Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 26 Of the five Medal of Honor recipients from Orleans County, John E. Butts of Medina was the only county native who received the award posthumously for…
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Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1857" align="alignnone" width="640"] Gravesite of Thomas W. Kates, Flushing Cemetery – Courtesy of Harvey Abbott (FindAGrave)[/caption] Vol. 5, No. 25 According to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, nearly…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 18 Taken some time in the late 1920s or early 1930s, this image shows thousands of bushels of apples piled outside of the Lyndonville Canning Company. Yates…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 17 Taken after 1903, this photograph shows the blacksmith shop of Frank W. Donohue as it appeared on Mechanic Street in Holley, just south of Public Square.…
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Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1843" align="alignnone" width="450"] Dr. Francis Edward Stewart, Ph.G., Pharm.D.[/caption] Vol. 5, No. 13 On March 30, 1842, Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Georgia, became the first physician to…
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Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1836" align="alignnone" width="620"] Maj. Marion Patterson, born at Clarendon, NY - 22nd U.S.C.T. & 19th U.S.C.T.[/caption] Vol. 5, No. 12 The recent vote by the Hoag Library Board of…
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