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Seneca Falls

Social and Religious Movements in Central New York

November 17, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Lithograph of a ca 1829 religious camp meeting by Alexander RiderCentral New York communities that flourished with canal-related development and rail connections throughout the 19th century also became hotbeds for religious and social movements of the early 1800s as the area’s population rapidly grew.

Religious freedom granted by the United States Bill of Rights combined with rapid societal and technological changes experienced by Americans living through western expansion fueled an American spiritual movement that was exemplified in the newly opened frontier of New York. [Read more…] about Social and Religious Movements in Central New York

Filed Under: Western NY Tagged With: Abolition, Arcadia, Auburn, Black History, Canandaigua, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Nation, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, Elmira, Elmira College, Finger Lakes, Frederick Douglass, Geneva, Great Lakes, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Haudenosaunee, Hobart College, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Joslyn Gage Center, Lake Ontario, Liberty Party, Monroe County, Mormonism, Onondaga County, Ontario County, Palmyra, Political History, Quakers, Religious History, Rochester, Second Great Awakening, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seward House Museum, Skaneateles, Skaneateles Lake, Sodus Bay, Spiritualism, Suffrage Movement, Syracuse, Town of Huron, Underground Railroad, Wayne County, William Seward, Women's Sufferage, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, womens history

New York State Makes Large Investment in Renewable Energy

October 25, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Solar Farm -Alternative Renewable EnergyNew York State Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced what she called the largest state investment in renewable energy in United States history.

The conditional awards include three offshore wind and 22 land-based renewable energy projects totaling 6.4 gigawatts of clean energy, enough to power 2.6 million New York homes and deliver approximately 12 percent of New York’s electricity needs once completed. [Read more…] about New York State Makes Large Investment in Renewable Energy

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Altona, Barre, Brownville, Burke, Caledonia, Chateaugay, Clinton, Clinton County, Cohocton, Delaware County, Dolgeville, Eagle, Ellenburg, energy, Fenner, Finger Lakes, Franklin County, Gouverneur, Groveland, Herkimer COunty, Kathy Hochul, Leicester, Livingston County, Long Island, Lyme, Madison County, Meredith, New York City, Niagara County, NYSERDA, Orleans County, Schuyler, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Shelby, Somerset, St Lawrence County, Steuben County, Tyre, Wethersfield, Wyoming County, York

The Canal Era in the Finger Lakes

October 1, 2023 by Guest Contributor 3 Comments

1858 Canal Map of New York StateAs the population of interior New York increased, developers pushed for a faster method of transportation between the area and developed population centers like the city of New York.

The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, revolutionized inland travel and ushered in a broader era of canal construction across the state, connecting the state capital of Albany on the Hudson River to Western New York and the Great Lakes. [Read more…] about The Canal Era in the Finger Lakes

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Agricultural History, Binghamton, Cayuga, Cayuga Lake, Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Chemung Barge Canal, Chemung County, Chemung River, Crooked Lake Canal, Elmira, Erie Canal, Finger Lakes, Genesee River, Genesee Valley Canal, Geneva, Great Lakes, Industrial History, Keuka Lake, Lake Erie, Livingston County, Monroe County, Onondaga Lake, Ontario County, Penn Yan, Pennsylvania, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seneca Lake, Seneca River, Steuben County, Syracuse, Tompkins, Transportation History, Waterloo, Watkins Glen, Wayne County, Yates County

Early Inhabitants of the Finger Lakes Region

August 14, 2023 by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

Lamoka Site diorama at the New York State MuseumAccording to archeological records, groups of nomadic Paleo-Indians traveled through the Finger Lakes region approximately 8,000 to 9,000 years ago. Small bands of these hunters and gatherers followed large game during the last stages of the Ice Age when the glaciers that formed the area’s notable lakes were receding.

Somewhat more recent early archaic archeological sites scattered across Western New York reflect a culture that was highly mobile and left little in terms of an archeological record. [Read more…] about Early Inhabitants of the Finger Lakes Region

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Algonquin, American Shad, Archaeology, Broome County, Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Cayuga Nation, ceramics, Chemung County, Conesus Lake, Cortland County, Finger Lakes, French And Indian War, fur trade, Geology, Grass lake, Haudenosaunee, Hemlock Lake, Honeoye Lake, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Ithaca, Keuka Lake, Lamoka, Lenape, Lenape - Munsee - Delaware, Livingston County, Material Culture, Monroe County, New France, New Netherland, Oneida Indian Nation, Oneida Lake, Onondaga County, Onondaga Lake, Onondaga Nation, Ontario County, Otisco Lake, Owasco Lake, Paleontology, Pennsylvania, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seneca Lake, Seneca Nation, Seven Years War, Skaneateles Lake, Spencer, Steuben County, Susquehanna River, Syracuse, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Treaty of Fort Stanwix, Tuscarora, Valley Heads Moraine, Waneta-Lamoka WMA, Watkins Glen, Wayne County, William Johnson, Yates County

Geologic Formation of the Finger Lakes

July 26, 2023 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

A late fall snowstorm frosted the hills of the Finger Lakes region of central New York in early December 2004Approximately 600 million years ago, during the Neoproterozoic Era, the Earth’s supercontinent began to break apart, and an ocean formed between land masses that roughly correlate to Europe and North America today. For the next 100 million years, this ocean continued to widen until the continents changed course and began to move back towards each other.

The eventual collision of these land masses formed a tall mountain range now known as North America’s Appalachians. [Read more…] about Geologic Formation of the Finger Lakes

Filed Under: History, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Appalachian Mountains, Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Chemung County, Conesus Lake, Cortland County, Finger Lakes, Geology, Grass lake, Hemlock Lake, Honeoye Lake, Ithaca, Keuka Lake, Livingston County, Monroe County, Oneida Lake, Onondaga County, Onondaga Lake, Onondaga Nation, Ontario County, Otisco Lake, Owasco Lake, Paleontology, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seneca Lake, Skaneateles Lake, Spencer, Steuben County, Syracuse, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Valley Heads Moraine, Watkins Glen, Wayne County, Yates County

National Park Service Declares Finger Lakes Eligble For National Heritage Designation

July 19, 2023 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

National Park Service NPSOn Tuesday, July 18th, the National Park Service delivered the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Feasibility Study to Congress. The feasibility study determined that the study area in the Finger Lakes region of New York state meets the criteria to be eligible for inclusion as part of the National Heritage Area System. [Read more…] about National Park Service Declares Finger Lakes Eligble For National Heritage Designation

Filed Under: History, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Cayuga Nation, Chemung County, Conesus Lake, Cortland County, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes National Heritage Area, Geology, Grass lake, Hemlock Lake, Honeoye Lake, Indigenous History, Ithaca, Keuka Lake, Livingston County, Monroe County, National Park Service, Oneida Lake, Onondaga County, Onondaga Lake, Onondaga Nation, Ontario County, Otisco Lake, Owasco Lake, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seneca Lake, Seneca Nation, Skaneateles Lake, Steuben County, Syracuse, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Valley Heads Moraine, Watkins Glen, Wayne County, Yates County

Erratic Fisher Spurs Emergency Response

March 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

fisher provided by Adirondack Wildlife RefugeOn February 17th, Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) Gross and Levanway responded to a call from a teller at the Lyons National Bank in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, NY, reporting a fisher running laps around the building. [Read more…] about Erratic Fisher Spurs Emergency Response

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: ECOs, fishers, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Wildlife

Suffrage Centennial Exhibit Now on Display in Seneca Falls

March 1, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Radical Optimism exhibit entranceThe Women’s Rights National Historical Park and The Friends of Women’s Rights National Historical Park have announced the opening of Radical Optimism: The Enduring Power of the Women Who Won the Vote, a new exhibit at the Fall Street Visitor Center in Seneca Falls, NY. [Read more…] about Suffrage Centennial Exhibit Now on Display in Seneca Falls

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: exhibits, Seneca Falls, Suffrage Movement, Women's Rights NHP, womens history

Virtual Seneca Falls Equality Weekend Starts Saturday

August 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution and the right to vote in the U.S. could no longer be denied on the basis of sex. The fight for women’s suffrage was complex and interwoven with issues of civil and political inequalities for some Americans.

Women’s Rights National Historical Park (NHP) has announced Equality Weekend-Seneca Falls, a series of online programs being held August 22-23 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification. [Read more…] about Virtual Seneca Falls Equality Weekend Starts Saturday

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Equality Day, Political History, Seneca Falls, Suffrage Movement, Women's Rights NHP, womens history

Women’s Rights Park Hosting Virtual Convention Days

July 13, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Women’s Rights National Historical Park (NHP) has announced Virtual Convention Days 2020, a series of online programs being held July 17-19. [Read more…] about Women’s Rights Park Hosting Virtual Convention Days

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Political History, Seneca Falls, Suffrage Movement, Women's Rights NHP, womens history

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