Peterboro Ornithon Turns 150
The front the Ornithon, or Bird House, that Greene Smith built in Peterboro in 1863. In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the unusual building, Norman K. Dann will present…
Save the Date: Peterboro Civil War Weekend is June 8 and 9
A unit of 12th Regiment U.S. Infantry, Co. A, the military host of the 21st Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend, assembles on the green. Visitors at the 21st annual Peterboro…
Greene Smith’s Beloved Birds Presentation is April 14
(Peterboro, NY – April 2013) On Sunday April 14 at 2 p.m. the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark will celebrate Greene Smith’s birthday by hosting Colgate Sustainability Coordinator John…
Benefit for Soule to be held April 7
Former Morrisville resident diagnosed with IPF (Smithfield, NY – March 2013) There will be a benefit to help out Sandy (Burleigh) Soule and her family with the expenses that are…
Peterboro Celebrates Famous Ornithologist
Ornithologist Greene Smith, (right) son of abolitionists Gerrit and Ann Smith of Peterboro, with his bird specimen hunting partner Hiram Wilson. Smith’s collection at the Ornithon, a collection of 3,000…
Children’s Tea Combines Fun with History
(Peterboro, NY – March 2013) The In the Kitchen Committee at the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark in Peterboro is offering a tea for children 2 p.m. Saturday, March…
Women’s History Month Recognized
Pictured are Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne F. Miller (Libby Anne) Peterboro’s women of history. (Peterboro, NY – March 2013) Peterboro’s own Elizabeth Smith Miller, daughter of abolitionist Gerrit Smith,…
Peterboro Heritage Season Begins
The Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark will hold its annual birthday celebration for abolitionist Gerrit Smith at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 9 at the Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant…
Four Abolitionists Named to Hall of Fame
(Peterboro, NY – Jan. 2013) On Jan. 31, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the states by the 38th…