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On Saturday October 1st starting at 10:00 am<\/span> the Erieville Nelson Heritage Society will host a cemetery tour.\u00a0 Leaving from the Town of Nelson building attendees will visit Bliss Cemetery, Tog Hill Cemetery, Westcott Cemetery and Payne Cemetery.\u00a0 Attendees are responsible for their own transportation between cemeteries.\u00a0 Attendees are encouraged to wear long pants and bring sturdy boots or sneakers, as well as water and\/or snacks.\u00a0 For more information please contact Sonia Davies at 315-655-3298<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 1st from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm<\/span> the Oneida Community Mansion House will host a special tour entitled \u201cSherrill Manufacturing\u2019s Liberty Tabletop Tour.\u201d\u00a0 Get a special behind the scene tour for a first-hand glimpse of American\u2019s only silverware manufacturers, Sherrill Manufacturing\u2019s Liberty Tabletop.\u00a0 Guests will meet at the Mansion House prior to the tour.\u00a0 Admission is $5 for members, $7 for non-members, and students are $3.\u00a0 For more information please visit http:\/\/www.oneidacommunity.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 1st at 1:00 pm the Oneida County Historical Society will host a special free screening of the film \u201cIn God\u2019s House:\u00a0 The Religious Landscape of Utica, NY .\u00a0 This documentary focuses on religion and immigration in central New York focusing on the sacred places in Utica, NY.\u00a0 Film director Robert Knight will introduce the film and be available for questions following the screening.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event, although donations are encouraged.\u00a0 For more information please call 315-735-3642<\/a> or visit www.oneidacountyhistory.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 1st at 5:30 pm the Onondaga Historical Association will host a special fall ghostwalk tour starting at Liverpool Public Library.\u00a0 Come and here the stories of some of Onondaga Counties most notorious characters.\u00a0 Tours begin promptly at 5:30 pm<\/span>, leaving every 15 minutes.\u00a0 Tours will last roughly 1 \u00bd hours.\u00a0 Tickets are $12 for Onondaga Historical Association members and $15 for non-members.\u00a0 Reservations should be made online at www.cnyhistory.org<\/a>.\u00a0 For more information please call 428-1864.<\/p>\n

On Monday October 3rd at 7:00 pm the Fabius Historical Society will host Dick Woodworth who will present on his presidential memorabilia collections.\u00a0 Woodworth\u2019s collections range from 1824-2016 and are a treasure trove of political history.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 Light refreshments will be served following the event.\u00a0 For more information please call Sandy Beglinger at 315-683-5878<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday October 4th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm<\/span> the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will host a basket workshop.\u00a0 Linda Scherz Allen of Adirondack Basketry will lead the class.\u00a0 Tickets are $62 and include preparation, all necessary materials and the class fee.\u00a0 Registration is required.\u00a0 For more information or to register please visit www.adirondackbasketry.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday October 6th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm<\/span> the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will have live blacksmiths working on site.\u00a0 Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.\u00a0 For more information please visit www.clcbm.org<\/a> or call 315-687-3801<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 8th and Sunday October 9th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm<\/span> the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will host a New York State Designer All-Hands Meeting.\u00a0 The event is open to the public with museum admission and includes blacksmith demonstrations, and goods made by members for sale.\u00a0 Proceeds will benefit the John Rausch Memorial Scholarship as well as Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum.\u00a0 For more information please call 315-687-3801<\/a>, emailinfo@clcbm.org<\/a> or visit www.chittenangolanding.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday October 11th, from 10 am to 4 pm<\/span>, the Madison County Historian will host Archives day in the atrium on the first floor of Building 4 (DMV building) at the county complex.\u00a0 This year will celebrate the portraits of judges that once hung in Madison Hall and the Madison County Courthouse until the 1960\u2019s.\u00a0 Over a dozen paintings will be on display including recently refurbished paintings of William Jervis Hough of Cazenovia and Thomas Barlow of Canastota.\u00a0 Biographies of the judges and artists will be on display as well as actual court cases that the judges oversaw.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 For more information please contact Madison County Historian at 315-366-2453<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday October 12th at 7:00 pm the Erieville\/Nelson Heritage society welcomes Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz who will present \u201cFrom Bingley to Busti; A Preservation Tale.\u201d\u00a0 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.\u00a0 The talk will be held at the Town of Nelson Office Building.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 For more information please call 315-366-2453<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday October 13th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm<\/span> the Chittenango Landing will have live blacksmiths working on site.\u00a0 Come and watch skilled blacksmiths use traditional techniques and methods.\u00a0 For more information please visitwww.clcbm.org<\/a> or call 315-687-3801<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Friday October 14th at 6:30 pm the Morrisville Public Library will host a special evening with WWII Veteran Stan Davis.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 He also was an amateur photographer who took and collected over 700 photos of his time overseas.\u00a0 Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz recently digitized these images and will feature a number of these images as part of the talk.\u00a0 Davis will talk about his experiences and the photos.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 For more information please contact 315-684-9130<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 15th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm<\/span> the Oneida Community Mansion House will host a special presentation for International Archeological Day.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Admission is $5 for members, $7 for non-members, and students are $3.\u00a0 For more information please visit http:\/\/www.oneidacommunity.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 15th (rain date October 16th) from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm<\/span> the Chenango Canal Association will host their annual \u201cHalloween Happening.\u201d\u00a0The event includes a children\u2019s 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.\u00a0 Tickets are available at the door, to volunteer or for more information please call Diane Van Slyke at 315-729-8323<\/a> or email\u00a0chenangocanaltowpath@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Sunday October 16th Onondaga Historical Association will host \u201cThe Resorts of Onondaga Lake\u201d at the Sk\u00e4\u2022no\u00f1h \u2013 Great Law of Peace Center.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 For more information please call Karen at 315-428-1864<\/a> ext. 312 or visit www.cnyhistory.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday October 19th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm<\/span> the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will host a Family Pumpkin Carving Night.\u00a0 Come and enjoy a family night of carving pumpkins for the (E)erie Canal Halloween event.\u00a0 Pumpkins will be part of the \u201cCandlelit Pumpkin Path\u201d and the pumpkin carving contest.\u00a0 The evening includes free pizza, a Halloween themed movie and of course carving pumpkins.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For more information please call 315-687-3471<\/a>, or visitwww.chittenangolanding.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday October 19th at 7:00 pm the Town of Onondaga Historical Society welcomes Dick Woodworth.\u00a0 Woodworth will present a program presidential history, featuring trivia as well as items from his vast collection of election memorabilia dating back to 1860.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 Light Refreshments will be served.\u00a0 The talk will be held at the Town of Onondaga Office Building, 5020 Ball Road in Syracuse.\u00a0 For more information please contact Mary Nowyj at mnowyjhistorian@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 22nd from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm<\/span> the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will their annual (E)erie Halloween.\u00a0 Bring out the family for this fun event.\u00a0 The festivities include an haunted walk, scavenger hunt, costume contest, crafts, refreshments for purchase and a candlelit pumpkin path.\u00a0 Entry into the event is for a suggested donation of $3 or $10 for a family.\u00a0 For more information please call 315-687-3801<\/a>, email info@clcbm.org<\/a> or visitwww.chittenangolanding.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 22nd\u00a0 at 7:00 pm the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation will host its 3rd annual \u201cWalk Among the Spirits\u201d at Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Tours start promptly at 7:00 pm<\/span> and will continue every 15 minutes until 8:45 pm<\/span>.\u00a0 Tickets are $5 for an individual and $15 for a family.\u00a0 For more information please visit www.cazpreservation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 22nd starting at 1:00 pm<\/span> the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum will host will host their induction ceremonies.\u00a0 Starting at1:00 pm<\/span> new inductees John Gregg Fee, Beriah Green, Angelina Grimke and James W.C. Pennington will have symposia\u2019s offered.\u00a0 At 5:00 pm<\/span> a special antislavery dinner will be held followed by the formal induction ceremonies at 7:00 pm<\/span>.\u00a0 For tickets or more information please call 315-684-3262<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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. \u00a0For more information please call 315-684-3262<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Sunday October 23rd and Monday October 24th the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation will host its 3rd annual \u201cWalk Among the Spirits\u201d at Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Tours start promptly at 7:00 pm<\/span> and will continue every 15 minutes until8:45 pm<\/span>.\u00a0 Tickets are $5 for an individual and $15 for a family.\u00a0 For more information please visit www.cazpreservation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday October 24th the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation will host its 3rd annual \u201cWalk Among the Spirits\u201d at Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Tours start promptly at 7:00 pm<\/span> and will continue every 15 minutes until 8:45 pm<\/span>.\u00a0 Tickets are $5 for an individual and $15 for a family.\u00a0 For more information please visitwww.cazpreservation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday October 25th at 7:00 pm the Brookfield Historical Society will host a presentation by author Norman Dann entitled \u201cBallots & Bloomers.\u201d\u00a0 Dann will present the story of the suffragette movement as the 2016 election nears.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 For more information please call Perk Stalter at 861-7661.<\/p>\n

On Thursday October 27th at 7:00 pm<\/span> 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday October 29th at 10:00 am the Oneida Community Mansion House will host a special Cemetery Tour.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Admission is $5 for members, $7 for non-members, and students are $3.\u00a0 For more information please visit http:\/\/www.oneidacommunity.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday November 9th at 12:00 pm Dr. Pamela L. Poulin will portray Amelia Jenks Bloomer at the Cortland County Historical Society.\u00a0 Bloomer was the first woman to own, publish, and edit her own newspaper, starting in Seneca Falls 5 months after the first Women\u2019s Rights Convention there, as well as being a \u201cdress reform\u201d advocate.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 Light refreshments will be served.\u00a0 For more information please contact the Cortland County Historical Society at (607)756-6071<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday November 12th the Madison County Historical Society will host a Holiday Heritage Handicraft Workshop.\u00a0 More information to come.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 Riley will discuss the renovation process, history of the hotel and how a famous mural entitled \u201cforefathers\u201d was uncovered and restored.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 Light refreshments will be served after the discussion.\u00a0 For more information please email tohsociety@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Friday November 18th at 6:30 pm the Morrisville Public Library will host the presentation “From Bingley to Busti.”\u00a0 Come and learn the story of a Madison County Mill which existed for close to 160 years before being torn down.\u00a0 Here how remnants from the mill are now part of a thriving mill in western NY, and the miller\u2019s home is a residence in another town.\u00a0 There is no charge for this event.\u00a0 For more information please call 315-684-9130<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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