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I can only imagine the work involved in moving a cobblestone blacksmith shop!! Built before the Civil War, of stones and mortar, just imagine the weight and the fragility. Irondequoit is moving their cobblestone building on Monday. Read about it & see a photo here: http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x544084711/Big-move-for-blacksmith-shop-is-Monday
Then, get this guide to learn the secrets of cobblestone [...]

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by Susan Peterson Gately
Along Upstate New York’s Seaway Trail between Rochester and Oswego there exists an unusual landform found in only a few locations in North America. Known by geologists as a drumlin field, hundreds of elongate north south oriented hills shape the countryside. Near Fair Haven a number of these drumlins come to an [...]

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Hikers and history lovers in the Geene County area should look into the Mountain Top Historical Society. They offer hikes and evening programs.

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For more than a year, the Black River Canal Museum in Boonville (in the Tug Hill Plateau) has been working on building a replica of an Erie Canal Cargo Boat from the pre-Civil War era. Saturday (July 5, 2008), the museum cut the ribbon on the finished product.
The Cargo Boats were considered the tractor-trailers of [...]

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Monthly noon-time walks and talks sponsored by the Chemung Valley History Museum: Chemung River Walks & Talks

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Why is it that people from “away” appreciate what we have more than we locals do? It doesn’t matter where the “away” is - it always seems things outside our normal sphere are more exotic or interesting. Those of us who live (or have lived) among cobblestone buildings take them for granted. They’re all around [...]

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Avid railfan and Ontario Pathways board member Pete Peterson will lead a 14-mile round trip bike excursion on the Lehigh Valley Trail July 26th. The Lehigh valley railroad ceased to exist in the mid-1970s, but the Lehigh Valley Trail across the towns of Victor, Mendon and Rush lives on as an excellent source of recreation. [...]

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Click here to read an editorial: Make Long Path a National Trail

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Have you heard this term yet? Staycation - it’s the latest buzz word - driven by the rising cost of gasoline and airplane fuel. On a vacation you vacate - you go somewhere. On a staycation you stay - stay home that is and do something local.
It’s not such a bad idea. I lived and [...]

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A Feeder Canal is a man-made waterway that was dug to supply water from a natural river or creek into a canal. The Glens Falls Feeder Canal provided water from the Hudson River into the Champlain Canal. This Feeder Canal also operated as a shipping route after its completion in 1829, carrying lumber, marble and [...]

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