Looking Backward: Remembering the last rural schoolhouse in Lysander by Steve McMahon August 12, 2010 Marilyn Koonmen Ridall Lysander Union Free School, as the new building appeared circa 1882. William H. 'Willie' Brown is the...
Looking Backward: ‘Who’s Minding The Store?’ by Steve McMahon June 8, 2010 There's a little hamlet in the very northwest corner of the Town of Lysander. For more than 100 years, there's...
Looking Backward: Pheasant Dog Capital of the World — Part II by Steve McMahon March 16, 2010 Last week, we learned that our community's former claim to fame is thanks to the Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area....
Looking Backward – Pheasant Dog Capital of the World Part I by Steve McMahon March 11, 2010 Approach our community from almost any direction and you'll notice signs encouraging you to "Lock into an Experience." An obvious...
Looking Backward – Something’s Up on Downer Street — Part II by Steve McMahon February 22, 2010 Last week, we recalled two seemingly unrelated events, both of which occurred right here in upstate New York circa 1850....
Looking Backward: Something’s Up on Downer Street — Part One by Steve McMahon February 17, 2010 Spiritualism swept across the western world in the second half of the nineteenth century. As a movement, its popularity peaked...
Looking Backward: The provenance of a 50-acre plot of land: part 1 by Steve McMahon November 9, 2009 If old photographs are windows into the past, then old letters are doorways. I was fortunate enough a few years...
Looking Backward – A bridge to the other side by Steve McMahon October 13, 2009 We're blessed by an abundance of water in Baldwinsville. Because we live in a temperate rain forest, our predictable pattern...
Looking Backward -Tales of Whiskey, Warblers and Walks in the Woods by Steve McMahon September 11, 2009 What is it about Whiskey Hollow that has fascinated folks for so many years? Is it the unusual name, the...
Looking Backward – The Biggest Fair in Town by Steve McMahon August 25, 2009 In case you haven't heard, the New York State Fair begins Thursday Aug. 27. The oldest state fair in the...
