Mrs. Mecomber on July 11th, 2008

I can’t believe that I took over 100 photos of our day spent at the Erie Canal Village in Rome, NY! We were there for most of the day, on July 4th, and had an absolute blast.

You can see all the photos I took here at my Flickr site. I’ll showcase only the basic photos [...]

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Mrs. Mecomber on June 24th, 2008

Last week, I took the opportunity to drive to nearby Utica, NY, to visit the Forest Hill Cemetery in the city. Utica is an amazingly historic town, and walking through Forest Hill Cemetery is like stepping back in time. Many of New York State’s most notable citizens are buried here. I won’t list them all! [...]

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Mrs. Mecomber on June 4th, 2008

I just got the book, Oneida Iroquois, Folklore, Myth, and History, by Anthony Wonderley, and it is amazing! I blogged about our journey to Oneida Castle to see the mysterious Skenandoah Boulder. I’ve decided to dig a little deeper about the Oneida Stone, apparently a huge stone that mysteriously moved to central New York State [...]

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