Cortland County Historical Society

Happy Holidays family and friends! Please enjoy this gift of a compilation of our photographs of the season. Peace on Earth, good will toward all! ~Liz and Mary Wavle-Brown, Bring Back the Sunday Drive.

Fastenings, trimmings, and boning oh my! I am sad to say that we do not possess much information on this bodice, but at least as an object of fashion history it is a fantastic find in our collections. From what I could gather, it was part of the estate of Miss Mary H. White, daughter of Dr. Asa J. White. She was born in 1873, and since this bodice is dated from the 1870s it is not likely she wore it, but perhaps came from her mother, Sophia Bishop White. Mary lived and died i...n her home at 58 Port Watson St, and left generous legacies to a number of local institutions including the hospital, the library, the children’s home, and the Y.M.C.A & Y.W.C.A. This particular article of clothing caught my eye because of the fascinating buttons! They are so incredibly unique, and I would be tempted to say that perhaps they were hand-crafted. Boning provides for a neat, straight silhouette that gathers around a rather tiny waist. There is a matching skirt, replete with layers, ruffles, bows and other trimmings which perhaps I will focus on in another post. I only wish we knew more of the story behind such a lovely piece of clothing. ~Sophie, Collections and Research Assistant #cortlandcountyhistory #cortlandny #centralnyhistory #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety #historicalclothing #history #19thcenturyfashion #1870s

Then and Now, No. 3: The Cortland Water Works has been delighting Cortlanders with its annual holiday lights display since 1949. During the 1970’s energy crisis, there were five years when the lights did not shine during the holidays. This beloved annual tradition resumed in 1978 and has continued to the present day. As a child, I loved our family drives to see the lights at the Water Works after attending the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, and I continue to look forward... to the return of the lights every year! Photos in this set include displays from circa 1958, circa 1966, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Enjoy! Image Sources: Circa 1958: Cortland County Sesquicentennial: 1808-1958, 1958; Circa 1966: Photo Collection of Cortland County Historical Society; and 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020: History in Your Backyard, 2017-2020. by Liz Wavle-Brown #cortlandhistory #cortlandcothenandnow #experiencecortland #ewavlebrown #historyinyourbackyard #bringbackthesundaydrive #cortlandwaterworks

History in Your Backyard #13: Get a Grip(s) - Then & Now Many of the posts shared on our local remembrance sites feature photos from the book I have known most of my life simply as Grip’s. From the mid-1890s to mid-1900s, Grip (pseudonym for Edgar Luderne Welch) published over twenty books in his Grips Historical Souvenir Series. The Cortland Grip’s (No. 7) was published in 1899 and Marathon and Vicinity (No. 9) in 1901. Nearby Oxford (No. 5) was published in 1897; Grot...Continue reading

History in Your Backyard #16: Holiday Doors and Decorations 'Tis the most wonder-full time of year! While a nor'easter, snow squalls, and storms, have made getting around just a bit of a challenge over the past week to snap photos, Mother Nature added to the holidays and festivities with blankets of beautiful snow decorating the landscape. Today's post features the holiday doors, decorations, and scenes of the holidays in photos taken in Cortland, Homer, Preble, Little York,... McGraw, and Cincinnatus over the past week. Enjoy! Until next time, be well friends and enjoy the journey! -by Liz Wavle-Brown History in Your Backyard #16: December 23, 2020 #historyinyourbackyard #bringbackthesundaydrive #destinationhistory #experiencecortland #cortlandhistory #cortlandcounty #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety #ajourneythroughtime #heritagetourism #snappinghistory #historydetective #historyhappenedhere #ewavlebrown #cortlanders #cortlandlocalhistory #doorsofcortlandcounty

Good morning! I wanted to share a little unexpected cheer with you on this bright December morning. Our calendula have been blooming ever since they started flowering earlier this year! Even with the bitter snow, they are still holding on, and there are even buds! Should we put plastic over them and see if we can nurse them through the winter??? I believe it is a sign of better things to come. Speaking of better things to come, we have a VERY limited edition 2021 calendar this year which features photos from our book "A Journey Through Time: Cortland County 1958-2018." Cortland County is a beautiful place to live, and this calendar will affirm that every day in 2021! Give us a call at 607-756-6071 to be sure to secure your copy today! Have a wonderful sunshine-filled day! ~Tabitha

A picture can indeed speak a thousand words, but to be of utmost value to a historical society and aid in its purpose of telling the stories of the community, much more than the picture is required. Out of all the things to come out of 2020, one of the most positive is the fact that many people have had the opportunity to discover new interests and hobbies. One of those is genealogy! Here at CCHS, we possess many records and resources to help in genealogy research, but nothin...g quite beats being able to share a photograph to someone of their distant relative. Unfortunately, many photographs in our collections are unidentified! The pictures you see in this post are without any information to identify when they were taken, nor of the subjects depicted within. Some illustrate moments of joy and silliness; others are downright bizarre! What they all represent are stories potentially lost to memory and time. While it is undeniable that print photographs are not as common as they once were, I am willing to bet many of us still possess a collection of prints of our family, special memories, and the interesting places we have visited. Please consider making a project of labeling those photographs! Even if they do not end up in a historical society, they will add a lot of value to anyone who views them long after those that remember their story have passed on. At the minimum, may I suggest putting names, dates, and locations! CCHS strives to tell your stories, but those stories begin with you and we need all the help we can get making them as detailed and accurate as possible! ~Sophie, Collections and Research Assistant #cortlandcountyhistory #cortlandny #centralnyhistory #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety #history #historicalphotographs #historicalphotos #photography #historicalpictures #genealogy

Streets of Cortland: Reynolds Avenue Today we are taking a look at Reynolds Avenue, that crooked little street between Tompkins and Union Streets. Reynolds Avenue takes its name from Judge Joseph B. Reynolds (1775-1864), an early Cortland County settler to Virgil. When I started reading about Judge Reynolds, I couldn’t help but wonder why, if Reynolds started off in Virgil, was a street in Cortland named after him? Joseph B. Reynolds was born in Easton, Washington County, N...Y, and he came to Cortland County in 1808 at the age of 24. The only resources he had for his big adventure were the two cows he drove here. Once in Virgil, he traded milk in exchange for room and board for his bovines and he worked at clearing land for farmers for 75 cents a day. He built his wealth and in no time, he owned an early store and a small hotel called the Washington House. He donated land for, and helped organize, the Baptist church in Virgil. In 1812, Reynolds organized a company of riflemen for the militia and became the captain of the unit. It was placed on reserve by the state and they prepared to defend Syracuse. He eventually became a brigadier general in the militia. Although deeply involved in affairs in Cortland Village, Reynolds operated from Virgil until 1839 when he married his third wife and built a beautiful home on Tompkins Street in the village. His property extended from Tompkins to Owego and Union Streets. The 1855 map shows a lovely place surrounded by trees. About 1890, Theodore Wickwire purchased the property and razed the Reynolds home to make way for the palatial stone structure seen today at 55 Tompkins. Judge Reynolds served as a justice of the peace for 23 years and as a county judge for 18 years. He spent 10 years as the town supervisor for Virgil. He ran unopposed as a state legislator in 1818 and he also served two terms as a representative in the United States Congress, beginning in 1834. In his personal life, Reynolds was widowed three times and the father of four children. According to the NYS census of 1855, he had 4 servants, 2 male and 2 female. The 1860 federal census lists his property holdings at 10,000 acres and he identified himself as a farmer. He was an impressive 6 feet 2 inches tall at a time when most men were much shorter than that. One of Judge Reynolds’ most lasting legacies was his 1859 donation of 14 acres of land which was the beginning of the Cortland Rural Cemetery. He served as the first president of their board of directors. Joseph B. Reynolds died in 1864 and is buried at Cortland Rural Cemetery where his generous donation has given the city of Cortland a tranquil final resting place for so many of her citizens to this day. ~Tabitha #cortlandcountyny #cortlandhistory #cortlandny #cortlandruralcemetery #cemeteries #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety

There's No Place Like Home! Growing up in Cortland County, Brockway trucks on the job were a frequent sight and demonstrated the versatility of these rugged trucks, from delivery trucks to milk trucks, gas tankers, school busses, dump trucks, grain tankers, snow plows, fire trucks and more. In today's post we take a look at and celebrate some of the trucks that never left home. Whenever I saw, and still see, a Brock, a feel a tremendous sense of pride, knowing these trucks... were made in Cortland! To view more images from Cortland County Historical Society's Brockway Motor Trucks Collection, please visit our digital collection on New York Heritage: https://nyheritage.org/col/brockway-motor-trucks-collection. -by Liz Wavle-Brown Brockway Wednesday #14 (October 28, 2020) #cortlandhistory #cortlandcounty #experiencecortland #brockwaymotortrucks #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety #farmtotable #brockwaywednesday #ewavlebrown

Check out all of the great businesses and non-profit organizations with local products for all of your gift giving needs! Cortland County Historical Society has a variety of local and regional books to choose from for the history lover on your list, but if you are unsure of which book would be best, we also have gift certificates and gift memberships available!

Great article about CCHS Director, Tabitha Scoville - "Tabitha's Top Five" artifacts and the Cortland County Historical Society in Saturday's Cortland Standard.

Adventuring Inside Cortland County Historical Society: Streets of Cortland Some folks asked about Wheeler Avenue after our post about Dr. Edith Flower Wheeler. Wheeler Avenue was not named after her, but it was named after Benson H. Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was born on January 19, 1849 in Pitcher and in 1880, he married Carrie E. Weaver, also from Pitcher. They moved to Cortland not long after their marriage, and they lived on Adams Street (now Homer Avenue) in 1883. The 1888 ma...p of Cortland shows B.H. Wheeler as owning property that has two different houses on it, one house appears to face Adams Street and the other looks to be their home on Wheeler Avenue. Perhaps they lived in the smaller house on Adams when they first arrived in Cortland and built a bigger house later. I was unable to find much about Mr. Wheeler except that he was a farmer. However, his wife Carrie was a witness in the Gillette murder trial. Benson and Carrie Wheeler’s home was the boarding house where Grace Brown stayed in Cortland while she was working at the Gillette Skirt Factory, and this is where Chester Gillette would come to meet her. Both Carrie Wheeler and her daughter Olive were called to testify that they knew Grace and Chester. They verified that Chester visited Grace at 7 Wheeler Avenue regularly and that they often sat in the parlor talking or outside on the porch. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the Gillette murder case, we have some books available for purchase at CCHS or you can watch Dr. Joseph Brownell’s talk about the topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch It is a sad tale. ~Tabitha #cortlandcountyny #cortlandny #centralny #streetsofcortland #adirondacktragedy #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety

Adventuring Inside Cortland County Historical Society Once upon a time, in Virgil, there was a house that came to be known as The Haunted House. The story would appear to begin in 1866 when the Dryden Weekly News shared a story about the haunting. A family had moved into a home in Virgil and immediately began to experience unexplained phenomenon such as rappings, moving furniture, and rattling stove lids. The goings on in this house could sometimes even be heard by neighbor...Continue reading

Notable Women of Cortland County: Alice Cately Ettling (1850-1924) Alice Cately was born in Tully, New York, the daughter of Shepard W. Cately, renowned carriage manufacturer. Alice graduated from Cortland Normal School in 1871 and taught for a few years before training as a nurse. She married Henry Ettling but was widowed in 1885 at the age of 35, after only four years of marriage. She had one child and never remarried. Her father left his carriage business in Tully in 1876... and moved to Cortland where he was employed as a salesman at Fitzgerald and Kinney, wagon manufacturers. He was always an inventive man, and he continued to develop and patent his designs. After her father’s declining health caused him to retire from his occupation, father and daughter would form a business partnership in about 1888 known as Cately & Ettling. Cately invented the gadgets and Ettling marketed them. Eventually, Alice would take over her father’s share of the business and become the only woman to attend the National Carriage Builder’s Association banquets. In 1913, there were over one hundred exhibitors. At that time, she’d had displays at every convention since 1889. As the head of Cately & Ettling, she improved upon an important invention of her father’s, a patented device for raising carriage tops. Evidently, she inherited her father’s inventive genius as well as his head for business. Ettling became the sole proprietor of the family business from the time of her father’s death in 1898 to when the doors were closed in 1916. The carriage and wagon industry had given way to the automobile. Alice Ettling was active in several organizations, including Eastern Star, the Tioghnioga Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Twentieth Century Club. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a life member of the Gideons. Additionally, along with three other women, she raised money to actualize the hospital in Cortland and served on its board of lady managers. She was also instrumental in organizing the Red Cross in Cortland. Alice Ettling was an enterprising and successful businesswoman at a time when business was very much a male dominated world. She was not afraid to be the only woman at the carriage shows because she knew the value of her products. She carried on as a single parent when her husband died and as the head of a successful company after her father’s death. She was truly an inspiration to a new generation of Cortland County women. #cortlandcountyny #cortlandhistory #herstory #entrepreneur #notablewomenofcortlandcounty #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety

History in Your Backyard #7: The Back Story How Did We Become Cortland County? It IS complicated - there are many pieces to the puzzle! Many of the early blue historical markers placed in Cortland County as part of the New York State Education Departments Sesquicentennial celebration of the American Revolution recognized early settlers (of European descent) and their first schools, churches, and businesses. Beginning in the early 1790s, these settlers ventured to the town...Continue reading

Adventuring Inside Cortland County Historical Society: Fashion Friday # 4 These leather and wonderfully soft grey suede shoes are a beautiful example of the type of shoe popularly worn by women in the first part of the 20th century. According to a stamped impression on the soles, they were manufactured by the Gray Brothers, which I suspect may refer to a shoe manufacturer located in Syracuse that in both 1873 and 1876 won first prize for their lady’s shoes at the World Fair.... This top-quality pair of high-top boots was sold at G.H. Ames’ store where he offered unusual values on boots and shoes on Main St. right here in Cortland. George Ames first operated his boot and shoe store on what is now Central Ave. from 1891 until 1893 when he moved to a bigger space at 35 Main St. He moved shop once again up the street to 51 Main St. and remained there until around 1911 when he entered the growing automobiles business. Mr. Ames was known as genial and pleasant to meet, progressive, well respected, and highly esteemed by many in the community. While not born in Cortland, he spent nearly fifty years here until his death in 1940. Based on a 1917 advertisement, a similar pair of boots sold for $4.19, equivalent to around $85 in today’s money, although they are now priceless in terms of the story they tell of a successful Cortland businessman and well-liked citizen. These shoes were such a happy find from our collections, and I am excited to see what more can be dug up! #cortlandcountyhistory #cortlandny #centralnyhistory #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety #historicalclothing #history #20thcenturyfashion #antiqueshoes

From Many Roots stories of the ethnic diversity of Cortland County. ~ by Lynne Lash 4.3 million Italians emigrated to America between 1880 and 1920. In Cortland, the first four Italians settlers were recorded in the 1892 census. There were 284 in 1905, and 608 in the 1925 Cortland census. Most of these new citizens came from southern Italy (Molise, Sicily, Lazio, Campania, Abruzzi, and Apulia). Many of the new arrivals were young men who had been recruited by the Wickwire f...actory. Others worked for the railroads, the Wallpaper Company, Brockway Motors, and Halsted Packing Company. The Wickwire Company was the single largest employer of Italian male workers. The first workers needed a place to live. Rather than working outside the home, the early immigrant women helped support their families by operating boarding homes. Gradually many women went to work at the two corset factories in town. They already had the sewing and handwork skills that were needed. The early immigrants attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church but soon wanted their own place to worship. In 1917, James Comando bought the former (original) Pomeroy School for $4000 and it was remodeled as a church and named for St. Anthony of Padua. The church was rebuilt in 1950. The church and the St. Anthony festivals are important to the Italian community to this day. In previous posts, we have talked about the importance of music to the community and the bands and musicians who flourished. Historically most of the Italians lived in the 3rd, 5th, and 6th wards although they were not limited to these neighborhoods. To help each other adjust to their new home Italian-owned grocery stores were opened acting in some cases as banking institutions. The oldest Italian-owned grocery store listed in the city directory is that of Bartolo Natoli at 122 Elm Street (1900). Frank Cerio’s grocery store on Port Watson Street in 1907 served as a bank, steamship office, and hotel! In 1906 James Comando had a grocery store and later a saloon on Junction Street. In 1917 the street was renamed Commando Street. Does your family have Italian roots in Cortland County? We would love to hear your story.

Got Milk? Brockway delivers! How many of you remember "the milkman" making door to door to deliveries at your home? We had the Bill Brothers cooler box on our porch steps for our weekly delivery on Albany Street in Homer. We looked forward to our milk deliveries, and to the Charles Chips visit on Saturdays. This week we take a look at another of Brockway's market segments, the dairy industry. "Brockway Trucks have been Important Factors in the Dairy Industry Ever Since the f...irst Models in 1912" (Source: Brockway's 25th Anniversary 1912-1937: Brockway The Right Way). Dairy continues to be one of Cortland County's leading industries and milk tankers are a common sight, loading up at our local farms and transporting to a processing plant. To view more images from Cortland County Historical Society's Brockway Motor Trucks Collection, please visit our digital collection on New York Heritage: https://nyheritage.org/col/brockway-motor-trucks-collection. -by Liz Wavle-Brown Brockway Wednesday #13 (October 21, 2020) #cortlandhistory #cortlandcounty #experiencecortland #brockwaymotortrucks #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety #farmtotable #brockwaywednesday #ewavlebrown

Adventuring Inside Cortland County Historical Society: Streets of Cortland There is a set of scrapbooks here called the Stilwell Scrapbooks. There are 6 or 7 volumes and they have the most interesting newspaper clippings within their pages. I was trying to find something else in there one day recently when I found an undated story about how the streets in Cortland got their names. Based on the other articles around it, I’d say it dates to about the 1910-1920 era. I thought i...t might be fun to look at the information there to research the people some of our city streets were named for. The first is Brown Avenue. Turns out it was previously named Doubleday, but that will have to be a research project for a different day! Brown Avenue was named after the first elected mayor of Cortland, Charles Farmer Brown who served two terms, 1901-1904. The key word here is elected because there was one mayor before Brown. Civil War veteran Samuel N. Holden was elected as president of the village of Cortland and Cortland was incorporated as a city in March of 1899. He continued as the first mayor until Brown was elected. Charles Brown attended public schools and the Cortland Normal School. At the age of 16, he opened a drug store with Gershum Bradford. Bradford and Brown parted ways and he took up a partnership with Melvin Maybury. The drugstore was at 53 Main Street. After a time, Brown got out of that business and purchased an insurance agency in 1913. He operated that until his retirement in 1947. Before his business ventures began, he used to light the gas lights on Cortland Streets. He was an industrious individual! Brown was civic minded, too. He was on the Board of Education and belonged to the Cortland Masonic Lodge, Rotary, the Cortland Country Club, and the Elks. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and was president of the Cortland Rural Cemetery’s board of directors. Somehow, he even found the time to sit in the New York State Assembly as a Representative for Cortland County (1907-1912). We will be sharing some additional city street stories in the coming weeks. It’s interesting to know who they were named for. Did you know who Brown Avenue was named for? ~Tabitha #cortlandcountyny #cortlandny #centralny #streetsofcortland #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety

Adventuring Inside Cortland County Historical Society This adventure began with finding a pair of stockings which were not where they belonged. That led me to hunt down their location and return them to safety. Well, this pair of stockings actually resides with dozens of other pairs of stockings of every shape, style, and color you can imagine! Who would think that the lowly stocking could inspire a post? It was hard to choose a variety from the many examples, so of course, ...I went with stockings that told stories! Be sure to look at all of the photos to see a little bit about each pair. I was intrigued by the fact that three of the pairs I picked touched the lives of people we have featured this year on our Adventuring series. We’ve shared a photo of Charlotte Wickwire in her wedding gown; we shared a recipe book and photo from Ina Hurlbut Bird; and we shared information about the Conable ketchup jug that started life as a whiskey jug. Two pairs of stockings might be related due to the name Holden, and I did find a cool men’s pair to share. What is remarkable to me is that women were responsible for making stockings for their families. Stockings were mended over and over because they were incredibly time consuming to make. Imagine having a family with 10 kids and having to knit stockings for everyone! And that was at the end of the day when you had a minute to sit. Whew! It was really amazing to hold these humble pieces of clothing and think that each of these garments can tell us something about the lives of the people who wore or made them. For the handknit stockings, think about the time and the thoughts that went into them. When you knit, your mind travels to other places and you think about so many things, including the person you are making this piece for. More than any other artifacts I’ve shared, these stockings made me wonder about the lives of these folks. Enjoy the details on the stockings and thank goodness that you don’t have to knit stockings every day to keep your family comfortable! ~Tabitha #cortlandcountyny #cortlandhistory #centralnyhistory #antiquestockings #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety

Notable Women of Cortland County: Dr. Edith Flower Wheeler (1870-1967) Dr. Edith Flower Wheeler decided at a young age that being a physician was something she would like to do. She had a friend whose father was a doctor and he wished for his daughter to follow in his footsteps; however, Edith’s father had other ideas for her. She graduated from the Mansfield Normal School and taught school for two years at the insistence of her father. She again asked him about attending me...dical school. He did not agree because he thought he would not be able to finance her education but suggested that she might ask his business partner for a loan. She did just that and was given a loan. Happily, she began school at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1892. She and her fellow female students were subject to rude behavior from their male counterparts and professors when they attended public clinics, but the women remained determined to succeed in this field of study. Edith Flower graduated from medical school in 1897 and began a one-year internship at the West Philadelphia Hospital for Women and Children. After this, she worked at a sanitarium in Somerset, Pennsylvania as an assistant physician. Eventually, she headed back to Mansfield where she practiced until 1913 when she lost all of her books and records in a fire. She spent some time working at another sanitarium and planned on enlisting in the army to help during WWI, but the war ended before she could do so. She and her husband, Fred H. Wheeler, moved to Cortland in 1921 where she began a medical practice in the city. Nearly thirty years later, she would retire from a flourishing practice. Dr. Wheeler was an active member of the DAR, YWCA, and Cortland County Historical Society. She was also a member of the Cortland County Medical Association and the Cortland Business and Professional Women’s Club. Though Edith Wheeler was not a native of Cortland County, she quickly became an important part of our history. She was well-liked and active in the community. She was most certainly an inspiration to young girls and women to achieve their full potential. #cortlandcountyny #cortlandhistory #herstory #femalephysician #notablewomenofcortlandcounty #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety

History in Your Backyard #6: Indigenous History In today’s History in Your Backyard, I want to hit the pause button and rewind to the beginnings of what is now Cortland County. Cortland County Historical Society has been asked to tell more about and include Indigenous history. In our social media posts, we provide brief stories that serve as introductions to aspects of our local history, that we hope will inspire you to want to learn more. As historians, we know that there...Continue reading

What is it? Challenge ANSWER! This is in fact a model of the millstone at the mill once located at Spicer Falls in Cuyler. Lee Kibbe presented his model of the cone and cup mill stone at a meeting of local historians in Truxton in 1953. A play written by Mabyn Keeney Whitmarsh for the Through the Years Pagent and performed in 1939 paints a vivid, busy scene of Cuyler in 1806 when the character Deborah Morse states Mr. Corbet’s and Mr. Ephraim Griswold’s saw mills are w...orking full speed to make lumber fast enough for all the settlers coming in. While the model states Ephraim Griswold invented this style of mill stone in 1795, other sources dispute this. According to H.P. Smith’s History of Cortland County Ephraim Griswold had the third mill in Cuyler, the first having been built in 1803. But, as far as I can tell, there was no Ephraim Griswold heading a household in the first decade of the 1800s- there is however a David Griswold, who according to deed records sold land containing a saw mill to Ephraim in 1853. This Ephraim would have been born around 1797, and seems to have come from Washington Co. while still a young boy. It is possible that Ephraim did invent that mill stone, only perhaps a little later than thought. Or maybe it ought to be attributed to David Griswold. Either way, what is particularly special about the Griswold mill is that it remained in operation for over 100 years, and might still be in use had it not burned down in the 1950s. #cortlandcountyhistory #cuylerny #centralnyhistory #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety #historicalbuilding #history

Adventuring Inside Cortland County Historical Society: What is it? Challenge! Can you tell what this object is supposed to be? A hint: This object is related to Cuyler. Put your guesses in the comments and I will reveal the answer and its history at 5:00pm! -Sophie, Collections and Research Assistant... #cortlandcountyhistory #cuylerny #centralnyhistory #experiencecortland #cortlandcountyhistoricalsociety #historicalbuilding #history