Hi everyone, just a quick FYI posting!

We’ll be hosting a super cool local history program at the library, tomorrow, Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

The program is Disasters in Steuben County History with Kirk House

Here is the description of the program, taken from the library’s website:

Epidemics…floods…a bus crash… railroad wrecks…The Year Without a Summer.

What are the worst disasters that ever befell Steuben County?

Kirk House presents an illustrated talk on Steuben disasters, including which disasters took the highest death tolls, and why they did so. We’ll look at the Spanish flu, COVID, the Civil War, the 1912 rail disaster in Gibson, and the 1972 Hurricane Agnes flood, among others.

Kirk House, director of Steuben County Historical Society and former Curtiss Museum director, has spent almost 30 years digging into the history of our region. He has published over a dozen books, writes for local periodicals including the Leader, and makes frequent presentations. He lives in Bath with his wife of 49 years, he collects vintage comic books, and he hikes on the Finger Lakes Trail.

Registration is not required – join us!

Have a great day,

Linda Reimer, Southeast Steuben County Library

Our address, should anyone need it is:

300 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 101

Corning, N.Y. 14830

And we are located just across Civic Center Plaza from Corning City Hall; cross streets are Pearl & Chemung and our “back door” (which really is the library’s main entrance) faces Tioga Avenue.