11th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.  Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Saturday August 13th at 12:00 pm Dr. Pamela L. Poulin will portray suffragist and abolitionist Amelia Jenks Bloomer at the Camilus Erie Canal Towpath Day.  Poulin will talk about how Bloomer was the first woman to own a newspaper, her role in the abolitionist, suffrage and temperance movements in New York.  For more information please call Liz at 315-488-3409 or315-391-7020.

On Sunday August 14th at 10:00 am the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will have its 19th annual golf tournament at Woodcrest Golf Club in Manlius.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Monday August 15th at 7:00 pm the History Club of New York Mills welcomes Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz to the New York Mills Community Center to present Hops: Birth, Death and Re-Birth of a CNY Industry. Urtz will give a brief history of how hops first became a cash crop, the reasons it disappeared and how its re-emergence occurred. Images and stories from a number of sources will be utilized. There is no charge for this event. For more information please call 315-366-2453.

On Tuesday August 16th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm the Madison County Historical Society will host a Farmer’s Market on Cottage lawn.  The market features fresh local, seasonal produce, pastured meats, cheeses, dog treats, maple products, soaps, candles, breads, herbs, baked goods, salsas, jam, hops, ice cream, candy, popcorn, wine and more from more than 20 vendors.  Special events are planned each week as well.  For more information please visitwww.mchs1900.org.

On Thursday August 18th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.  Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Thursday August 18th at 6:00 pm the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum welcomes “Professor of Fish” Michael McGrath who will present “Fishing and Folklore.”  McGrath will talk about fishing on the canals and waterways in central New York with a focus on the habits of fisherman and fish.  There is no charge for this event.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Sunday August 21st, the Historic Oakwood Cemetery Preservation will host a special tour entitled “The fortunes of Oakwood’s Smith Families and Their Neighbors by Dennis Connors.  Connors, Curator of History at the Onondaga Historical Association, will lead the tour of one of the most prominent and common names in Oakwood-Smith.  This tour will start at the Mausoleum near the Comstock Gate.  Tours are given rain or shine but cancelled for thunder/lighting.  There is no cost for the event but donations are accepted.  For more information please call Sue Greenhagen at 315-684-3418.

On Tuesday August 23rd from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm the Madison County Historical Society will host a Farmer’s Market on Cottage lawn.  The market features fresh local, seasonal produce, pastured meats, cheeses, dog treats, maple products, soaps, candles, breads, herbs, baked goods, salsas, jam, hops, ice cream, candy, popcorn, wine and more from more than 20 vendors.  Special events are planned each week as well.  For more information please visitwww.mchs1900.org.

On Tuesday August 23rd at 7:00 pm the Brookfield Historical Society will host a presentation by Emily Zaengle entitled “Silos Nearby.”  Zaengle, director of the Cazenovia Art Park, will present on silos located near Route 20 in Madison and Oneida counties.  There is no charge for this event.  For more information please call Perk Stalter at 861-7661.

On Thursday August 25th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.  Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Saturday August 27th at 3:00 pm the Oneida Community Mansion House will host a gallery talk on the Mansion House Architecture.  Dr. Anthony Wonderly, curator of the Mansion House will speak about recently discovered architectural drawings which supply new information on how the Mansion House was built, and how it impacted the Oneida Community’s way of life.  This talk will coincide with a new exhibit of recently conserved architectural drawings.  Admission is free for members, $7 for non-members, and students are $3.  For more information please visithttp://www.oneidacommunity.org/.

On Tuesday August 30th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm the Madison County Historical Society will host a Farmer’s Market on Cottage lawn.  The market features fresh local, seasonal produce, pastured meats, cheeses, dog treats, maple products, soaps, candles, breads, herbs, baked goods, salsas, jam, hops, ice cream, candy, popcorn, wine and more from more than 20 vendors.  Special events are planned each week as well.  For more information please visitwww.mchs1900.org.

On Thursday September 1st from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.  Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Tuesday September 6th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm the Madison County Historical Society will host a Farmer’s Market on Cottage lawn.  The market features fresh local, seasonal produce, pastured meats, cheeses, dog treats, maple products, soaps, candles, breads, herbs, baked goods, salsas, jam, hops, ice cream, candy, popcorn, wine and more from more than 20 vendors.  Special events are planned each week as well.  For more information please visitwww.mchs1900.org.

On Thursday September 8th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.  Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Saturday September 10th from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm to and Sunday September 11th from10:00 am to 4:00 pm the Madison County Historical Society will host the 52nd annual Craft Days.  Come and enjoy this juried craft festival where artisans create, demonstrate and sell their own handmade work.  More information to come.  For more information please visitwww.mchs1900.org or call 315-363-4136.

On Tuesday September 13th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm the Madison County Historical Society will host a Farmer’s Market on Cottage lawn.  The market features fresh local, seasonal produce, pastured meats, cheeses, dog treats, maple products, soaps, candles, breads, herbs, baked goods, salsas, jam, hops, ice cream, candy, popcorn, wine and more from more than 20 vendors.  Special events are planned each week as well.  For more information please visitwww.mchs1900.org.

On Thursday September 15th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.  Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Friday September 16th at 6:00 pm the Madison County Historical Society will kick off Hops Fest their annual paired beer Dinner at the Colgate Inn in Hamilton.  Tickets are $60 per person and must be purchased by September 9th.  Menus and additional information to come.  For more information or to reserve your spot please call 315-363-4136 or visitwww.madisoncountyhopfest.org.

On Friday September 17th the Madison County Historical Society will host its 21st annual Hops Festival.  Admission is free to see the presentations, exhibitors and vendor booths.  A special Taste of Hops food and beer pairing is available from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm featuring the Colgate Inn, Madison Bistro, Poolville Country Store, Ye Olde Landmark Tavern, No. 10 Tavern, the Ridge Tavern and more.  From 2:30 to 5:30 a special craft beer sampling will take place featuring over 30 breweries!!!!  Tickets to the Taste of Hops are $25 in advance and $30 at the door and include a 5 oz. souvenir glass, tickets to the craft beer sampling are $30 in advance and $35 at the door and include a 5 oz. souvenir glass.  For more information or to purchase tickets please call 315-363-4136 or visit www.madisoncountyhopfest.org.

On Saturday September 17th at 2:00 pm The Quincy Square Museum in Hamilton will host a special presentation by author Wade Lallier on the Chenango Canal.  Lallier will speak about John B. Jervis, the engineer during the construction of the canal, and his many life achievements.  There is no charge for this event.  For more information please call Colleen Buchta at 315-691-4208.

On Sunday, September 18th a special Hop Brewery Tour will take place, time and cost TBA. For more information or to purchase tickets please call 315-363-4136 or visitwww.madisoncountyhopfest.org.

On Wednesday September 21st at 7:00 pm the Town of Onondaga Historical Society welcomes William Bleyle, Commissioner of the Onondaga County 911 Center.  Bleyle will give a presentation on historical facts and current views of the 911 center.  There is no charge for this event.  Light Refreshments will be served.  The talk  will be held at the Town of Onondaga Office Building, 5020 Ball Road in Syracuse.  For more information please contact Mary Nowyj atmnowyjhistorian@yahoo.com.

On Thursday September 22nd from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.  Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Friday September 23rd at 6:00 pm the Onondaga Historical Association will host a special fall ghostwalk tour starting at Liverpool Public Library.  Come and here the stories of some of Onondaga Counties most notorious characters.  Tours begin promptly at 6:00 pm, leaving every 15 minutes.  Tours will last roughly 1 ½ hours.  Tickets are $12 for Onondaga Historical Association members and $15 for non-members.  Reservations should be made online atwww.cnyhistory.org.  For more information please call 428-1864.

On Saturday September 24th at 5:30 pm the Onondaga Historical Association will host a special fall ghostwalk tour starting at Liverpool Public Library.  Come and here the stories of some of Onondaga Counties most notorious characters.  Tours begin promptly at 5:30 pm, leaving every 15 minutes.  Tours will last roughly 1 ½ hours.  Tickets are $12 for Onondaga Historical Association members and $15 for non-members.  Reservations should be made online atwww.cnyhistory.org.  For more information please call 428-1864.

On Sunday September 25th, the Historic Oakwood Cemetery Preservation will host a special tour entitled “Well, I’ll Be” by Sue Greenhagen.  Greenhagen will lead attendees on a tour of Section B, and account some of the stories of the residents therein.  This tour will start at the Main Gate on Comstock Ave.  Tours are given rain or shine but cancelled for thunder/lighting.  There is no cost for the event but donations are accepted.  For more information please call Sue Greenhagen at 315-684-3418.

On Tuesday September 27th at 7:00 pm the Brookfield Historical Society will host a presentation by Art Zimmer entitled “Pottersville” in Hamilton Village.  Zimmer will speak about the filming of the movie in the village, how it came about and what the experience was like.  There is no charge for this event.  For more information please call Perk Stalter at 861-7661.

On Thursday September 29th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.  Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.  For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.

On Thursday September 29th at 6:00 pm the Hamilton Public Library will host a special interview by Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz with WWII veteran Bill Gallick.   Gallick was the Captain of two Naval ships during WWII including a sub chaser on the eastern seaboard.  There is no charge for this event.  Light refreshments will be served.  For more information please call 315-824-3060.

On Friday September 30th at 6:00 pm the Onondaga Historical Association will host a special fall ghostwalk tour starting at Liverpool Public Library.  Come and here the stories of some of Onondaga Counties most notorious characters.  Tours begin promptly at 6:00 pm, leaving every 15 minutes.  Tours will last roughly 1 ½ hours.  Tickets are $12 for Onondaga Historical Association members and $15 for non-members.  Reservations should be made online atwww.cnyhistory.org.  For more information please call 428-1864.

By martha

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