Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week!
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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be out on November 29, 2024.
And on a holiday hours note, just FYI, the library will be closed on Thursday, November 28, in observance of Thanksgiving; and also closed on Friday, November 29 & Saturday, November 30 for deep cleaning. We will re-open on Monday, December 2 at our usual time of 9:00 a.m.
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Local History Photo 1: Local History Postcard N.Y.C. & H. R. R. Co.’s Yards, Corning, N.Y.
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Local History Photo 2:Local History Postcard Showing Oak & Pinehurst Lodges, Lake Lamoka, N.Y.
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Local History Photo 3: Local History Postcard Showing City Hall and Fire Department, Corning, N.Y.
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A Glimpse of Local Life: A Hundred Years Ago!
Here is an entire issue of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. published on this day in 1924.
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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | November 22, 1924
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week!
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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be up on Friday, November 22, 2024.
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Local History Photo 1:ALocal Baseball Game
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Local History Photo 2:Chimney Rocks
The Chimney Rocks were a stone formation along the Chemung River, in the Gibson-Corning area, that gave the local Delaware Indian village, Achsinessink its name; as the Delaware word “Achsinessik” translates into English as “stone on stone.”
The Achsinessink village was destroyed by British and Iroquois forces in 1764, during the French & Indian War (1754-1763), and the Chimney Rocks were destroyed by subsequent railroad and highway construction.
The only visible evidence of the Achsinessink Village today, is the historic marker noting its location.
The marker can be found in front of the Corning Y.M.C.A. on the Center Way side of the building; more specifically the marker is about 30 feet to the west of the Center Way & Corning Blvd. street sign, on the west side of the street.
A co-worker brought to my attention that, in fact, there are two historic markers in Corning that spotlight the Achsinessink village that was destroyed in 1764. The previously mentioned first maker, and a second marker located in a small park bordered by Jennings Street, Houghton Circle and Belleau Street on Corning’s Northside.
And the text on that marker reads:
“Achsinessink
Site of the Achsinessink, Delaware Village, stronghold of the Monsey Clan Led by Echgohund and Teedyuscung (known as the king of the Delaware) during the French and Indian War Era. Located on the strategic Andaste Trail, it was a source of frontier unrest and the site of an unsuccessful peace negotiations in 1760. Europeans were prohibited west of the village on the Andaste Trail which became known as the forbidden trail.
The village was destroyed by British and Iroquois forces under John Johnson in 1764.
Achsinessink, A Deleware word meaning stone-on-stone, took its name from the erosion formed columns of earth and stone, distinct land marks along the nearby Chemung River cliffs, called Chimney Rocks by the pioneers. They were destroyed by railroad and highway construction in 1881 and 1974.”
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For learn more about Achsinessink, check out the following Crooked Lake articles
Local History Photo 3:The Dickinson House, Corning, New York
Despite the fact that this photo of a photo offers a crooked view, I still think it is cool!
It shows the old Dickson House in Corning, which was torn down to build the “new” Baron Steuben building which is still there today; and it shows Market Street in the days of train travel – when trains went up and down the street, which was then called Erie Avenue – Corning certainly was a super bustling community during the rail road era!
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As a bonus, I’d like to share a link to a website I just discovered; which has some neat photos showing the Corning area in years past; along with photos that show what each area looks like today – for example, a photo show where the old Corning Opera House was on Pine Street, and what is located in its place today – a parking lot.
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Hi everyone, just a quick FYI post, for all those local history lovers out there!
Steuben County Historian Griffin Bates and The Steuben County Historical Society are sponsoring a Museum Trail next weekend. The Museum Trail consists of the 22 museums in Steuben County, and you are urged to visit as many as you can during the weekend of October 19 – 20, and to enjoy restaurants recommended in the region, which are found in the Museum Trail Guide.
Time/Date of Museum Trail:
Saturday, Oct. 19 | 10am – 5pm
Sunday, Oct. 20 | 12 – 5pm
The trail guide includes a map, information on all the museums on the trail and a listing of nearby recommended restaurants. You can access a PDF version here:
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Hi everyone, while I was researching something completely different, I came across multiple articles, and even whole sections of The Evening Leader that focus on the history of Corning; on the occasion of the formal centennial celebrations for the city, held on September 11, 1948.
Corning became a village in July 1848; and a city on March 20, 1890. (Dimitroff & Janes, 1991)
And I believe the reason the centennial celebrations for Corning were held in September, instead of July 1948; is due to the fact that the long-awaited opening of the World War Memorial Stadium was scheduled for September of that year; and that opening was a bid deal! It even included a visit by victorious general and future president, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
So, I thought we could celebrate Corning’s birthday today too – Happy 176th Birthday Corning! ! Or a belated Happy 176th Birthday, if you want to go with the July date!
And The Leader had some great local history related articles to celebrate the centennial over three sections; all three sections are included in this post, along with a few articles from The Corning Journal and Daily Democrat, that offer a bit of info on the passage of the city charter in 1890.
Enjoy!
Linda
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The Corning City Charter Bill, The Corning Journal, March 20, 1890
City Charter Passed, Part 1 Top Part of Page, The Corning Journal, March 27, 1890
You’ll find the article on the passage of the city charter in column two just under the sections on the City Convention & CAUCUSES.
And the reason I’ve posted the page in two parts is because some of the microfilm for older newspapers, like issues of the Corning Journal from 1890, is in an overlarge format by modern standards and it doesn’t fit one one page.
And as the July 5, 1924 issue of The Leader is rather dark, due to the way it was original scanned, here is a bonus local paper, a weekly issue of the Steuben Courier (Bath, N.Y. ) which is a bit easier to read!
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
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.
Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week!
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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be up on Friday, May 3, 2024.
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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*
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Local History Photo 1: The Old Courthouse, Corning, N.Y.
Our first photo for this week shows the old courthouse in Corning. The building is still there, although no longer a courthouse.
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Local History Photo 2: Market Street, Corning, N.Y. (c. late 1800s)
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Local History Photo 3:Centerway Square, Corning, N.Y. (c. 1920s)
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A Glimpse of Local Life: Eight Six Years Ago
Usually this is the section where I include an entire issue of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. published on this day one hundred years ago; this week though I’m going to post two copies of The Leader, one that was published eight-six years ago today, and a second that was published eighty-six years ago tomorrow.
And as you might expect, there is a reason for that!
Rock pioneer guitarist & Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, Duane Eddy was born in Corning, N.Y. on April 26, 1938! He was born in the old Corning Hospital, that as many people will recall was located right across Denison Parkway from the City Hall in Corning.
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Happy Birthday wishes go out to Duane Eddy andhere is the entire Leader (Corning, N.Y.) for the day Duane Eddy was born, April 26, 1938.
And here is The Leader, for April 27, 1938; and if you turn to page 10 you’ll see a short birth announcementfor Duane Eddy, although it doesn’t mention his first name, instead it says “A son to Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Eddy.”
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):
You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.
Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.
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To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):
Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.
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And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:
If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have the local paper, at times called the Corning Leader, Corning Journal or Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Corning History 