The Day our Village was born. Thanks to Barb Erway for sharing this clipping from the Nov. 23, 1957 Democrat & Chronicle…
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The Day our Village was Born
... located in upstate New York in Wayne County
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- Slavery
- Sodus Point Memories
- Artificial Intelligence and the History of Sodus Point
- 1940s Video of Sodus Point
- Coal Trestle Fire Videos
- Dannys Superette
- The Day our Village was Born
- Dredging (2018)
- Families
- Fishing
- Happy Days
- Migrant Workers
- Mrs. DoVille’s Ice Cream Cones
- Myths and Folklore
- Prohibition
- Santiago de Sodus Point
- Sodus Bay Social Club
- Sodus Point Lakers
- Sodus Point 1965
- Swimming the Channel
- Summer Storms – 2013
- People
- Swales Family
- Colonel Peregrine Fitzhugh
- Peregrine Fitzhugh Letters
- Jefferson Letters
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 1)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 2)
- Jefferson to Fitzhugh (Letter 3)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 4)
- Jefferson to Fitzhugh (Letter 5)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 6)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 7)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 8)
- Jefferson to Fitzhugh (Letter 9)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 10)
- Peregrine Fitzhugh Letters (Introduction)
- Washington Letters
- Jefferson Letters
- Colonel Peregrine Fitzhugh (His Story)
- Peregrine Fitzhugh Letters
- Celebrities
- Asher Warner
- Arch Merrill
- Captain William Wickham
- E. H. Harriman
- Elizabeth F. Lummis Ellet
- Henry DoVille, Sr.
- Captain Charles T. DoVille
- Hobos in Sodus Point
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Austin Steward
- Maps
- Other
- Camping Near Charles Point Circa 1914
- Coal Trestle to Close
- Coal Ship Coming Into the Bay
- Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes
- French Fort on Sodus Bay?
- History of Eagle Island
- Horse Powered Boat
- Islands in Sodus Bay
- Kallusch Boat Builders
- Lotus Flowers in Sodus Bay
- Native Americans in Sodus Bay
- The Story of the Sailing Ship Lotus
- Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
- Sodus Bay Heights & the King of France
- Plaques
- Plaques…
- 1812 Peace Garden Plaque
- Asher Warner Plaque
- Black Community Plaque / Marker
- Captain Wickham Plaque
- Coal Trestle Plaque
- Lighthouse Keeper’s House Plaque
- Lighthouse National Register of Historic Places Plaque
- Macyville Trail Plaque
- Old Sodus Lighthouse Plaque
- Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Plaques
- Trolley
- Underground RR
- World War 1 Memorial
- WW II POW Camp Plaque
- Interpretive Panels…
- Plaques…
- Buildings
- Quirky Stories
- The Ghost Sailor of Charles Point
- George Helfer
- Ling Eaters and Other Strange Fish Presentation
- Billy Boomerang
- Christian Holler
- First Meeting in our Town
- The Horse That Drank Beer
- Humour during the Battle of Sodus Point
- Ling Eaters
- The Murder of Jim Hall
- No Name Cheese
- Old Tom
- The Piano in the Back of the Truck
- Swordfish Caught in Sodus Bay
- Turkish Goats of Garfield (Eagle) Island
- Whiskey Jim
- Religion & Social Movements
- War & Battles
- Diaries of a World War 2 Sodus Point POW
- POWS – The human side
- WW II Sodus Point P.O.W Camp
- Battle of Sodus Point (The Music Video)
- Battle of Sodus Point – War of 1812 (The Men)
- Lead up to the Battle of Sodus Point
- Battle of Sodus Point – War of 1812
- The Other British “Invasions” of Sodus Bay
- British Invasion of Sodus Point Reenactment (1994)
- Civil War
- Town of Sodus Deceased Veterans Lists
- The Willow Tree, the Cannon Ball and the Battle of Sodus Point
- Walking Tours
- Murals
- Artifacts
- What’s New
- Links
- Blessing of the Murals
- Upcoming Historic Events
- Recreation
- Sodus Bay Junior Sailing Association
- Sodus Point Automobile Club – 1919
- A Day on the Bay – early 1900s
- Ice Skating on the New Ice Skate Rink (2019)
- The Man Who Waterskied Across the Lake
- Smelting – 1950s and 1960s
- Sailboat Racing – 1958
- 1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus Point
- Bayshore Amusement Park
- Boat Marinas
- Doodle-Bug
- Winter Racing on Sodus Bay
- Kitesurfing
- Sands Points Amusement Park
- Taxi Dancing
- Tobagganing
- The Beauty of Sodus Point
- Old Photos
- The Day an Airplane Crashed Into Sodus Bay
- Businesses
- DoVille’s Ice Cream Stand – late 1940s
- E A Button General Store – 1907
- Gulf Stations – 1950s
- Helfer’s Boat Livery – 1930s
- McSnack – 1989
- Nature’s Children 1987
- Rexall Drug Store – 1965
- Red and White Grocery- 1930s
- Sodus Point Bait Shop – late 1970s
- Steuerwalds Silver Dollar – 1960
- The White Bakery (1940s)
- Camp Beechwood
- Coal Trestle
- Fire Dept
- Flooding
- Second Pier – 1906
- Trolley in the Snow
- The Story of the Pier Lights
- The 2024 Solar Eclipse
- October 7, 2026
Recent Posts
- Greig Street 1913
- Northern Lights
- Geraldo Rivera’s Sailboat
- Davina McNaney’s Run (2015 and 2018)
- First Steamboat in Sodus Bay
- Hobos in Sodus Point
- Is this the Sodus Point Slave Tunnel?
- Trolley
- Travel Back in Time to Sodus Point in the Early 1900s
- What’s New?
- Locations of Historic Plaques and Murals In Sodus Point
- Ice Harvesting on Sodus Bay
- Austin Steward
- Shipwrecks Off Sodus Point
- Steamship Era
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum
- Railroad Coal Trestle
- Underground Railroad in Sodus Point
- Battle of Sodus Point Mural
- Historical Markers
- Norse Spear Head
Pages
- 1940s Video of Sodus Point
- Agriculture
- Artifacts
- Battle of Sodus Point – War of 1812 (the battle)
- Blessing of the Murals
- Buildings
- Camping Near Charles Point Circa 1914
- Commerce
- Area Mills
- Boat Mail Delivery on Sodus Bay
- Early Salt Trade
- Early Transportation
- Fishing in Sodus Point
- Ice Harvesting
- Iron Ore Dock
- Maritime Occupations and Sailors
- Pennsy RR Elmira Branch
- Railroad and Coal Trestle
- Schooners and Steamboats
- Sodus Canal
- Sodus Point Sailors 1854 – 1914
- The Building of Sodus Point
- Trolley
- Vessels Built in our Area
- Contact Us
- Courageous Women of Maxwell Settlement
- Diaries of Walter Meyer – Sodus Point POW Part 3
- Diaries of Walter Meyer – Sodus Point POW Part 4
- Dredging (2018)
- Drone Fireworks July 3 2016
- Drone Footage
- Early Morning Lighthouse Drone Video
- Fireworks on the Beach – 2017
- Fog Horn and Pier Light
- Free Trader Enrollment – 1854
- Free Trader Entry of merchandise Sept 1856
- Free Trader Manifest – May 3 1856
- Free Trader Manifest Oct 1856
- Golf Course
- Guided tour of Sodus Point in the early 1900s
- Historic Sodus Point Mural
- Home
- Lake Ontario
- Lighthouse Concert
- Links
- Locations of Historic Plaques and Murals
- Macyville Trail Plaque
- Maps
- Maxwell Creek Cobblestone House (1952)
- Moonrises
- Murals
- Narrated Sodus Point Walking Tour of 19th Century Architecture
- Narrated Sodus Point Walking Tour of Historic Plaques and Murals
- Northern Lights
- Oct. 26
- Old Photos
- Businesses
- Camp Beechwood
- Coal Ship Loading at the Trestle
- Coal Trestle
- Coal Trestle and Road
- Fire Dept
- Flooding
- Recreation
- Rexall Drug Store – 1965
- Second Pier – 1906
- Smelting – 1950s and 1960s
- The Day an Airplane Crashed Into Sodus Bay
- The Story of the Pier Lights
- The White Bakery (1940s)
- Trolley in the Snow
- Old Post Cards
- Other
- Coal Ship Coming Into the Bay
- Coal Trestle to Close
- Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes
- French Fort on Sodus Bay?
- History of Eagle Island
- Horse Powered Boat
- Islands in Sodus Bay
- Kallusch Boat Builders
- Lotus Flowers in Sodus Bay
- Native Americans in Sodus Bay
- Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
- Sodus Bay Heights & the King of France
- The Railroad That Never Was
- The Story of the Sailing Ship Lotus
- People
- Arch Merrill
- Asher Warner
- Austin Steward
- Captain Charles T. DoVille
- Captain William Wickham
- Celebrities
- Colonel Peregrine Fitzhugh
- Colonel Peregrine Fitzhugh (His Story)
- Peregrine Fitzhugh Letters
- Jefferson Letters
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 1)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 10)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 2)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 4)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 6)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 7)
- Fitzhugh to Jefferson (Letter 8)
- Jefferson to Fitzhugh (Letter 3)
- Jefferson to Fitzhugh (Letter 5)
- Jefferson to Fitzhugh (Letter 9)
- Peregrine Fitzhugh Letters (Introduction)
- Washington Letters
- Jefferson Letters
- E. H. Harriman
- Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet
- Henry DoVille, Sr.
- Hobos in Sodus Point
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Swales Family
- Pier Light time lapse at night
- Plaques
- Interpretive Panels…
- Plaques…
- 1812 Peace Garden Plaque
- Asher Warner Plaque
- Black Community Plaque / Marker
- Captain Wickham Plaque
- Coal Trestle Plaque
- Lighthouse Keeper’s House Plaque
- Lighthouse National Register of Historic Places Plaque
- Old Sodus Lighthouse Plaque
- Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Plaques
- Trolley
- Underground RR
- World War 1 Memorial
- WW II POW Camp Plaque
- Quirky Stories
- Billy Boomerang
- First Meeting in our Town
- George Helfer
- Humour during the Battle of Sodus Point
- Ling Eaters
- Ling Eaters and Other Strange Fish Presentation
- No Name Cheese
- Old Tom
- Swordfish Caught in Sodus Bay
- The Ghost Sailor of Charles Point
- The Horse That Drank Beer
- The Murder of Jim Hall
- The Piano in the Back of the Truck
- Turkish Goats of Garfield (Eagle) Island
- Whiskey Jim
- Rainbows
- Recreation
- 1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus Point
- Bayshore Amusement Park
- Boat Marinas
- Doodle-Bug
- Ice Skating on the New Ice Skate Rink (2019)
- Kitesurfing
- Sailboat Racing – 1958
- Sands Points Amusement Park
- Sodus Point Automobile Club – 1919
- Taxi Dancing
- The Man Who Waterskied Across the Lake
- Tobagganing
- Winter Racing on Sodus Bay
- Religion and Social Movements
- Self Guided Tour Brochure of Historic Sodus Point
- Sky Lanterns Launch – July 4 2015
- Slaves in Sodus Point
- Sodus Point – Somewhere in Time
- Sodus Point in January 2019
- Sodus Point Memories
- Artificial Intelligence and the History of Sodus Point
- Coal Trestle Fire – 11/5/1971
- Coal Trestle Fire 2 – 11/05/1971
- Coal Trestle Fire Videos
- Dannys Superette
- Families
- Fishing
- Happy Days
- Migrant Workers
- Mrs. DoVille’s Ice Cream Cones
- Myths and Folklore
- Prohibition
- Santiago de Sodus Point
- Sodus Bay Social Club
- Sodus Bay, The Beautiful
- Sodus Point 1965
- Sodus Point Lakers
- Summer Storms – 2013
- Swimming the Channel
- The Day our Village was Born
- Sunrises
- The 2024 Solar Eclipse
- Timeline
- Trolley Map – Early 1900s
- Underground Railroad
- Underground Railroad in Sodus Point
- Upcoming Historic Events
- War & Battles
- Battle of Sodus Point – War of 1812
- Battle of Sodus Point – War of 1812 (The Men)
- Battle of Sodus Point (The Music Video)
- British Invasion of Sodus Point Reenactment (1994)
- Civil War
- Diaries of a World War 2 Sodus Point POW
- Diaries of Walter Meyer – Sodus Point POW Part 5
- Lead up to the Battle of Sodus Point
- POWS – The human side
- The Other British “Invasions” of Sodus Bay
- The Willow Tree, the Cannon Ball and the Battle of Sodus Point
- Town of Sodus Deceased Veterans Lists
- WW II Sodus Point P.O.W Camp
- Web Cam Sign In
- What’s New
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