Matthew Ballard
Vol. 4, No. 32 As tours of Mt. Albion Cemetery continue every Sunday through the month of August, I noticed a particular headstone that is frequently passed over each year.…
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Matthew Ballard
A pioneer settlement as depicted in the Historical Album of Orleans County (1879) Vol. 4, No. 30 On September 10, 1810, eight men from Stockbridge, Massachusetts signed a contract binding…
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Vol. 4, No. 29 “We have met to provide a mansion for the dead. We have come out from our quiet homes and the bright sunlight and the crowded streets…
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Volume 4, Issue 3 Of the New York State Historic Markers erected by the NYS Department of Education, the overwhelming majority cover locations deemed significant to the earliest history of…
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Volume 3, Issue 25 On June 25, 1859, the pioneer inhabitants of Orleans County converged upon Court House Square in Albion with the purpose of establishing an historic association. The…
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Volume 2, Issue 50 This photograph is part of my personal family collection, what I believe to be an image of the Joseph B. Pierce homestead on Route 31 in…
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