Timeline

Moments in Sodus Point’s history, oldest first. Each links to the story, place or person behind it.

1400s

1450
Place
Native American Fishing Mural

1700s

1759
Place
French and Indian War Interpretive Panel
1794
Story
Sodus Point – Founded in 1794

1800s

1808
Story
Slaves in Sodus Point
1813
Story
Battle of Sodus Point – War of 1812
1813
Place
Battle of Sodus Point Mural
1825
Place
Sodus Bay Lighthouse
1826
Person
James Fenimore Cooper
1826
Story
Shakers At Sodus Bay
1835
Story
Ice Harvesting
1856
Place
Underground Railroad in Sodus Point Mural
1870
Place
Lighthouse Mural
1881
Person
E. H. Harriman
1884
Place
Coal Trestle
The Pennsylvania Railroad buys the Sodus Point and Southern Railroad, which ran the coal trestle.
1890
Place
Steamship Era Mural
1893
Place
Sodus Bay Yacht Club
1896
Story
1896 Signature Quilt
1899
Story
Fish Pirates

1900s

1900
Story
Trolley
1901
Story
Tragic Train Wreck of 1901
1910
Story
Guided tour of Sodus Point in the early 1900s
1919
Story
Prohibition
1919
Story
Sodus Point Automobile Club – 1919
1924
Place
Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club
1927
Story
Coal Trestle Reconstruction – 1927
1929
Story
Viking Spear Head
1938
Place
Malt House
1940
Story
Sodus Point Lakers
1944
Story
WW II Sodus Point P.O.W Camp
1951
Story
The Day an Airplane Crashed Into Sodus Bay
1958
Place
Sands Points Amusement Park
1965
Story
Sodus Point 1965
1971
Story
Coal Trestle Fire Films – November 5, 1971
1986
Place
Sodus Pt. Fish & Crab House

2000s