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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Posted in Hiking, History, Lake Ontario, Rochester, tagged new york, Take A Paddle, ny, take a hike, cobblestone quest, ice age, fair haven, glaciers, sodus, oswego, seaway trail, geology, drumlin, Chimney Bluffs, Sodus Bay, Scotts Bluffs, Sitts Bluffs, Port Bay, McIntyre Bluff, bluff, Sterling Nature Center, beach, cobblestones, cobbles, Fair Haven State Park, Sterling Creek on July 10, 2008 | No Comments »
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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Posted in Biking, History, Rail-trail, Uncategorized, tagged Lehigh Valley Railroad, Lehigh Valley Trail, Mendon, Mendon Foundation, new york, ny, Pete Peterson, Rochester Junction, Take Your Bike, trains, victor on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »
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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Posted in Adventures, Backpacking, Biking, Canoeing, Cobblestone, Hiking, History, Kayaking, Paddling, Rail-trail, Waterfalls, tagged new york, footprint press, ny, adk, staycation, Cyclotours, NY-NJ Trail Conference, Friends of the Finger Lakes, Buffalo Books on June 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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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Posted in Adirondacks, Biking, Canoeing, Hiking, History, Hudson River, Kayaking, Paddling, Trail, tagged bike, Biking, canoe, feeder canal, fort edwards, glenn falls, hike, Hiking, Hudson River, kayak, lake champlain, new york, ny, outdoors, paddle, queensbury, race, towpath, Trail, warren county on January 10, 2008 | No Comments »
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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