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The Mills on Mill Creek By Alta Boyer

kthomas — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:14:42 -0400

Wyckoff Mill (courtesy of Mark Brown)

Mill Creek flows into Seneca Lake about a half mile south of the present Lodi Marine State Park. An extensive flood plain extends to the east, where Silver Thread Falls roars 125 feet into a majestic waterfall. The falls have been a wonder of nature in its splendor, and a landmark, since discovered by early settlers.

For many years, Silver Thread Falls was a popular tourist attraction. During the years of boat travel on Seneca Lake, day excursions would bring hikers intent on visiting the falls, compared with Niagara Falls as a scenic wonder. Guests at The Willows, the hotel at Lodi Landing, also made picnic trips to visit the falls.

Fannie Miller Writes About 1912 Freeze

kthomas — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:09:57 -0400

Winter Freeze

In a diary she began in 1875, Fannie Miller of Lodi wrote the following entries about her family's enjoyment of the 1912 freeze of Seneca Lake.

Feb. 11 - "Lake freezing over. Charlie Galloup came near falling in."

Feb. 14 - "Nice day, wind blows from South. Harry and Nell and Nina and Jim down to the lake. Harry went across twice, Nina once. Great hustling around for skates. Nice sleighing, people going down by sleighloads to see the ice."

Museum Opening A Magical Moment for the Village of Lodi

kthomas — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:24:35 -0400

Museum InteriorHallett PlaqueOver 100 hundred people - including officials of the town and other historical societies - crowded onto the sunny sidewalk in front of the Lodi Museum to witness its grand opening on June 30.

Antique cars owned by Lewis Rosbaugh, Bob Covert and John Mulford were parked at the curb.

Following a welcome by president Carolyn Zogg, an original song, "Lodi," was sung by Marj Wilson Clark of Interlaken, who also performed "Bless This House."

A Feature Interview with Lynnette Trippiedi

kthomas — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:19:50 -0400

LODI HAD EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED

By Paulette Likoudis

She's one of the newest lifetime members of the Lodi Historical Society, and she's a prime example of why its membership includes folks living from coast to coast.

Main StWhen Lynnette Trippiedi of Henderson, Nevada, signed the guest book at the Lodi Museum during a recent visit here, she wasn't seeing the quiet, bolted

storefronts along Main Street for the first time. She had walked through many of those doorways. When she sent her membership check, she wrote to say she had seen the new museum and was "impressed with its beginning."

Letter to the Editor

kthomas — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:16:38 -0400

Caywood Trackside Bldgs

Ninety-year-old Clayton Smith Porter of Florida responded to the spring issue's mystery photo of "Porter's Hired Helpers," taken at one of the trackside buildings near the Caywood Station on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. He and his wife, Warda, recently celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary.

"I remember this building being built for packing fruit. From there, the fruit was loaded into "refrigerated" cars on the railroad. An ice house was in the north end of the packing house to ice the cars. The ice was cut from the Porter and Campbell dam in the winter and was hauled down in bob sleighs."

How Times Have Changed

kthomas — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:57:07 -0400

Lodi Union School c.1914

HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED...

The six-member 1932 class of the Lodi High School held its commencement exercises at the Lodi Methodist Church (now the Lodi Historical Building) at 8:15 p.m. on June 28, 1932.

After music by an unnamed "orchestra," the Rev. F.E. Hewitt offered an invocation. Each senior delivered a presentation. The salutatory address, "Sportsmanship in Life," was given by E. Marie Withiam and the valedictory was "Development of the Radio," by Jason E. Newman.

Good Times in Lodi

kthomas — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:53:53 -0400

Eagle Hotel

By Ruth Myer

Lodi was attractive to me, as a young teenager, because summer dances were held in the old Masonic Hall - now used as the town hall.

There was always a live band and round dancing, sometimes square dancing. This was in the days before I met my husband, LeConte. Sometimes I got a ride with friends, or once in a while, had a date.

I remember one summer night when there was to be a dance in Lodi and I greatly longed to go. We lived on Bassett Road at the time. Possibly, it was the summer after I graduated.

Summer Cover 2007

kthomas — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:46:03 -0400

2007 Cover‘TIS THE SEASON FOR PARADES - In this undated photo of a fireman's parade in Seneca Falls, William Dohrer (with cigar) rides along with his son William Dohrer, Jr. (at far right). The couple with hats switched are unknown, and the other men are believed to be Henry Dohrer (in vest) and Bill Putnam. Bill Dohrer ran the Eagle Hotel from the mid-1920s to the 1940s. Prior to that, the Seneca Falls native operated the Ovid Hotel, now Community Bank.

How Times Have Changed

kthomas — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:33:07 -0400

HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED...

While times were certainly different hundreds of years ago, they were still very different only 55 years ago. The following items were taken from “Your Household Guide,” a 1951 booklet of helpful tips sponsored by the North Hector No. 318 Grange chapter at Valois, NY. It was clearly designed for the woman of the house, with some directions for children’s manners included. Display ads for a number of Lodi businesses also appeared. (courtesy of Bill Gates)

– “When men’s shirts wear out across the shoulders, cut out the whole back and sew in bottom side up.”

Model Sheep

kthomas — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:29:13 -0400

MODEL SHEEP – These larger-than-life Cotswold Sheep are a colored illustration featured in “The Illustrated Stock Doctor & Live Stock Encyclopaedia,” by J.R. Manning, M.D., V.S., circa 1880.