A series of events are planned in connection with state sponsored Canal Splash weekend in Cayuga County. The second annual historic canal site driving and walking tour called, Following the Flow: The Tale of Two Erie Canals is sponsored by Old Brutus Historical Society, Port Byron Lock 52 Historical Society and the Montezuma Historical Society. Mike Riley, canal historian, will weave in interesting local history and canal stories to make the connections between man and river, ecology and geology, early explorers, settlers, industry and the evolution of New York’s canal system through Cayuga County.
For more information about canal history in Cayuga County go to:
http://www.cayugacountycanalhistory.org/
AUGUST 13TH SCHEDULE OF TOURS:
- 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM -- WEEDSPORT: Ongoing tours will be held at the Old Brutus Historical Museum in Weedsport, 8943 North Seneca Street featuring Erie Canal displays and heritage
- 11:00 AM -- WEEDSPORT/JORDAN on Route 31 at the site of the former Lock 51
- 12:30 PM -- PORT BYRON at St. John’s Church parking lot, Route 31, West
- 1:30 PM -- MONTEZUMA walking tour starts at the Heritage Park Byron Lapp Memorial Trailhead near the firehouse off Route 90.
MONTEZUMA COMMUNITY PICNIC & VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: MARIAN ELLINWOOD
The Town of Montezuma will continue the celebration by honoring a community volunteer created to recognize an individual who has unselfishly given to the community. This year’s award will be given to town resident, Marian Ellinwood. Marian has given countless hours and many years service to the community including serving as election officer for thirty-five years, and twenty years on the town planning board. She has helped many people preparing income taxes without expecting payment. For the last several years Marian and her husband, Don have devoted their life to daily visiting and caring for their son, Ricky who has been hospitalized in Rochester and Newark hospitals. In spite of the long days at the hospital, Marian faithfully continues to attend monthly planning board meetings.
- 4:00 PM at the Memorial Park pavilion, Dock Street. Bring a dish to pass, table service and beverage. Meat and rolls will be provided.
- 6:00 PM at the town hall, there will be a 1953 movie version of “A Farmer Takes a Wife,” starring Betty Grable and Dale Robertson. The movie was based on Walter Edmond’s novel "Rome Haul, " and is a tale of love and conflict along the Erie Canal in the mid 19th century.
