A long time Sodus Point Resident, Elsie Parsons in front of Joe’s Place. Her daughter, Patty Parsons states ” I assume it was taken about the time she graduated from high school or shortly after, maybe 1939 or 40. I love that she is holding a brownie box camera.” Photo courtesy of the Sodus Bay Historical Society Archives
This is a 19 minute segment of Elsie Parsons talking at “Night of Reminisces” that was sponsored by the Sodus Bay Historical Society on October 15, 1992. Elsie was a gifted speaker and in this delightfully informative session she talks about the following:
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How Sodus Point got its name
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Colonel Williamson and the origins of Troupville – our village’s original name
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Sea trade on the lake
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Early industry in Sodus Point
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Railroads bring huge changes to our village (1872)
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Early boarding houses
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“Letting of rooms” by her widowed mother
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The trolley comes to Sodus Point
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Steamboats – bay steams and the lake steamer Arundell
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Lake Bluff House with its 50 rooms
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Men’s Sodus Bay Improvement Club – improve our village
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Women’s Civic Club – improve our village