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Oneida County

19th Century Oneida County Records Return Home

September 25, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

oneida county history center logoOneida County History Center (OCHC) Trustee and Volunteer Barbara Granato recently acquired 19 boxes of records from county archives that the clerk’s office was removing from storage to be returned to their rightful homes in the town or village where they originated.

The records date from the 1840s, 1850s, and early 1900s and include birth, marriage, deaths, orders of filiation, indentures, and commitments to orphanages. Granato spent 10 months organizing, photographing, and transcribing each record. [Read more…] about 19th Century Oneida County Records Return Home

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Archives, Genealogy, Oneida County, Oneida County History Center, Utica

Oneida History Center Names New Director, 1st Woman To Hold Position

September 14, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

oneida county history center logoThe Oneida County History Center (OCHC) has named Rebecca M. McLain as the new Executive Director.

McLain is the first woman to hold the position of Executive Director of the Center, which was founded in 1876. [Read more…] about Oneida History Center Names New Director, 1st Woman To Hold Position

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Oneida County, Oneida County History Center, Public History, Utica

Bates Tavern: A Lost Oneida County Landmark

August 26, 2020 by Roy Crego 12 Comments

Salmon Bates GravestoneThe Bates Tavern, named for innkeeper Salmon Bates (1774-1858), was in Northern Oneida County, just south of Ava Corners, then part of the Town of Boonville.

Bates was born in Connecticut and had made his way there with his wife Annie Campbell and their young children, by way of New Lebanon, Columbia County, NY, around 1805. They soon opened a tavern in their house; a place to rest the horses and quench the thirst. [Read more…] about Bates Tavern: A Lost Oneida County Landmark

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Mohawk River, Oneida County

The Politics of Translating New Netherland Dutch Records

August 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Politics of Translation FlierThe Oneida County History Center has announced a free virtual lunchtime lecture by Dr. Peter Van Cleave, looking at Adrian van der Kemp and his work translating the records of the New Netherland colony. [Read more…] about The Politics of Translating New Netherland Dutch Records

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City Tagged With: Dutch History, New Netherland, Oneida County, Oneida County History Center

The Battle of Oriskany and Herkimer’s Militia Virtual Lecture

August 3, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Herkimer at the Battle of Oriskany, August 6 1777 by Frederick Coffay YohnThe Oneida County History Center has announced a virtual lunchtime lecture with Alexis Albright, curator of the Oriskany Museum, who will look at the Battle of Oriskany, General Nicholas Herkimer and the Tryon County Militia.

TheĀ  Battle of Oriskany was one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution. Loyalists and several hundred Native American allies ambushed an Patriot military party attempting to relieve the siege of Fort Stanwix. [Read more…] about The Battle of Oriskany and Herkimer’s Militia Virtual Lecture

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Battle of Oriskany, Military History, Oneida County, Oneida County History Center, Oriskany

Oneida County History Center Reopens

July 21, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Oneida County History CenterThe Oneida County History Center has reopened to the public, following Phase Four reopening guidelines from the CDC and local government officials. Masks or face coverings and social distancing are required. [Read more…] about Oneida County History Center Reopens

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Oneida County, Oneida County History Center

State Acquires Northern NY Lands

July 17, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

DEC St Lawrence County AcquisitionsNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the acquisition of several parcels totaling 662 acres in St. Lawrence, Oneida, and Lewis counties.

The parcels are expected to enhance public access to a variety of recreational opportunities, including hiking, fishing, snowmobiling, and hunting, as well as protect wetlands and forests in the region. [Read more…] about State Acquires Northern NY Lands

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, fishing, hiking, hunting, Lewis County, Oneida County, snowmobiling, St Lawrence County

A Visit To The Deansboro, Oneida Co, CCC Camp

May 27, 2020 by Richard Williams 3 Comments

Deansboro CCC Camp flag pole and three buildingsDuring the Great Depression of the 1930s the federal government started numerous programs to provide jobs. One, based on an earlier New York State program established by then Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

The CCC employed about 3.5 million young men nationwide, with about 210,00 of them at 116 camps across New York State. The camps, for men only, were supervised by the U.S. Army and the Soil Conservation Commission. [Read more…] about A Visit To The Deansboro, Oneida Co, CCC Camp

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: CCC, Clinton County, Great Depression, Oneida County, Utica

Grover Cleveland’s Indiscretion, Oneida Co Connections

May 20, 2020 by Richard Williams 1 Comment

Grover Cleveland - Another Voice for Cleveland September 1884 Library of CongressPresident Grover Cleveland spent some years in Clinton, Oneida County, NY, as a boy, while his father Rev. Richard Cleveland and his family lived at 26 Utica Street (the house was marked by the Clinton Historical Society in 1968).

Rev. Cleveland had arrived there in 1850 to take a position as Secretary of the American Home Missionary Society. The job required a lot of traveling which eventually took its toll on Rev. Cleveland’s health. [Read more…] about Grover Cleveland’s Indiscretion, Oneida Co Connections

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Grover Cleveland, Oneida County, Political History

Oneida Co Seeks Names for History Hall of Fame, Living Legends

May 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

oneida county history center logoThe Oneida County History Center has announced they are seeking nominations for the 2020 Historical Hall of Fame and Living Legends Awards. [Read more…] about Oneida Co Seeks Names for History Hall of Fame, Living Legends

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Mohawk Valley, Oneida County, Oneida County History Center

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