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Alasa Farm (1823 – Present) – Page
Hobos in Alton
Private Charles McDowell – Page
Seth Cole (1829 – 1903) – Page
Collier Cobblestone House (1840) – Page
Alton United Methodist Church circa 1855 – page
Alton House (1866 – 1986) – Page
Dry Houses (1870 – 1950s) – Page
Alton Train Depot (1872) – Page
Alton Canning Company – Page
Women’s Suffrage Comes to Alton (1910) – page
Eastover Manor (1927) – Page
Band of Brothers (1945) – Page
Joy
Joy Cemetery
History of Joy
The Joy Store
Joy Schoolhouse (1833 – 1950) – Page
General Gordon Granger
Prince Nelson – Page
Sodus Center
Sodus Center Fire Department – 100 years of service to the community
Taylor Brower – The “Helen Keller” of Sodus Center
Gone Fishing
Sodus Center Cemetery
Sodus Center Mills (1860s) – Page
The Runaway Bride of Sodus Center (1897)
Sodus Center Opera Hall (circa 1899) – Page
Sodus Center Train Station – Page
Civil War Letters – Page
Edward Chandler Delano – Page
Delano Park
Red Brick Church Meeting House – Page
Sodus Center Hotel (1914) – Page
South Sodus
South Sodus Cemetery
Thornton Lime Kiln (mid 1800s) – Page
J. W. Watson Store (circa 1890s) -Page
M.E. Chittenden Store (circa 1890s) – page
South Sodus School (circa 1890s) – Page
South Sodus with Church and Stores (Circa 1900) – Page
South Sodus School (1907) – Page
Wallington
1800s
Early Settlement (1794 – 1811) – Page
First Town Meeting (1811) – Page
The story of how Christian Holler Rd. got its name (1823) – Page
Wallington Cobblestone Schoolhouse (1826 – Present) – Page
Walling Tavern (1834) – Page
Katherine Olmsted / Normandy Inn (1886 – 1964) – Page
Cock Fighting in Wallington (1895) – Page
1900s
Pickle Factory (1900 – 1926) – Page
Trains and Trolleys (1909) – Page
Hobos in Wallington (1930 – 1950) – Page
End of WW II (1945) – Page
Skyway Drive-in (1947 -1975) – Page
Wallington Airport (1946 -1950) – Page
Villages
Sodus
The Tripp Brothers
Businesses
Catlin’s Market
Honk’s – No Girls Allowed
Simonelli’s Shoe Repair
Civil War Letters
Churches
Church of the Epiphany Catholic Church
First Reformed Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Masonic Lodge #392
Memories
Bill Bishop – Musicians
Old Sodus Photos
1800 – Page
A. B. Williams Store (1890s)
1900 – Page
Ray Tinkepaugh Rural Carrier (1900 – 1933)
West of Sodus Feb 15, 1902 – Page
Maple St. Looking South early 1900s – page
1906 Murderers in Sodus – Page
1906 Sodus Firemen – Page
Sodus Train Crash – 1906 – Page
1908 Mill Street Looking South – Page
1908 U.S. Army – Page
1910 Booster Day – Page
1910 Gypsy Camp – Page
1910 Sodus Train Station – Page
1917 Paving Sodus – Page
Old Sodus Academy after 1918 – Page
Myers Hospital circa 1920 – Page
1934 Sodus Senior Class – Page
1938 Hotel Sodus
1950s – LaGasse & Son Gas Station
Early History of Sodus (1809 – 1900s) – Page
1800s
The Great Pigeon Roost (1820) – Page
Snider Hotel (early 1800s) – Page
Lewis H. Clark (1827 – 1902)
Sodus Train Depot (1872 – Present) – Page
Diphtheria Epidemic (1876-1877) – page
Sodus Dry House (1880s) – Page
1900s
Trolley (1900 – 1929) – Page
Doris M. Sims
Trolley (1900 -1929) Part 2- Page
The Day the Trolley Died
Was the 1906 Fire in Sodus a Result of Arson?
Teddy Roosevelt Comes to Sodus (1914) – Page
Village of Sodus Incorporation – 1918
Longest Running Tavern in Sodus (1934 – Present)
WW II Air Raid Observation Posts (1941)
Hobos in Sodus – Page
Telephone Operators (1950s) – Page
Opera Houses
Sodus Opera House
Sodus Opera House History (1878 – 1924) – Page
Opera House Play Review (1897) – Page
New Opera House (1906 – 1940) – Page
Twelfth Night
Underground Railroad
Maxwell Creek Inn Bed & Breakfast – Page
Underground Railroad in Local History – Page
Sodus Point
The Restoration of the Schooner Lotus
Flooding
Electrification of Sodus Point
History of Sodus Point – Page
Murals
Alton
Alton Mural Map
Cracker Box Palace Mural
Sodus
Sodus Hotel and Bandstand Mural – Page
Town of Sodus Mural – Page
Sodus Point
Blessing of the Murals – Page
Battle of Sodus Point Mural – Page
Charter Boats Mural – Page
Coal Trestle Mural – Page
Historic Sodus Point Mural – Page
Lighthouse Mural – Page
Native American Fishing Mural – Page
Sodus Bay Lighthouse Underground Railroad Mural – Page
Steamship Era Mural – Page
Underground Railroad in Sodus Point Mural – Page
Willow Park Murals
Plaques
Sodus
Constable Edward Pullman – Page
Marcus E. Buckman Plaque – Page
Sodus Community Library Plaque – Page
Sodus Fountain – Page
Veterans Memorial – Page
Sodus Center
Red Brick Church Meeting House Plaque – Page
Sodus Point
Plaques
1812 Peace Garden Plaque – Page
Asher Warner Plaque – Page
Black Community Plaque/Marker – Page
Captain Wickham Plaque – Page
Coal Trestle Plaque – Page
Lighthouse Keeper’s House Plaque – Page
Macyville Trail Plaque – Page
Old Sodus Lighthouse Plaque – Page
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Plaques – Page
Trolley – Page
Underground RR – Page
WW II POW Camp Plaque – Page
Interpretive Panels
1812 Peace Garden Interpretive Panel – Page
Cobblestone Interpretive Panel – Page
French and Indian War Interpretive Panel – Page
SEAWAY Trails War of 1812 British Raids – Page
Sodus Beach – Page
Wallington
Cobblestone Schoolhouse Plaque – Page
Former Railbed – Page
Our Veterans
The Five Gregor Brothers in the Civil War
Sodus Involvement in the Civil War
Veterans
Links
Sodus Web Cam
Upcoming Events
Quirky Stories
Chicken Larceny
The Elephant That Wouldn’t Cross the Sodus Bay Bridge
The Farmer, the Shotgun and Bobby Kennedy – Page
The Haunted Clock
Housecleaning Sodus Point Style
The Monument on High Street
The Travelling Cat – Page
The Toad That Drank Wine – Page
Mrs. Hotel
Contact Info
Buildings
Charles Point
Octagon Tower of Charles Point
Sodus
1950 Map of Sodus Businesses – Page
Heluva Good Cheese Plant – Page
Sodus Cold Storage
Steger Haus – 40 Years
Sodus Point
Cobblestone Structures in Town of Sodus – Page
Maps
Alton Map (1901) – Page
Joy Map (1901) – Page
Sodus Center Map (1901) – Page
South Sodus (1901) – Page
Village of Sodus Map (1901) – Page
Village of Sodus Point Maps (1901) – Page
Wallington Map (1901) – Page
Rest of Town of Sodus (1901) – Page
Trolley Map of Sodus and Sodus Point (early 1900s)
Sodus Businesses Maps
1920s
Sodus North Main Street East
Sodus North Main Street West
Sodus South Main Street East
Sodus South Main Street West
Additional Business Information
1950
Sodus East Main Street
Sodus West Main Street
Farms
Town of Sodus Farms (1904) – Page
Sodus Fruit Farm (1911) – Page
Silver Buses Migrant Farm (1970s) – Page
Mills and Factories
Sodus
Basket Factory (1910) – Page
Champion Roller Mills (1890)
Memories
Camp Beech-Wood
Epidemic Comes To the Town of Sodus
Edward Delano (1921) – Page
Growing Up in Sodus” – 1920’s- “The Morgan Boys”
How the Roads Got Their Names
German POW Letter -1947 and POW Contract
John Ashbery (1927 -2017)
Ice Skating in Sodus
Sodus Fruit Farm Farmerettes of World War 1 and 2
William O Bryan (1938) – Page
Prohibition
Rum Running Along the Lake (1920s) – Page
Guided Walks
Sodus Centennial Tour Script
Walk Around Sodus in the Early 1900s
Interviews
Local Business Interviews (Written)
Big Love Homestead
Dietrich’s Homestead
Dough Face Dog Treats
Karma’s Cruizin’ Cafe
Imprint Coffee Roasting
Maxwell’s Honey Bee Farm
Pop’s House of Country Collectibles
Sodus Feeds and Needs
Your Perfect Day / The Kraft Shack
Yukon’s Farm LLC
Part 1
George Arney
George Arney Interview (1990s)
George Arney (1992)
Stuart Balch
Gene Bassage (2019)
Neva Bayless (2019)
Bill Bishop (2019) – Sodus Point
Bill Bishop (2019-2020) – Sodus
Charlotte Bloomer (1991)
Fran Button Davis 8-8-2024
Evelyn DeBadts
Evelyn DeBadts – #1
Evelyn DeBadts – #2
Evelyn DeBadts – #3
Jim Gallagher
Frank Grosz
Fred Harrington
Bill Helfer (1994)
Herb Kallusch and Michael Stell (2019)
Part 2
Phyllis Lent (2019)
Lucile Messinger (1992)
Ella Neverless (2019)
Jim Norton (2022)
Elsie Parsons (1992)
Dan & Shirley Patchett
Dan & Shirley Patchett #1
Dan & Shirley Patchett #2
John and Susan Peachey (2019)
Gary Poole (2019)
Sandy Primmer (2021)
Glen Proseus (2021) – Sodus Point
Pearl Rook
Pearl Rook – #1
Pearl Rook – #2 and Bill Huff Jr.
Pearl Rook – #3 (1992)
Sodus Bay Ice Boat Club (2020)
Hazel Wahl
Edwin Robert Ward (2007)
Henry Zerbe (2008)
Tours
Guided Episcopal Church Cemetery Tour by Sandy Hopkins
Guided Mill Street Cemetery Tour By Sandy Hopkins
Narrated Underground Railroad and Abolition
Narrated Sodus Walking Tour
Town of Sodus Cemeteries
Town of Sodus Churches/Chapels
Town of Sodus Cobblestones
Town of Sodus Historic Markers
Town of Sodus 1 and 2 Room Schoolhouses
History of Education
History of Education (Overview)
Town of Sodus Old Schools Presentation
Presentations
Buffalo Soldiers
Postcards & Misc.
The Beauty of Our Area
Newsletters
Wayne County Bicentennial Minutes
Sodus – Oldest and Largest Township in Wayne County
Historic People Videos
Cornelia Axtell
Margaret Keir Barclay
Riley Bigelow Belden
Urania and Taylor Brower
Sophia Ellsworth Danford
Emma Jane Graham Delano
Major Bennett Farr
Peregrine & Elizabeth Fitzhugh
Captain George Garlock
Dr. Artemesia Gaylord
General Gordon Granger
Elizabeth Green
Annie Preston Mather
Elisha Barker Mather
Rufus Moses
Elder Seba Norton
Katherine Olmsted
Edward William Sentell
Oril Smith, Sr.
Mary Jane Vosburgh Sprong
Susan Warner
2024 Solar Eclipse
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