Welcome to the 2017 Festival Schedule Festival Kick-Off Party...... Fri., Sept. 8 • 6 PM-9 PM Forrestel Farms Tours 6 PM - 7:30 PM 11380 Main St. (Shelby Ctr) off South Gravel Rd., Medina Tour historic Forrestel Farms and celebrate our local heritage with a barn dance featuring live music by City Fiddle. Bad Ash BBQ Food Truck, craft beverages available on site. Free Admission • Food & Beverage $ • Restrooms • Wear comfortable footwear for tour of grounds.
Ancestors, Legends & Lore...... Sat., Sept. 9 GCC Albion Campus Center 9 AM-2 PM 456 West Ave, Albion Lecture: 11 AM-Noon Heritage Victorian Spiritualism: lecture, display and a re-enacted parlor seance. Free Admission • Restrooms
Festival Genealogy Workshop (#1 of 2)...... Sat., Sept. 9 he Orleans County Heritage Festival is a county-wide GCC Albion Campus Center 9 AM-2 PM Tcelebration of historical and cultural attractions. This year, 456 West Ave, Albion the festival is occurring over an extended period. Participants Members of the Orleans County Genealogical Society will be on hand to help individuals with their genealogical research. can attend a variety of workshops, lectures and programs to Researchers at all levels are welcome. Handouts will be deepen their appreciation of our region’s priceless people, places, available for those researching the WWI service of their ancestor. Mary Todd Lincoln Researchers need not be residents of Orleans County. (Do you see the ghost organizations and assets based on selected themes. The 2017 Free Admission • Restrooms of Abe Lincoln???) Heritage Festival themes include: WWII Victory Garden...... Sat., Sept. 9 • 9 AM-3 PM Guided Tour CCE 4H Fairgrounds Self-guided tour throughout week Erie Canal 12690 Route 31, Albion Celebrating the 200th anniversary of its creation Join Master Gardeners for a tour of a WWII Victory Garden similar to those utilized by US civilians during WWII. They will grow varieties common during that era and hand out copies of authentic Cornell Cooperative Extension 1942 informational Victory Garden leaflets. Plant sale. Military History Free Admission • Restrooms Commemorating Orleans County Veterans throughout history Cobblestone Society & Museum...... Sat., Sept. 9 • 11 AM-5 PM 14389 Ridge Rd., Albion (Childs) Sun., Sept. 10 • 1 PM-5 PM Tours available Wed-Fri • 11 AM-5 PM Cobblestone & Sandstone Join us for a great family experience including guided museum tour, scavenger hunt and “make Appreciating our region’s geological your own Cobblestone building model.” Hands-on fun for all ages! contributions in architecture Admission: Free for members, kids 12 and under with accompanying adult, and Active Military with ID • Restrooms Legends & Lore • Spirits & Supernatural Medina Historical Society...... Sat., Sept. 9 • 11 AM-4 PM Retelling local tales of the glorious and ghostly 406 West Ave., Medina Unique local heritage items, WWI display featuring Company F 2 www.OrleansNYHeritage.com Free Admission • Restrooms 3 Daughters of the American Revolution ...... Sat., Sept. 9 • 1 PM-5 PM The Heartland Passage Tour...... Thurs., Sept. 14 • 5 PM-9 PM 249 N. Main St., Albion Erie Canal Basin, Medina (Rain location: Medina Theatre, 603 Main St.) Guided tours of the Patriots House, exhibit of historic military memorabilia, patriots from the 5:00-8:00 pm: Medina Lions Club food stand-come down early for dinner! American Revolutionary War; DAR video. Free Admission • Restrooms 6:00-6:45 pm: Meet Surly Sal, an Erie Canal cook, performed by Gretchen Murray Sepik 6:45-8:00 pm: Canal music by The Dady Brothers & Kit Fallon, Dave Ruch, and stories with WWI Veterans of Orleans...... Sun., Sept. 10 • 7 PM-8:30 PM guest, Dave Gower, canal engineer. (See performers’ profiles on pp. 10-12) Hoag Library • 134 South Main St., Albion 8:00-8:30: Erie Canal Film, “Boom and Bust: America’s Journey on the Erie Canal,” a new Orleans County Historian Matt Ballard will discuss the service of Orleans County residents documentary tracing the cultural riches of the canal through its industrial rise and decline, and during WWI. Company F Memorial Creative Director Lynne Menz and Sculptor Brian Porter will rebirth as a tourist & recreational gem. provide an update on the progress on the bronze statue. Free Admission • Restrooms Free Admission • Food & Beverages $ • Restrooms
The Orleans County Genealogical Society meets "2nd Sundays at 7" at the Hoag Library in Albi- on. “Family Tree Fridays” are held on the 1st and 3rd Fridays from 1-3 PM, also at the Hoag. All FREE! For more information, visit www.OrleansCountyGenealogicalSociety.org or follow us on Facebook.
9-11 Heroes Memorial Service...... Mon., Sept. 11 • 10 AM Elks Lodge, 428 West State St., Albion Join local dignitaries and veterans for a memorial service to honor the Heroes of 9-11.
Heroes Candlelight Vigil...... Mon., Sept. 11 • 6 PM Courthouse Square, S. Main St., Albion Join local fire departments, rescue squads and law enforcement at the 9-11 Memorial Stone for a candlelight vigil in memory of both local and 9-11 heroes. About The Heartland Passage Tour: The Heartland Passage tour is a unique new Hart House Hotel Spirits...... Tues., Sept. 12 • 7 PM-9 PM performance event that will travel on the Erie Canal September 2 – 23* to celebrate 113 West Center St., Medina its bicentennial and demonstrate its cultural and historic impact through songs, Guided Ghost Tours of Hart House Hotel and the former Newell Shirt Factory, led by Chris stories and the documentary film “Boom and Bust. “ The tour is funded by the Busch. Free Admission National Endowment for the Arts and a Regional Economic Development Grant through the New York State Council on the Arts. The Tour is sponsored by City Maplewood Cemetery ...... Wed., Sept. 13 • 7 PM-8 PM Lore (www.citylore.org), the Erie Canal Museum (www.eriecanalmuseum.org) and Route 237, South of Clarendon Livingston Arts (www.livingstonarts.org). For more information and tickets see Guided walking tour led by GCC history professor Derek Maxfield. One of the oldest cemeteries www.citylore.org/heartland-passage-tour. in Orleans County, Maplewood Cemetery is the resting place of some of the area’s earliest pioneers. Two Revolutionary War soldiers are buried here as well as Thomas McManners, About the Sponsors: Founded in 1986, City Lore’s mission is to foster New York City an escaped slave who fought for the Continental Army and was said to be a servant to Gen’l – and America’s – living cultural heritage through education and public programs. George Washington during the Revolution. Free Admission The Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse provides engaging educational experiences that champion an appreciation and understanding of the Erie Canal. The mission Hurd Orchards Canal Boat Kitchen Luncheon & Siphon Tour ...... Thurs., Sept. 14 of Livingston Arts is to enrich the quality of life in Livingston County and Western 17260 Ridge Rd., Holley Luncheon: 12:30-2 PM New York by encouraging and promoting the arts and cultural activities. Siphon Tour: 4 PM – 5 PM Experience an Erie Canal Boat luncheon, the Canalboat Kitchen featuring early 19th century See full schedule at: fare for lunch, sharing artifacts and story telling that brings the canal to life. They will also share www.citylore.org/heartland-passage-tour the vital role that the canal plays in modern agriculture. Weather permitting, they will lead a tour to their siphon on the Erie Canal to show how the waterways supply agricultural needs. Luncheon: $31.75 + tax • Call for Reservations at 585-638-8838 Siphon Tour: 4 PM – 5 PM • Free Admission 4 www.OrleansNYHeritage.com 5 WWI Era Music Concert...... Fri., Sept 15 • 1 PM-2:30 PM Medina Historical Society...... Sat., Sept. 16 • 11 AM-4 PM Stroyan Auditorium, Lyndonville High School • 25 Housel Ave, Lyndonville 406 West Ave., Medina The Elementary Summer Honors Band (Albion, Medina & Lyndonville) and choral groups will Unique local heritage items, WWI display featuring Company F. Free Admission • Restrooms present a concert with music from the World War I era. Exhibits will be available for review featuring clothing from the era and presentations will be shown between musical selections. Daughters of the American Revolution...... Sat., Sept. 16 • 10 AM-4 PM Free Admission • Restrooms 249 N. Main St., Albion Guided tours of Patriots House, exhibit of historic military memorabilia, patriots from the Mount Albion Walking Tour...... Fri., Sept. 15 • 6 PM & 7 PM American Revolutionary War; Video on the DAR. Free Admission • Restrooms 14925 Telegraph Rd. (Route 31), Albion Join Orleans County Historian Matt Ballard at the historic Mt. Albion Cemetery for two 50 minute Sandstone Society Hall of Fame...... Sat., Sept. 16 • 10 AM-4 PM walking tours. Each tour will feature different individuals, so folks from the first tour might City Hall, 600 Main St., Medina choose to stay on for the second. Tours begin from the cemetery chapel. Free admission. Guided tours of the Medina Sandstone Hall of Fame and visit inductees in Orleans County (self guided). View an exhibit of original masonry tools used to build several sandstone structures in Epochs in Orleans...... Sat., Sept. 16 • 9 AM-4PM our region at 529 Main Street. Free Admission GCC Medina Campus Center Dave Ruch Concert: Sat., Sept. 16 • 1 PM 11470 Maple Ridge Rd., Medina Cobblestone Society & Museum...... Sat., Sept. 16 • 11 AM-5 PM Come enjoy informative lectures, view special exhibits, and meet historical personas like 14389 Ridge Rd., Albion (Childs)...... Sun., Sept. 17 • 1 PM-5 PM Abraham Lincoln or Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Enjoy a concert featuring teaching artist Dave Tours also available Wed-Fri •11 AM-5 PM Ruch who will perform “The War of 1812: Songs and Stories from NY and Beyond” at 1 PM. Join us for a great family experience including guided museum tour, scavenger hunt and Food & Beverages $ • Free Admission • Restrooms “make your own Cobblestone building model.” Hands-on fun for all ages! Admission: Free for members, kids 12 and under with accompanying adult, and Active Military with ID • Restrooms Genealogy Workshop (#2 of 2)...... Sat., Sept. 16 • 9 AM-4 PM GCC Medina Campus Center • 11470 Maple Ridge Rd., Medina Carl Akeley Fox “Welcome Home” Reception...... Sat., Sept. 16 • 5 PM Members of the Orleans County Genealogical Society will be on hand to help individuals with The Clarendon Historical Society will host a reception featuring the newly restored Carl Akeley their genealogical research. See full description on Page 3. fox at the 1834 Cobblestone Church at the Cobblestone Museum Complex. Akeley established himself as one of the most influential taxidermists in the history of the United States.
Uniform model, Ray Ball, Jr. kindly lent his vast collection of period uniforms for this image. Photographed by Maureen Spindler, Genesee Community College.
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Miles Prepared by Orleans County 0 1 2 DATE 4 FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED THU FRI SAT SUN 2017 HERITAGEDepartment of P laFESTIVALnning and Developmen tATTRACTION LOCATION 8-Sep 9-Sep 10-Sep 11-Sep 12-Sep 13-Sep 14-Sep 15-Sep 16-Sep 17-Sep 1 Heritage Festival Kick-Off @ Forrestal Farms Medina 6 PM 2 Ancestors, Legends &Lore GCC Albion 9 AM 2 Victorian Spiritualism Lecture GCC Albion 11 AM 2 Genealogical Workshop GCC Albion 9 AM 3 WWII Victory Garden @ Fairgrounds Albion 9 AM 4 Cobblestone Museum Childs 11 AM 1 PM 11 AM 1 PM 4 Carl Akeley Fox “Welcome Home” Reception Childs 5 PM 5 Medina Historical Society Medina 11 AM 11 AM 6 Daughters of the American Revolution Albion 1 PM 10 AM 7 WWI Veterans of Orleans Lecture & Co. F Statue Albion 7 PM 8 Memorial Service for 9-11 Heroes Albion 10 AM 8 9-11 Candlelight Vigil for All Heroes Albion 6 PM 9 Hart House Hotel Spirits Medina 7 PM 10 Maplewood Cemetery Clarendon 7 PM 11 Hurd Orchards Canal Boat Kitchen Luncheon Holley 12:30 11 Hurd Orchards Siphon Tour Holley 4 PM 12 Heartland Passage Tour Medina 5 PM 12 Gretchen Sepik as Surly Sal Medina 6 PM 12 The Dady Brothers & Kit Fallon Medina 6:45 12 Dave Ruch & Dave Gower Medina 6:45 12 "Boom & Bust" movie Medina 8 PM 13 WWI Era Music Concert Lyndonville 1 PM 14 Mount Albion Cemetery Tour Albion 6 PM 15 Epochs in Orleans GCC Medina 9 AM 15 Genealogical Workshop GCC Medina 9 AM 15 Dave Ruch GCC Medina 1 PM
9 16 Sandstone Society Hall of Fame Medina 10 AM Dave Ruch Profiles www.daveruch.com Dave Ruch is a Public Scholar for the New York Council for the Hu- manities and a full-time musician, researcher, and performer who travels regionally and internationally from his home base in Buffalo NY. He gives hundreds of concerts and workshops each year for schools, music festivals, historical societies, museums, com- munity events and more, and writes for the Huffington Post and his own blog. Dave specializes in historical and traditional music from New York State – Erie Canal songs, Adirondack ballads, Native American chants, Great Lakes ditties and other forgotten music from New City Fiddle York’s farms, battlefields, lumber camps and kitchens. Dave recently performed on Sunday Morning CBS in a segment featuring the history of the Erie Canal. Dave Ruch will perform with the Heartland Passage Tour, Thursday, Sept. 14th City Fiddle, based in Buffalo, is known for performing old-time, Celtic, bluegrass performing Erie Canal songs as well as appear at Epochs in Orleans on Saturday, and original tunes. Led by Phil Banaszak, the band also includes his wife Gretchen Sept. 16th at 1:00 PM performing “The War of 1812: Songs and Stories from NY and and guitarist Chris Panfil. Phil is a 2005 inductee into the North American Fiddlers Beyond.” In this lecture/concert, Ruch presents a fascinating portrait of the War of Hall of Fame, former New York State Fiddle Champion and three-time Erie County 1812 through the songs and stories of the people themselves. He has dug deeply Fiddle Champion. He also plays and teaches mandolin and guitar as well as violin into archival recordings, diaries, old newspapers and other historical manuscripts and fiddle at the Community Music School of Buffalo, where he serves as chair of to unearth a wealth of rarely-heard music which, together with stories and humor, the instrumental department. City Fiddle will be performing Friday, September 8th offers a rounded and fascinating picture of this “second war of independence.” at the festival kick-off party at Forrestel Farms. Kit Fallon Gretchen Murray Musician, Performer, Teacher Sepik as Surly Sal [email protected] www.gretchensepik.com Kit has been a performing fiddler for A fictitious character based, over 40 years, and also has taught fiddle in part, on Old Black Nell who classes through adult education programs was a cook on the canal in the at regional colleges and independently year 1840. She speaks in an Irish at numerous venues in Rochester and brogue and weaves Irish Folk the Finger Lakes region. She is currently Tales into facts about the Erie Ca- a member of The Unholy Alliance nal. You will laugh as you learn (Finger Lakes fiddle/banjo duo featuring about one of the engineering Appalachian and Adirondack tunes), Clan wonders of the world. This script Photo courtesy of the Orleans Hub Tankerous (Celtic fusion), and Miller’s Wheel has been adapted into a chil- (Finger Lakes – original, novelty). These groups perform regularly at local wineries, th dren’s book entitled, “Erie Canal Sal”. Surly Sal appears Thursday, September 14 at festivals, restaurants, bars, outdoor events, parties, and weddings. Kit performs at the Heartland Passage Tour in Medina. the Heartland Passage Tour with the Dady Brothers, Thursday, September 14th in 10 www.OrleansNYHeritage.com Medina. 11 The Dady Brothers www.dadybros.com Acknowledgements The Dady Brothers 2017 Heritage Festival are a musical duo who Commemorative have been performing Button and winning the hearts of crowds professionally for over This year’s commemorative button 40 years. Growing up featuring representation of the four in Rochester, NY, they themes was designed by Genesee had the chance to Community College Adjunct Art listen and learn from Irish master musicians at weekly music sessions which have Instructor, Karen Flack. been running from the 1970’s to the present day. John and Joe are singers, multi- instrumentalist and composers. They command many folk instruments including guitar, pennywhistle, fiddle, banjo, octave mandolin, harmonica, uilleann pipes, bodhran and ukulele. Their wide repertoire ranges from Irish folk ballads to bluegrass, acoustic blues and original contemporary folk music. The Dady’s 2000 CD, Songs of the Erie Canal, is a tribute to the contributions of the Irish to the construction of the historic waterway, and includes a concertina performance by Marty O’Keefe (1912-2015), a County Clare native and WNY icon in the Irish Festival Sponsors music scene. They have taken their talents to many venues from Alaska to Ireland, The Heritage Festival Event Coordinators are extremely grateful to all the Caribbean to Nova Scotia performing well over 5,000 shows. The Dadys the contributors and sponsors of the 2017 festival: have also hosted 22 guided tours of Ireland and garnered numerous awards and proclamations celebrating their contributions to community growth and culture. • WWI Concert courtesy of Lyndonville Area Foundation; Orleans County Heritage Festival • City Fiddle courtesy of Orleans County Tourism and the Genesee Community College History Club; • Dave Ruch’s Timeline Festival concert made possible by the GCC Event Coordinators History Club; James Simon, Associate Dean of GCC, Medina & Albion • Clarendon Historical Society Derek Maxfield, Associate Professor of History, GCC • Baxter Healthcare Tracy Ford, Associate Professor of English, GCC • Heartland Passage Tour courtesy of National Endowment for the Lynne Menz, Orleans County Tourism & Medina Sandstone Society Arts, NYS Council on the Arts, City Lore, The Erie Canal Museum Erin Anheier, Cobblestone Society Museum & Hillside Cemetery (Syracuse), Livingston Arts and Village of Medina. Cindy Robinson, Medina Historical Society & Orleans Renaissance Group Al Capurso, Town of Gaines Historian 12 www.OrleansNYHeritage.com 13 Orleans County Museums National Register of Historic Places
Clarendon Historical Society Museum & Farwell’s Settlement Cobblestone Historic District ...... www.cobblestonemuseum.org 16426 Fourth Section Rd. (Rte. 31A), Clarendon...... 585-638-6371x104 14389 Ridge Rd W, Albion...... 585-589-9013 Two buildings with artifacts of local interest: a barn featuring agricultural items The Cobblestone Museum in Childs, NY showcases the unique masonry and an historic one-room schoolhouse with a wide variety of items on display. construction method using stones rounded and polished into cobble by glacial action. The Cobblestone Museum is the only honoree in Orleans County to be Cobblestone Society Museum...... www.cobblestonemuseum.org given National Landmark Status by the National Park Service. 14389 Ridge Road, Albion...... 585-589-9013 The only museum dedicated to cobblestone masonry in the world, the Courthouse Square Historic District Cobblestone Society Museum showcases a unique and beautiful construction Rte 98 and Park Ave, Albion...... 585-589-4174 method using glacial and water-washed stones. This National Historic Landmark In the heart of Albion, the county seat, stands the 1858 Greek Revival Style dome includes seven 19th century buildings housing artifacts from the Victorian Era County Courthouse and the 1882 County Clerk’s Building, surrounded by 34 including the oldest cobblestone church in North America and the cobblestone architecturally significant structures. Seven churches face the square, one of which parsonage once owned by Horace Greeley. was built in 1894 by George M. Pullman. Group tours by appointment. Holley Depot Museum & Murray-Holley Historical Society Hillside Cemetery...... www.cemeteryathillside.com Geddes St. Ext, Holley...... 585-638-8188 Rt 237 & South Holley Rd, Holley...... 585-638-6371x104 The 1907 train depot has been restored and houses local historical displays, Established in 1866, this beautiful cemetery demonstrates the romantic style of artifacts and genealogies. This former New York Central Depot exhibits local the Rural Cemetery Movement in its eastern section, while the western section artifacts of the Erie Canal and railway eras, and houses interpretive center for shows the more recent Lawn Style. The highlight is a stunning Gothic Revival genealogical research. chapel built of Medina Sandstone in 1894. Pick up self-guided walking tour at the garage. Medina Historical Society Museum ...... historicmedina.org 406 West Ave, Medina...... 585-798-4287 Medina Armory & Company F Monument...... www.medinaarmory.com Organized in 1971, the Medina Historical Society maintains annals and relics of 306 Pearl St., Medina Western New York, especially the Village of Medina and the Townships of Shelby Decommissioned in 1977, the Medina Armory is the current home of the local and Ridgeway, educating the people in the history of their community. YMCA. On the grounds is the Company F monument which was erected in 2008 and features the names of over 550 local soldiers who trained at the armory from Medina Railroad Museum...... www.medinarailroad.com 1898 to 1947 as well as a plaque dedicated to veterans of Company C (1947-1977). 530 West Ave, Medina...... 585-798-6106 The addition of a bronze statue of a life-sized pre-WWII soldier is slated for 2018. Located in a 300 foot long wooden freight house built in 1905, exhibiting railroad and fire fighting history. Includes the largest HO scale model railroad layout in the Mount Albion Cemetery eastern U.S. Enjoy a leisurely 34 mi. round trip, 2 hr. ride through the Erie Canal Rte 31E, Albion...... 585-589-4174 Heritage Corridor aboard comfortable vintage 1947 Budd passenger coaches Sitting on over 75 acres of land, this 1840’s rural cemetery’s charm is enhanced between Medina & Lockport. by handsome trees, terraced hillsides and rolling terrain. Its notable highlights include the Soldiers and Sailors Monument — a local Civil War memorial that you Oak Orchard Lighthouse Museum...... oakorchardlighthouse.com can climb to the top of, a chapel and entrance arch. 14357 Ontario St., Kent (Point Breeze)...... 585-752-0647 The original Oak Orchard Lighthouse, built in 1871 on a wooden pier 1,600’ from Pullman Universalist Church the mouth of the Oak Orchard River was swept away in a violent storm in 1916. East Park St., Albion A grassroots effort enabled construction of a replica of the Lighthouse on firmer George Pullman (1831-1897), noted industrialist, was once a resident of Albion ground and since 2010, has been a beacon welcoming guests from around the and later became the manufacturer of Pullman Railroad Cars. One of his local world traveling by land or water. legacies is the Pullman Memorial Universalist Church in the Historic Courthouse Square District, which he built in 1894 to honor his parents’ memory. 14 www.OrleansNYHeritage.com 15