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more efficient for you to use. It will also guide you to resources you
may have overlooked even if you have used the site for many years. Subject
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July 2007 Tri-Counties Month
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"Chinese" Proverb - The person who says it cannot be done should not
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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
This Month's Library Additions
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01 Aug 2007 TO 31 Aug - Month
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Future Local Events of Interest
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| 20 FEB 2008 |
Hoodie Hoo Day - See March 2007 Mountain Home Article |
Jones appointed Town of Southport Historian
Elmira, New York - J. Kelsey Jones was appointed to the position of
Historian by the Town of Southport Board at a meeting held on July 10,
2007. He has been involved in the community in the preservation of historical
and genealogical records for many years. He was a founding board member
of the Southport Historical Society and is currently President of the Board
of Trustees of the Bradford County Historical Society in Towanda, Pennsylvania.
Jones stated, “When I could first drive at age sixteen I would make
trips to historical societies, courthouses, and cemeteries. No one really
took a sixteen-year old very serious about their interest in their pursuit
of their ancestry.”
Well acquainted with former historians Nelda COOK Holton and Virginia
WHEELER McElroy he hopes to continue their legacy of gathering further
records of Southport and assist members of the community with questions
relating to the history of the Town of Southport.
Jones, a native of Bradford County, Pennsylvania whose maternal ancestors
were early settlers in Wells and Columbia Townships and his paternal ancestors
on Barclay Mountain, is a graduate of Troy High School and Elmira College
with further studies at the Philadelphia Institute, the University of Oklahoma,
and the New York State Bankers Institute. Since 2000, he has been the Executive
Director of a public private partnership involved in economic and community
development in Watkins Glen, New York, which recently announced the construction
of a $14 million dollar resort and conference hotel on the Seneca Lake
waterfront. Jones is credited with creating Leadership Tioga in Owego,
New York in 1998 and Leadership Schuyler in Watkins Glen, New York in 2001,
having graduated nearly 100 participants from the latter program.
Jones is also CEO of the Schuyler County Industrial Development Agency
and serves on several Boards including chairing the Schuyler County Empire
Zone Board; the Regional Economic Development and Energy Corporation Board,
Corning, New York; Chemung Schuyler Steuben Workforce Development Board,
Corning, New York; Southern Tier Central Regional Development and Planning
Board, Corning, New York; and Schuyler County Chamber of Commerce, Watkins
Glen, New York. Jones is involved with the New York State Economic Development
Council, New York State Business Council, Leadership Schuyler Advisory
Committee, and several other state and regional development organizations.
Jones has been a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants,
The Huguenot Society of America, and the National Society Sons of the American
Revolution. He is a life member of the Bradford County Historical Society,
Tioga County (PA) Historical Society, Sussex County (NJ) Historical Society,
and the Tioga Point Museum in Athens. Besides his love for genealogy and
early American history, Jones has long been an avid Australian Shepherd
dog exhibitor, showing at worldwide events, having produced Best In Show
champions in a long career, and recently judging. He is a member of the
United States Australian Shepherd Association, having served on their Legislative
Committee, and the Australian Shepherd Club of America. Jones resides in
the Seeley Creek Valley.
Don’t Forget!
Get On The Bus!
Local History Bus Tour
Join the Chemung Valley History Museum this summer to explore Chemung
County’s rich history in the comfort of a coach bus! Price includes a two-hour
tour and lunch at CVHM upon return. $15 for members and $20 for non-members.
For reservations or more information call 607-734-4167. Don’t forget to
make reservations for the July 27th bus tour by Friday, July 20th!
Friday July 27th @ 10:00am: Explore Elmira’s houses of worship
with County Historian, Archie Kieffer.
Coming Up…
Friday August 24 @ 10:00am: See Elmira through Mark Twain’s
eyes with Barb Snedecor, Director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies.
Call for reservations by August 17th.
*All tours begin and end at the Chemung Valley History Museum located
at 415 E. Water St., Elmira, NY 14901.
Rebecca Smith
Education Coordinator
Chemung Valley History Museum
415 E. Water St.
Elmira, NY 14901
phone: (607) 734-4167, ext. 205
fax: (607) 734-1565
educator@chemungvalleymuseum.org
Spanish Hill Podcasts Available
Just go to Itunes and search for "SpanishHill.com" and you will have
many podcasts to view either online or on your podcast at your convenience!
SpanishHill.com Podcast Directory
Spanish Hill and the Blue Amulet
The "Mound Builders" WERE Here
The "Spanish Hill Story" 2006
The "Mound Builders" and Our Region
The Englebert Site
Andastes and Iroquois in the Chemung Valley Early History - by Ellsworth
Cowles, Part 4
Mound Builders in the Chemung Valley Early History - by Ellsworth Cowles,
Part 3
Chemung Valley Early History - by Ellsworth Cowles, Part 2
Chemung Valley Early History - by Ellsworth Cowles, Part 1
Ellsworth Cowles Speaks about Spanish Hill in 1970 - Part 2 - Audio
only
Ellsworth Cowles Speaks about Spanish Hill in 1970 - Part 1 Audio only
The Giant Skeletons...
The Susquehannocks
The Champlain Map - and Our Map
The Champlain Map
Brule's Trip to Carantouan
Carantouan and Samuel Champlain
Carantouan "Car ON tou ON"
Artifacts Found At Spanish Hill Part 2
Artifacts Found At Spanish Hill Part 1
Prehistoric Village Site Found At Spanish Hill Part 1
Deb Twigg
Executive Director
Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC)
P.O. Box 12
Sayre, PA 18840
www.SRACenter.org
H - (607)565-2536
C - (607)727-3111
The Bradford County Chapter (Andastes)
of the Society of Pennsylvania Archaeology will meet Monday, August 20,
at 7 p.m. at the Bradford County Library near Burlington, on Route 6. This
group is working closely with the Susquehanna River Archaeology Center
(SRAC), that is purchasing a building in Waverly for a museum, research
center and visitor's center. Public input will be requested from the attendees.
There will also be a collection of Native American artifacts on display
at the meeting that has been donated to the SRAC by the following families:
Les Rolphe, Bernard Safford, and Sam and Barb Sloat.
Following a discussion on the new museum, a very interesting and thought-provoking
video will be shown, "The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People," by film
producer Ted Timreck. Mr. Timreck will also be attending the SRAC "DrumBeats
Through Time" event on Ocober 13th where he will allow us to see a prescreeining
of his latest film production that is realtive to the Susquehanna River.
The public is invited free to all archaeology meetings. For information,
call Ted Keir at (570) 888-2718.
Deb Twigg
Executive Director
Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC)
P.O. Box 12
Sayre, PA 18840
www.SRACenter.org
H - (607)565-2536
C - (607)727-3111
Mark Your Calendars!
SRAC's 4th Annual "Drumbeats Through Time" event Oct. 13th, 2007:
It's a Revolutionary War Weekend!
On August 25 & 26, the quiet wooded hills of Chemung Valley
will come alive with the sounds
of battle, at the 228th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle
of Newtown!
SRAC will be there with many artifacts and a bookstore with many new
books relevant to this part of our local history.
~~And whether you support the outcome, this IS a very important part
of our history you should know and share with the kids....
click here to learn more: http://www.chemungvalley.org/
Also - There will be a Native American Village at Newtown Battlefield
State Park -
Click here to learn more!: http://www.chemungvalley.org/native_american_village.asp
There are things for children and adults alike.
Hope to see you there!
Deb Twigg
Executive Director
Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC)
P.O. Box 12
Sayre, PA 18840
www.SRACenter.org
H - (607)565-2536
C - (607)727-3111
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