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What's Going On At The Herkimer County Historical Society!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
FUNDRAISERS:
WINE TASTING AT THE BALLOON FARM
Thursday, December 11 ~ 5:00-8:00 p.m. Come and enjoy a unique wine tasting at
the historic Balloon Farm in Frankfort. The event is being sponsored
by Ilion Wine & Spirits. The cost is $15.00/person and includes
hors d'oeuvres with the wine tasting, as well as tours of the Ballon
Farm.
SATURDAY
OPENINGS We will be opening on Saturdays beginning after Thanksgiving
until Christmas from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Shop in our gift
shop, with special holiday sales going on, and pick up our new book
"Herkimer Village." The library and museum will also be
open on Saturdays. This is in addition to our regular open hours
of Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
NEW
MUSEUM DISPLAY - "HERKIMER COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR"
A
new display on "Herkimer County in the Civil War"
is now open in the Suiter museum building. The display features Civil
War artifacts from the Society's collection, along with several panels
on the regiments that came out of Herkimer County, letters written to
home from soldiers, and special features on Colonel James A. Suiter and
Brigadier General John P. Spofford. The display can be seen during the
Society's open hours of Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and now on
Saturdays during the summer until the end of August, from 10:00 a.m.-3:00
p.m.
Pictured
are summer Youth Bureau employees Dana Gertz and Mary Cirillo putting
Civil War artifacts in a display case.
Also
In The Suiter Museum Building -
Joyce Keller Doll House & Miniature Display The
Joyce Keller Doll House and Miniature collection can now be seen by the
public again. It was moved from the old 1834 Jail, where it had been housed
since the collection was donated to the Historical Society in 1985, to
the Suiter museum building on the second floor. The collection features
7 houses and 20 room settings, created by Herkimer resident Joyce Keller.
It is a popular attraction that can be enjoyed by every one of all ages!
NEW ITEMS IN THE GIFT SHOP
THE BOOK
IS HERE!!!!!
The
pictorial book "Herkimer Village" is
finally here! The book, authored by Susan Perkins and Caryl Hopson
from the Herkimer County Historical Society, is published by Arcadia
Books as part of their "Image of America" series.
The
categories for our book are as follows: Historic Homes,
Churches, Schools, Industry
and Businesses, Transportation, Main
Street Shots, Notable People, and Notable
Events.
The
book is $21.99. To place an order by mail, send a check to the Herkimer
County Historical Society, 400 N. Main St., Herkimer, NY 13350 -
and add 8.25% sales tax, plus shipping ($4.00 for 1-3 books, $6.00
for 5-8). Or, you can stop in at our Gift Shop, open Monday-Friday,
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m and on Saturdays after Thanksgiving until Christmas
from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
NEW
BOOKS -
"Murders
of Herkimer County" by W. H. Tippetts - A
reprint of this famous book that came out in 1885 citing Herkimer
County murders from
1783 to 1885. It includes the Roxalana Druse murder case of 1884.
Cost is $12.00.
"Neither
Rebel Nor Tory - Hanyost Schuyler and the Siege of Fort Stanwix"
by Michael Cooney - This novel is based on the true story
of Hanyost Schuyler, whose role in saving the lives of hundreds
of Americans besieged at Fort Stanwix in 1777 has long been forgotten.
Although this is a work of fiction, the people, places and events
are closely based upon the historical record of the American Revolution
in the Mohawk Valley. Hanyost Schuyler was a real person who did
play a critical role in breaking the British Siege of Fort Stanwix.
His appearance on both sides of that conflict is certain. Far less
certain is who this young man truly was and how he was able to drive
away an entire invading army. Cost is $17.95.
The
Society's Gift Shop is open Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
and is located in our Eckler Building, 406 N. Main St., Herkimer.
To order by mail, please add 8.25% New York State sales tax and
$4.00 for postage and handling and mail to: Herkimer County Historical
Society, 400 N. Main St., Herkimer, NY 13350.
DAR
ROOM DEDICATION - MAY 10
On
Saturday, May 10, representatives from the local DAR chapters were present
to dedicate the newly refurbished D.A.R. Room in the Historical Society's
Suiter museum building. The room features the Margaret McKay collection
of genealogical material and is open to the public for use during the
Society's open hours of Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Pictured
at the dedication ceremony are (left to right) Martha Crapser,
Central New York Roundtable Chairman, Nancy Cook, event
organizer and Regent for Col. Marinus Willett chapter, Merry Ann
Wright, NSDAR Vice President General, Bonnie Ranieri,
New York State Chaplain, and Susan Perkins, Society executive
director.
Annual Dinner
Meeting - May 20 at P.K.'s Pub in Herkimer
We
would like to welcome two new Board members who were elected at our Annual
Meeting in May: Steve
Knight, of Herkimer, and Garry Outtrim, Esq.,
of Herkimer.
They join fellow Board members Carolyn Canary, Herkimer,
Steve Canipe,Herkimer, Kathy
Crowe, Mohawk, Tim Daly, Ilion, Carol
Dippolito, Poland, Toni Helmer, East Herkimer,
Jan McGraw, Ilion, Donna Rubin, Millers
Mills, Sylvia Rowan, East Herkimer, Frank Spatto,
Mohawk, John Stock,Herkimer, Jeff
Steele, Herkimer, and Scott Vaughan, Ilion.
We would like to thank our outgoing Board members, Esther Brown
and Lesley Paul, for serving 6 years on the
Board. Our officers on the Board of Directors are: Jeff Steele, president;
John Stock, vice president; Tim Daly, treasurer, and Scott Vaughan, secretary.
Pictured
(l. to r.) Joe Cirillo, Ron McClusky, George Getman, Scott Vaughan, Jan
McGraw, John Stock, Carolyn Canary, Tim Daly, Sue Perkins, Jeff Steele,
Donna Rubin, Steve Knight, Marge and Bill Fredlund.
A
new display on "Herkimer County in the Civil War"
is now open in the Suiter museum building. The display features Civil
War artifacts from the Society's collection, along with several panels
on the regiments that came out of Herkimer County, letters written to
home from soldiers, and special features on Colonel James A. Suiter and
Brigadier General John P. Spofford. The display can be seen during the
Society's open hours of Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and now on
Saturdays during the summer until the end of August, from 10:00 a.m.-3:00
p.m.
1783 to 1885. It includes the Roxalana Druse murder case of 1884.
Cost is $12.00.
On
Saturday, May 10, representatives from the local DAR chapters were present
to dedicate the newly refurbished D.A.R. Room in the Historical Society's
Suiter museum building. The room features the Margaret McKay collection
of genealogical material and is open to the public for use during the
Society's open hours of Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
We
would like to welcome two new Board members who were elected at our Annual
Meeting in May: Steve
Knight, of Herkimer, and Garry Outtrim, Esq.,
of Herkimer.