Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week for March 7, 2025 – a week late – I apologize for that!

Our regular weekly posting will be up a little later today Friday, March 14, 2025.

So this week, there will be local history two postings!

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Local History Photo 1: Painted Post Indian Monument Postcard

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Local History Photo 2: Monument Square and Town Of Erwin Historical Museum Postcard

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Local History Photo 3: Sanborn Map of Painted Post (from the Library of Congress, Digital Collection)

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For more information on the Painted Post Indian Monument, check out this article the Crooked Lake Review:

“Painted Post and its Monument by Audrey Phelps”

https://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/34_66/63june1993/63phelps.html

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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 1925.

(Or in this case, a hundred years ago last Friday, March 7, 1925!)

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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | March 7, 1925

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Have a great weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

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:

https://www.ssclibrary.org/research/online-resources/

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!