On Saturday October 1st starting at 10:00 am the Erieville Nelson Heritage Society will host a cemetery tour. Leaving from the Town of Nelson building attendees will visit Bliss Cemetery, Tog Hill Cemetery, Westcott Cemetery and Payne Cemetery. Attendees are responsible for their own transportation between cemeteries. Attendees are encouraged to wear long pants and bring sturdy boots or sneakers, as well as water and/or snacks. For more information please contact Sonia Davies at 315-655-3298.
On Saturday October 1st from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm the Oneida Community Mansion House will host a special tour entitled “Sherrill Manufacturing’s Liberty Tabletop Tour.” Get a special behind the scene tour for a first-hand glimpse of American’s only silverware manufacturers, Sherrill Manufacturing’s Liberty Tabletop. Guests will meet at the Mansion House prior to the tour. Admission is $5 for members, $7 for non-members, and students are $3. For more information please visit http://www.oneidacommunity.org/.
On Saturday October 1st at 1:00 pm the Oneida County Historical Society will host a special free screening of the film “In God’s House: The Religious Landscape of Utica, NY . This documentary focuses on religion and immigration in central New York focusing on the sacred places in Utica, NY. Film director Robert Knight will introduce the film and be available for questions following the screening. There is no charge for this event, although donations are encouraged. For more information please call 315-735-3642 or visit www.oneidacountyhistory.org.
On Saturday October 1st 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 at www.cnyhistory.org. For more information please call 428-1864.
On Monday October 3rd at 7:00 pm the Fabius Historical Society will host Dick Woodworth who will present on his presidential memorabilia collections. Woodworth’s collections range from 1824-2016 and are a treasure trove of political history. There is no charge for this event. Light refreshments will be served following the event. For more information please call Sandy Beglinger at 315-683-5878.
On Tuesday October 4th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will host a basket workshop. Linda Scherz Allen of Adirondack Basketry will lead the class. Tickets are $62 and include preparation, all necessary materials and the class fee. Registration is required. For more information or to register please visit www.adirondackbasketry.com.
On Thursday October 6th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum 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 or call 315-687-3801.
On Saturday October 8th and Sunday October 9th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will host a New York State Designer All-Hands Meeting. The event is open to the public with museum admission and includes blacksmith demonstrations, and goods made by members for sale. Proceeds will benefit the John Rausch Memorial Scholarship as well as Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum. For more information please call 315-687-3801, emailinfo@clcbm.org or visit www.chittenangolanding.com.
On Tuesday October 11th, from 10 am to 4 pm, the Madison County Historian will host Archives day in the atrium on the first floor of Building 4 (DMV building) at the county complex. This year will celebrate the portraits of judges that once hung in Madison Hall and the Madison County Courthouse until the 1960’s. Over a dozen paintings will be on display including recently refurbished paintings of William Jervis Hough of Cazenovia and Thomas Barlow of Canastota. Biographies of the judges and artists will be on display as well as actual court cases that the judges oversaw. There is no charge for this event. For more information please contact Madison County Historian at 315-366-2453.
On Wednesday October 12th at 7:00 pm the Erieville/Nelson Heritage society welcomes Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz who will present “From Bingley to Busti; A Preservation Tale.” Urtz will tell the story of Bingley Mill, a mill that once existed in Madison County and how it still exists in other places 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 October 13th 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 visitwww.clcbm.org or call 315-687-3801.
On Friday October 14th at 6:30 pm the Morrisville Public Library will host a special evening with WWII Veteran Stan Davis. Davis was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army Air Corps in the European Theatre during WWII. He served as a Crew Chief on P47 style planes as well serving as an engineer on C47 transport planes. He also was an amateur photographer who took and collected over 700 photos of his time overseas. Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz recently digitized these images and will feature a number of these images as part of the talk. Davis will talk about his experiences and the photos. There is no charge for this event. For more information please contact 315-684-9130.
On Saturday October 15th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm the Oneida Community Mansion House will host a special presentation for International Archeological Day. Celebrate international Archeology Day with Dr. Anthony Wonderly, curator of collections, as he describes the settlement pattern around the Mansion House and leads visitors on a tour of the facility exploring several phases of use. Admission is $5 for members, $7 for non-members, and students are $3. For more information please visit http://www.oneidacommunity.org/.
On Saturday October 15th (rain date October 16th) from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm the Chenango Canal Association will host their annual “Halloween Happening.” The event includes a children’s costume contest, special lit-up trees and jack-o-lanterns, a clues hunt, costumed hosts, fairy tale cut-outs along the trail and of course THE HAUNTED TRAIL. Tickets are available at the door, to volunteer or for more information please call Diane Van Slyke at 315-729-8323 or email chenangocanaltowpath@gmail.com.
On Sunday October 16th Onondaga Historical Association will host “The Resorts of Onondaga Lake” at the Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center. Town of Geddes Historian Susan Millet will tell the stories of the glory days of the Onondaga Lake Resorts utilizing photographs from the Geddes Historical Society. There is no charge for this event. For more information please call Karen at 315-428-1864 ext. 312 or visit www.cnyhistory.org.
On Wednesday October 19th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will host a Family Pumpkin Carving Night. Come and enjoy a family night of carving pumpkins for the (E)erie Canal Halloween event. Pumpkins will be part of the “Candlelit Pumpkin Path” and the pumpkin carving contest. The evening includes free pizza, a Halloween themed movie and of course carving pumpkins. For more information please call 315-687-3471, or visitwww.chittenangolanding.com.
On Wednesday October 19th at 7:00 pm the Town of Onondaga Historical Society welcomes Dick Woodworth. Woodworth will present a program presidential history, featuring trivia as well as items from his vast collection of election memorabilia dating back to 1860. 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 at mnowyjhistorian@yahoo.com.
On Saturday October 22nd from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will their annual (E)erie Halloween. Bring out the family for this fun event. The festivities include an haunted walk, scavenger hunt, costume contest, crafts, refreshments for purchase and a candlelit pumpkin path. Entry into the event is for a suggested donation of $3 or $10 for a family. For more information please call 315-687-3801, email info@clcbm.org or visitwww.chittenangolanding.com.
On Saturday October 22nd at 7:00 pm the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation will host its 3rd annual “Walk Among the Spirits” at Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia. Come and here history come alive as the ghosts of a poetess, a Congressman and Civil War Veteran, amongst others tell their stories by lamplight. Tours start promptly at 7:00 pm and will continue every 15 minutes until 8:45 pm. Tickets are $5 for an individual and $15 for a family. For more information please visit www.cazpreservation.org.
On Saturday October 22nd starting at 1:00 pm the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum will host will host their induction ceremonies. Starting at1:00 pm new inductees John Gregg Fee, Beriah Green, Angelina Grimke and James W.C. Pennington will have symposia’s offered. At 5:00 pm a special antislavery dinner will be held followed by the formal induction ceremonies at 7:00 pm. For tickets or more information please call 315-684-3262.
On Sunday October 23rd at 9:00 am Gerrit Smith Biographer Norman K. Dann will lead a tour of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark. For more information please call 315-684-3262.
On Sunday October 23rd and Monday October 24th the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation will host its 3rd annual “Walk Among the Spirits” at Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia. Come and here history come alive as the ghosts of a poetess, a Congressman and Civil War Veteran, amongst others tell their stories by lamplight. Tours start promptly at 7:00 pm and will continue every 15 minutes until8:45 pm. Tickets are $5 for an individual and $15 for a family. For more information please visit www.cazpreservation.org.
On Monday October 24th the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation will host its 3rd annual “Walk Among the Spirits” at Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia. Come and here history come alive as the ghosts of a poetess, a Congressman and Civil War Veteran, amongst others tell their stories by lamplight. Tours start promptly at 7:00 pm and will continue every 15 minutes until 8:45 pm. Tickets are $5 for an individual and $15 for a family. For more information please visitwww.cazpreservation.org.
On Tuesday October 25th at 7:00 pm the Brookfield Historical Society will host a presentation by author Norman Dann entitled “Ballots & Bloomers.” Dann will present the story of the suffragette movement as the 2016 election nears. There is no charge for this event. For more information please call Perk Stalter at 861-7661.
On Thursday October 27th at 7:00 pm the Canastota Library welcomes Norm Dann who will present on the early life of Elizabeth Smith-Miller in Peterboro.Dann, author of the books “Ballots, Bloomers and Marmalade: The Life of Elizabeth Smith Miller” “Practical Dreamer: Gerrit Smith and the Crusade for Social Reform,” will speak about Smith-Miller’s childhood, education, and suffrage activities. There is no charge for this event. For more information please call 315-697-7030.
On Saturday October 29th at 10:00 am the Oneida Community Mansion House will host a special Cemetery Tour. Dr. Molly Jessup, curator of education, will lead attendees in a discussion about 19th century mourning culture followed by a tour of the Oneida Community Cemetery, highlighting the gravesites of notable Community members. Admission is $5 for members, $7 for non-members, and students are $3. For more information please visit http://www.oneidacommunity.org/.
On Wednesday November 9th at 12:00 pm Dr. Pamela L. Poulin will portray Amelia Jenks Bloomer at the Cortland County Historical Society. Bloomer was the first woman to own, publish, and edit her own newspaper, starting in Seneca Falls 5 months after the first Women’s Rights Convention there, as well as being a “dress reform” advocate. There is no charge for this event. Light refreshments will be served. For more information please contact the Cortland County Historical Society at (607)756-6071.
On Saturday November 12th the Madison County Historical Society will host a Holiday Heritage Handicraft Workshop. More information to come.
On Wednesday November 16th at 7:00 pm the Town of Onondaga Historical Society welcomes Ed Riley, owner and renovator of the Hotel Syracuse to the Onondaga Town Hall, 5020 Ball Road. Riley will discuss the renovation process, history of the hotel and how a famous mural entitled “forefathers” was uncovered and restored. There is no charge for this event. Light refreshments will be served after the discussion. For more information please email tohsociety@yahoo.com.
On Friday November 18th at 6:30 pm the Morrisville Public Library will host the presentation “From Bingley to Busti.” Come and learn the story of a Madison County Mill which existed for close to 160 years before being torn down. Here how remnants from the mill are now part of a thriving mill in western NY, and the miller’s home is a residence in another town. There is no charge for this event. For more information please call 315-684-9130.