Hi everyone, and welcome to our weekly local history post!

Each week we’ll share vintage newspaper articles from years past, drawn from local publications such as the Corning Blossburg Advocate, Corning Independent, The Corning Journal, The Evening Leader, and other local newspapers. We’ll also feature the complete issue of The Corning Leader exactly 100 years to the day from each blog post. From time to time, we’ll include newly taken photographs of local historic places, landmarks, and artifacts.

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Vintage Article of the Week

Samuel E. Quackenbush 90 Today, Can Remember Solider Of Revolution

From the Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y., April 3, 1948.

And the title of this article will for most people beg the question: Who was Samuel E. Quackenbush?

The short answer to that question is that Mr. Quackenbush really was a notable local; he was born in Caton in 1858 and went on to be the town supervisor, served as a New York State assemblyman for three terms and was mayor of the city of Corning for one term from 1922 – 1923. And if you read the short vintage article you’ll see he also liked to play cards!

And as an addendum, as the photo of Mr. Quackenbush is rather hard to make out so check out his page on the Find A Grave site; which is much clearer. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68457222/samuel-e-quackenbush

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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 1926.

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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | September 11, 1926

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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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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!

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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays.