HISTORY MYSTERY: Clay Hamlin Marsh
On October 8, 1992, the Herald American stated, “The Stanley Hamlin Game Management Area (GMA), formerly the Clay Marsh, may soon become the conservation education facility and duck-producing area its namesake worked a lifetime to promote...
HISTORY MYSTERY: Lynnville School
There is much documentation about Dutch Settlement, but very little evidence of its sister settlement of Lynnville. They were established two years apart, about two miles apart. Around 1808, two Lynn families left Lynn, Massachusetts...
HISTORY MYSTERY: Clay 1995 Local Election
As a Memorial for these two Town of Clay officials, Supervisor Patrick DiDomenico and Councilor Clarence “Rye” Rycraft, here are some memories of the November 1995 local Clay election. Before campaigning began, the local Eagle...
HISTORY MYSTERY: Jerome Fire Equipment Company
For the celebration of the Town of Clay’s 175th Anniversary in 2002, Manford “Manny” Jerome relayed the history of the beginning years of the Jerome Fire Equipment Company. Actually as a cottage industry, it...
HISTORY MYSTERY: Wellers of Dutch Settlement
Dutch Settlement was a community founded by the Young brothers who settled in the Caughdenoy area of Clay. Actually they were Germans from the Palatinate area who were kicked out by the French. Deutsch means German, but was...
HISTORY MYSTERY: Tobacco Farming
Fields of tobacco, sometimes as tall as a man and weathered curing sheds were once a common sight in Onondaga County particularly in the towns of Lysander, Van Buren and Clay. See the photo of Albert Hamlin standing in his field of tobacco...
HISTORY MYSTERY: VerPlank Home
The builder of the VerPlank home has a connection back to John J. Young, one of the first three Young brothers who came to Clay. His son, Joseph was born in Dutch Settlement on June I, 1811. He married Eliza E. and they lived in a log cabin...
HISTORY MYSTERY: New Life on the Sotherden Farm
Originally owned by...
HISTORY MYSTERY: Ethel Champion - The Pride of Clay
In the photo, Ethel Champion is holding one of the over 500 hybrids of African violets she has created. My first contact with her was when I joined the church choir and heard her strong alto voice. This made it easy...
HISTORY MYSTERY: Clay and Canals
There is no doubt that the state canal system was a major influence in the development and prosperity of the state, the country and the Syracuse area, including the township of Clay and the other small municipalities of the state.
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