Stories
Articles, memories, letters, photo sets and films about Sodus Point’s past. Filter by topic or period, or search for a name. For the big stories, with every account gathered in one place, see In Depth.
In Depth
The big stories, told in depth: every account, person and place about each, gathered on one page.
In depth · 1780–1807The Peregrine Fitzhugh LettersLetters between Colonel Peregrine Fitzhugh, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, thought lost in an 1846 fire and found again in 2015.17 stories, places and people →
In depth · June 19–20, 1813The Battle of Sodus PointThe British attack on Sodus Point in June 1813, during the War of 1812: the accounts, the people and places, and how it is remembered.20 stories, places and people →
In depth · Mid-1800sThe Underground Railroad in Sodus PointFreedom seekers, the abolitionists who sheltered them and the schooners that carried them to Canada, and the story of a tunnel.22 stories, places and people →
In depth · September 1944 – April 1946The Sodus Point POW CampPine Camp, where about 135 German prisoners of war lived and worked on local farms and in canneries during World War II.8 stories, places and people →
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