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BY DEB TWIGG,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/COFOUNDER, SRAC
Background - The people who ruled the region on and around the Susquehanna River
by fending off the powerful Iroquois Nation
during most of the 16th and 17th centuries
were named "Susquehannocks" by Englishman Captain John Smith in 1608. The Susquehannocks were said to have had at least
five tribal nations located along the Susquehanna River system with several villages per
nation. Because these people were at their
height of power before the European contact
and written records, and the last Susquehannock tribe was annihilated in the late 18th
century, much of the prehistoric information about these people is a mystery to us today.
Questions surrounding what the originating cultures were that formed the Susquehannocks
have long been under debate. Questions like: Was it a clan broken off from one of the Iroquoian nations? Were they somehow Iroquois and Algonquin united together to form a
new culture? Did they evolve from prior cultures in our region? Or were they a separate
culture from another region that moved here? These questions continue to make this cul-
Our Vision
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SUSQUEHANNA BY J. KELSEY JONES, SCHUYLER
COUNTY HISTORIAN
The struggle for independence in the thirteen colonies from Great Britain during the period
of the American Revolution were difficult times. The outcome was a war that often not only
involved neighbor against neighbor, but drew into conflict the Native Americans, and displaced thousands of people from their homeland and ultimately created two nations. The
inhabitants of the thirteen colonies who did not oppose Great Britain were known as Loyalists. Over 19,000 Loyalists, mostly men, served Great Britain in a military capacity accompanied by several thousand Indians.
This article will endeavor to give some insight into the Loyalist families who resided on the
Susquehanna during the American Revolution. Settlement had begun on the upper Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania prior to the American Revolution. The histories relate that
two families of Germans, also known as Palatines, from the Schoharie Valley in New York,
were settlers in May 1770, leaving their homes in New York and removing down the Susquehanna River into Pennsylvania. Rudolph Fox and his wife Catharine Elisabetha Miller
settled at Towanda and the Shoefelt family further south on the river, the latter family removing to the West Branch of the Susquehanna. Several more German families from the
Mohawk, Schoharie, and other German settlements in New York soon followed. Though
this was considered the interior of civilization, German settlers had removed from Schoharie Creek, crossed the mountains and traveled down the Susquehanna for Tulpehocken
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came in April, 1883, measured off a plot in twelve-foot intervals from the original grave, and began excavations.
Deemed by professionals
as Proto-Susquehannock,
archaeologically speaking,
there is no other site that is
a better candidate to be
called the starting point for
understanding the origin of
the Susquehannock people
than the Murray Garden, in
Athens, PA.
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Murray reported, The graves were grouped somewhat regularly around the one in the center which was marked with
this pot was burnt black,) a lapstone, and a common chert such care that it was believed to be that of a chief surrounded by members of his clan. This burial site accidentally disarrow point.
covered was on a previously unoccupied village lot. The
Grave #3 contained a skeleton that was noted to be of averworkmen unearthed three skeletons buried so close togethage height and with no grave goods, and grave #4 coner as to indicate one grave.
tained a double grave with 1 pot unWarren K. Moorehead, in his 1916 Susquehanna River Expedition, describes the unearthing of what he deemed a
Susquehannock chief as follows: "The owner like his forebears, long refused to examine the grave at the center of
the plot but at last had consented to celebrate the formal
opening of the Historical Museum, and June 27th, 1895, the
work was begun. The circle of stones proved to be over a
sepulchre about 3 to 5 feet, with an upright stone at each
corner, apparently as a marker, for, of course this would
have been well above the surface originally...
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The Mississippians were the most recent of the mound building cultures, who are known for their huge chiefdom structured mound complexes surrounded by extensive plazas
(Cahokia being the largest populated by 10,000 people or
more.) The leaders of these complexes were usually considered god-like to their people, and lived atop the highest
mound looking over his subjects, overseeing all of the commerce, religious practices, and diplomacy and/or conflicts
with other chiefdoms and outsiders in the region. More importantly, these cultures were advanced in the arts and their
archaeology seems to illustrate the peak of the ancient pottery making. In fact, defined human effigy faces on the pottery from this culture are not only common, but expected. By
around 1400BC, because of many internal and external factors many of these chiefdoms began to collapse, and the
people began to disperse from the huge complexes. One of
About the Pottery - The pottery in fact was the most imthe great questions today is where did the people from these
pressive of all the artifacts from the site, even today there
huge complexes go?
are no other pottery specimens ever found to have the human faces that were found there. The faces shown in dif- One well researched example of a collapse and aftermath of
ferent views in this plate are the very finest examples of Indi- a known Mississippian mound society is that of the Angel
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Mound complex in Indiana which was located along the confluence of the Ohio and Wabash rivers. We know that the
Angel Mound complex collapsed around 1400AD and several resulting villages appeared across the region due to the
displacement of that population (thought to be around 1,000
people.) These resulting sites and their inhabitants are referred to as the Caborn-Welborn culture. This culture developed at the demise of the Angel Mound society in1400 AD
and disappears from the archaeological record by 1700AD
and it remains unclear if any historic era cultures were their
descendants.
The earliest of the Caborn-Welborn sites, dated approximately at the very time of the Angel Mound collapse at
1400AD, is called the Bone Bank site, situated along the Wabash River east of the Angel Mound complex area. It was
named the Bone Bank because of a large wash out of hu-
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Indianas Bone Bank site (1400 AD) and effigy face is representative of a Late Mississippian people whom we already understand had just dispersed from a collapsed society/community and travelled away from it to begin a new
Whether the False Face legend and ceremony still held way of life, which archaeologically resulted in the manifestoday actually is a remnant story passed down through the tation of a new and distinct culture that we now call
generations, originating from the collapse of a chiefdom Caborn-Welborn.
where man-made mountains (mounds) were overseen by
In order to understand the relationship of these two faces
leaders who were held in the same regard as the Great
that originated so far apart from one another, I think it is
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along the Susquehanna, both Loyalists and Patriots differed in their perceptions of the country and its future. The
line between Patriot and Loyalist was not always sharply
drawn and often circumstances dictated ones choice. As
circumstances developed it would appear several families
from the Wilkes Barre area of the Wyoming Valley removed
further up the Susquehanna River prior to the Revolution
into present Bradford and Wyoming Counties perhaps to be
further from their neighbors who were beginning to pledge
allegiance to the struggle against Great Britain.
At an adjourned town meeting of the inhabitants of Westmoreland held at Wilkes Barre January 6, 1776, among the
several resolutions adopted was the following relating to
the families settled some thirty or forty miles above Wilkes
Barre: Voted that Solomon Strong and Robert Carr and
Nathan Kingsley be a committee to proceed up the river
and let the people known that the inhabitants of Westmoreland are not about to kill and destroy them and take
any of their effects as reported, but they may keep their
effects and continue in peace on reasonable terms provided they conform to the laws of the Colony of Connecticut
and the Resolves of the Continental Congress, and confirm
their intentions by signing the subscription paper for that
purpose that said committee will produce.
In 1776 there was an assessment list compiled of the settlers in the Upper River District, County of Westmoreland,
State of Connecticut. The Upper River District was comprised mostly of settlers in present Bradford and Wyoming
Counties who were settled along the Susquehanna River.
The list contains the names of 60 males. The names of Anger, Bender, Bowman, Brunner, Buck, Depue, DeWitt, Fox,
Frank, Hickman, Hopper (Hover), Kentner, Pauling, Pensler
(Pencel), Phillips, Shout (Short), Showers, Searls (Sills),
Simmons, Smith (originally Schmidt), Stephens, Strope,
VanAlstine, Vanderbarrack (Vanderburgh), Vanderlip, VanValkenburg, Windecker, Winter, and Wartman indicate several families of German and Dutch nativity were settled on
the Susquehanna. Of those 60 names, it has been determined that 37 were Loyalists, 16 were non-Loyalists, and 7
are presently unknown. Pennsylvania also soon levied taxes, not recognizing Connecticut titles and landholders, several Pennsylvania titleholders probably living along side
many of the settlers on the Upper River District assessment
list who do not appear on that list. The first tax lists for the
same jurisdiction under Pennsylvania and known as Wyoming Township, Northumberland County exists for 1778
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and 1779 though at that date the majority of Loyalist families had left the Susquehanna.
The original Up the River District, County of Westmoreland,
State of Connecticut, August 1776 assessment list is here
given: At the October 1776 session of the General Assembly of Connecticut a certificate was received from the Listers of Westmoreland setting forth that the Grand List for
the town of Westmoreland, made on the August lists for the
year 1776 is 6996, 13 shillings.
As the days darkened, those who felt loyalty to the crown
made various preparations, many of the men joining the
ranks of Butlers Rangers and departing for New York and
Canada, often leaving women and children behind to care
for the plantations. Those who remained were branded as
traitors and often threatened. Nearly every man on the Susquehanna who joined Butlers Rangers to fight against the
American Colonies were in Walter Butlers Company or William Caldwells Company. At least twelve of the names
found on the 1776 assessment list of the Upper River District can be found on the list of Caldwells Company and at
least eleven on the list of Walter Butlers Company.
Families along the Susquehanna did not escape conflict.
Threats, plunder, and death struck on both sides. Many of
their families suffered great hardships, women often endeavoring to maintain livestock and crops while their husbands and sons were away. In the early conflict it soon became apparent that the Susquehanna was under Patriot
control. Often fleeing in panic and confusion, Loyalist exiles
began on the Susquehanna, forced to leave behind possessions and often faced with an unpromising future. Families
were driven from their homes to watch them burn, livestock
driven off and entire household contents plundered and
taken. Loyalist men who were away in Butlers Rangers
returned to vulnerable families and were often imprisoned.
Some families ventured to the Mohawk Valley in New York,
others to Niagara, and still others to the refugee camps of
Sorel and Machiche in Lower Canada (now Quebec) where
barracks were built and provisions secured. Harsh living
conditions often plagued families in refugee camps.
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While we were at Tioga, there was two men who had wives
and children there that had lived somewhere down the river,
the name of the place I don't remember. Their sir names were
Hotsinger and the other Simmons. These two men was good
subjects and had been at the Orisque battle with Colonel Butler and Captain Brant and behaved with honour to themselves.
These men told me more than once that Colonel Butler had
gave themselves leave to stay and go and gather in their harvest for the use of their families to support them on the road
to Niagara. But on the whole Captain Caldwell would not let
them go at any rate. Upon this these men, to wit Hotsinger and
Simmons, took leave and went off by stealth. Captain Caldwell
immediately sent off Lieutenant Turney with a party to Tioga.
When they came to Tioga they were informed by the people
going to Niagara they had not seen them. When on the way
back they met those unhappy men and Turney immediately
gave orders to shoot them, which was executed accordingly.
In 1777, another assessment was taken of the same dis- Their scalps were taken likewise and brought to Oughquaga
trict, several of the Loyalist families not appearing, already and hung up at Captain Caldwell's tent. In my judgement this
was not well done, as they might have made prisoners of
having departed. (See page 4.)
them.
The following petition is of interest:
A monthly return of the Rangers dated late in 1778, recordTo the Honourable General Assembly of the State of Con- ed that they were killed at Tioga on 18 August 1778. In April
necticut, now sitting at Hartford, the memorial of Lemuel 1779, Henry Simmons, Peter's father was paid 12, the
Fitch, Richard J. Jeralds (Fitzgerald), Amos York, Benjamin balance due for his son's outstanding pay.
Skiff, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin Merry, John Williamson,
Frederick Vanderlip, Nathan Kingsley, Nicholas Depew, As the conflict progressed, armed Loyalists and Indians
Elijah Brown, Elijah Phelps, Ichabod Phelps, Elijah Phelps, returned to the Susquehanna and the Patriots were in turn
Jr., James Forsythe, Thomas Millard, Thomas Millard, Jr., driven from their homes. The once developing and flourishand James Wells, of the County of Westmoreland, humbly ing plantations on the Susquehanna were soon void of most
showeth: That your memorialists were settlers on the Sus- families as the conflict and dangers of living on the frontier
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farm on the
mouth of a
streem
call'd
Wesawking (Journal of
Lieutenant
Colonel Henry
Dearborn).
Another journal
relates
Thursday 5th.
- Thus
we
moved for several miles, then
arrived in a
small
valley
called Depue's
farm; the land very good. Continued our march . . . and arrived in a fine and large valley, known by the name of Wyalusing. This valley was formerly called Oldman's farm, occupied by the Indians and white people; together, they had
about sixty houses, a considerable Moravian meeting house,
and sundry other public buildings; but since the commencement of the present war the whole has been consumed and
laid waste, partly by the savages and partly by our own people. The land is extraordinarily calculated chiefly for meadows. The grass at this time is almost beyond description,
high and thick, chiefly blue grass, and the soil of the land
very rich. The valley contains about 1200 acres of land,
bounded on one side by an almost inacessible mountain,
and on the other by the river Susquehanna. (Journal of
Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hubley).
Many of the Loyalists of the Susquehanna can be found on
provision lists of Machiche or at Niagara. The July/Aug 1779
provision list of Machish (Machiche) included Widow Sipes,
Elizabeth Bowman, Conrad Sell (Sill), Isaac VanAlstine,
Isaac Larroway, Widow Beebe, Elizabeth Phillips, Henry
Winter, Lambert VanAlstine, Mrs. Franks, Stephen Farrington, Margaret Buck, Garret Vanderbarrack, George Kentner,
Edward Stokes, and Frederick Vanderlip, all former residents
on the Susquehanna. Of the 294 people on the list, only 18
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Forsyth and wife Eunice at Wyalusing, Philip Fox and Catherine Lamar at Terrytown, John Lord at Sheshequin, Joseph
Thomas Millard - Loyalist - north of Mehoopany Creek Page a tenant of the Pawling family at Wyalusing, Thomas
Silk, Jacob Sipes and Annatje Schauers (Showers) at Maceon west side of Susquehanna River
Thomas Millard, Jr. - Loyalist - north of Mehoopany donia, George Stewart and Mary Depue, Jacob Teague and
Anna Margretha Weaver on Tagues Creek near TunkhanCreek on west side of Susquehanna River
nock, Parshall Terry, Jr., John Young.
David Bigsby (Bixby) - non-Loyalist
Gasper Hopper (Caspar Hover) - Loyalist - Terrytown on For preliminary genealogies on the above Loyalist families
prepared by J. Kelsey Jones, see the files at the Bradford
west side of Susquehanna River
County Historical Society.
Hendrick Winter - Loyalist - Wyalusing
John Stephens - Loyalist
References:
Frederick Smith - Loyalist
Luzerne County Historical Society - original Upper River District assessment lists,
Huldrick Shout (Johan Hendrick Short) - Loyalist
1776 and 1777.
Frederick Frank - Loyalist
Butlers Rangers, Caldwells Company - We the undermentioned Commissioned
Henry Simmons - Loyalist
& non Commissioned Officers & Privates of Captain William Caldwells Company of Rangers do acknowledge to have received from John Butler Esqr. Major
Henry Windecker - Loyalist
Commandant of a Corps of Rangers the full amount of our Pay from 24th DeBen & Will Pawling - Loyalists - Wyalusing
cember 1777 to 24th October 1778 inclusive. Gives list of several men of whom
Nicholas Phillips - Loyalist - north of Wyalusing
at least fourteen were from the Susquehanna and appear on the 1776 assessGeorge Kentner - Loyalist - Sugar Run Creek
ment list of the Upper River District, County of Westmoreland, State of ConReuben Herrington - non-Loyalist
necticut.
John Depue - Loyalist - Skinner's Eddy (though he may Murray, Louise Wells. A History of Old Tioga Point and Early Athens, Pennsylvahave removed up river to Wyalusing)
nia. 1908.
Andrew Hickman - unknown
Craft, Rev. David. History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania with Illustrations and
John Dewit - unknown
Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1878.
Zebulon Marcy - non Loyalist
Frederick Anger - Loyalist - Asylum
Bradsby, H. C. History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania with Biographical
Sketches. Chicago, Illinois. 1891.
Abel Palmer - non Loyalist
Reid, William D. The Loyalists in Ontario: The Sons and Daughters of the AmeriFox (probably Rudolph) - non-Loyalist - Towanda
can Loyalists of Upper Canada. Lambertville, NJ, Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Isaac VanValkenburg - non-Loyalist though eldest son
1973.
and a daughter removed to Canada as Loyalists Fraser, Alexander. Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of
Wysox
Ontario. Toronto, Canada: L. K. Cameron, 1905.
Cole - non-Loyalist
Centennial
Committee. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Toronto, Canada:
Bastian Strope - non-Loyalist - Wysox
Rose
Publishing
Co., 1885.
Jacob Brunner - Loyalist - Macedonia
Connecticut
Archives,
Susquehanna Settlers, No. 90.
Lemuel Fitch - non-Loyalist
Land
under
Certificates
of Location, Districts of Mecklenburg and Lunenburg 1790
Isaac VanAlstine - Loyalist - Standing Stone
RG1,
L4,
Volume
12.
Old VanAlstine (Lambert VanAlstine) - Loyalist - StandMunger, Donna Bingham. Connecticuts Pennsylvania Colony 1754-1810 Susing Stone
quehanna Company Proprietors, Settlers and Claimants. Three volumes. WestJames VanAlstine - Loyalist - Standing Stone
minster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007.
Coonrad Seaerls (Conrad Sills) - Loyalist - Rummerfield
The Loyalist Gazette, Volume XLIII, No. 1, Spring 2005.
Isaac Laraway - Loyalist - Wysox
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Yates, Steuben, Most of Wayne and Allegany, and parts of Orleans, Genesee
and Wyoming. Rochester, New York: 1851.
Crowder, Norman K. Early Ontario Settlers A Source Book. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1993.
Egle, William Henry. Notes and Queries Historical and Genealogical Chiefly
Relating to Interior Pennsylvania. Volume I, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical
Publishing Co. 1970.
Records of St. Marks and St. Andrews Churches, Niagara.
Booth, Charles Edwin. The Vanderlip, Van Derlip, VanderLippe Family in America. New York: 1914.
Records of the Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery
County, New York.
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery
County, New York.
Taylor, Robert J. The Susquehanna Company Papers.Vol V: 1772-74, Wilkes
Barre, PA.
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This is the fourth in a series of articles written by local historian Dr. Earl P.
Robinson, MD. He is a Revolutionary War historian, and is particularly
knowledgeable about the events that occurred in our region during that
pivotal point in our nations history.
Waterman Baldwin was the third son of Isaac Baldwin Sr. He was
born in Connecticut on August 1, 1757 and migrated with his family
to the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania in 1772. He began his service in the Continental army fighting for General Washington in the
area of New York City and New Jersey. He later enlisted in Captain Durkees Company on January 7, 1777, near Easton, Pennsylvania and saw service in New Jersey around Morristown spending
the winter at Valley Forge. Being a superb horseman and an excellent shot with the long rifle he was in great demand by superior
officers as a scout and courier. In this capacity he frequently delivered the personal messages of General Washington on his famous
horse Roanoke. Being a frontier scout and carrying messages through hostile territory was dangerous work and Watt, as he was referred to, was captured three times by the Indians. At one
time he was made to run the gauntlet, a life threatening event. On the last occasion of his capture it was decided that he should be burned at the stake. On the way to the Indian village he
spoke in joking terms with his capturers. Upon arrival at the village, he requested an audience
with Cornplanter, their chief, a request the Indians thought quite unusual. As arrangements were
being made for his sacrifice Watt continued to engage the Indians in conversation and his cool
and intrepid manner in the face of a certain gruesome demise gained Cornplanters admiration
and he took him by the hand and cancelled the torture. The great Indian Chief then took Watt to
his village at the headwaters of the Alleghany River where he adopted him as his son. Here he
learned to speak the Seneca language fluently and became very much attached to Cornplanter
and the other Seneca Chiefs. Cornplanter had a daughter Falling Feather who was one of his
close companions at the village. He remained there until exchanged for 2 bushels of oats and 2
bags, an expense of 30 S.
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Watt was once married to an Indian maiden. Her previous lover had been an Indian Chief named
Lone Wolf. Lone Wolf killed the maiden and in the ensuing struggle Waterman killed the chief
and put his head on a pole at the rivers edge. Later, Celinda Burnham married Waterman in
1788, moving with him from Pittstown, Pennsylvania to Chemung in 1799. After his wifes death
legend has it that Falling Feather, Watts adopted sister, came to care for Watt as was the Indian
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Captain Waterman Baldwin died April 21, 1810, and is buried with his father and brothers in the
Knoll (Baldwin) Cemetery on the Newtown Battlefield in Lowman, NY with Falling Feather at his
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our classes. Learn to make necklaces, bracelets, earrings and other jewelry. Just ask about any style you would like to
try, and Ellen will teach you to create jewelry to match your wardrobe, and to make things for the holidays; now you can
make your own jewelry for Halloween and Christmas, etc. The fee for this two hour beading class is $25.00. Reserve by
calling the Center at (607)565-7960 or by emailing info@SRAcenter.org.
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Deb TwiggFaces of the Past
Tuesday, March 5, 6:30pm 7:30pm
SRAC - 345 Broad Street Waverly, NY
SRACs Deb Twigg is offering the public a first view of an upcoming article to be published in the national magazine, Ancient American, titled Faces of the Past. In this well researched presentation, the audience will be drawn back to the
earliest times of Iroquois in our region. Twigg will slowly unwind yet another mystery of our regions past that has until
now been all but forgotten, with new information that has never been discovered. A general admission donation of $6 for
adults and $4 for SRAC members is requested. (Free admission for all students every day at SRAC.) Free admission to
the SRAC exhibit hall is included in this donation. For more information, visit www.SRACenter.org, email info@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center at 607-565-7960.
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Jim NoblesThen and Now Around SayreA Trip Down Memory Lane
Tuesday, April 4, 6:30pm 7:30pm
SRAC - 345 Broad Street Waverly, NY
What was in the building where Rock and Docs is? What building predated the Sayre American Legion Post No. 283 in
Milltown? What is now located where the trolley barn of the Waverly, Sayre & Athens Traction company was located?
Answers to these questions will be part of a presentation by Jim Nobles, a life-long resident and local historian of Sayre.
Jim will be making a visual presentation of changes that have occurred over the many past decades. A general admission donation of $6 for adults and $4 for SRAC members is requested. (Free admission for all students every day at
SRAC.) Free admission to the SRAC exhibit hall is included in this donation. For more information, visit
www.SRACenter.org, email info@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center at 607-565-7960.
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Dr. William EngelbrechtPoint Mends in an Iroquois Village
Tuesday, May 7, 6:30pm 7:30pm
SRAC - 345 Broad Street Waverly, NY
Past NYSAA President and author William Engelbrecht will present Point Mends in an Iroquois Village. Dr. Engelbrecht
has spent the last two years trying to fit Madison Point bases and tips together and then trying to figure out what the distribution of mends mean. A general admission donation of $6 for adults and $4 for SRAC members is requested. (Free
admission for all students every day at SRAC.) Free admission to the SRAC exhibit hall is included in this donation. For
more information, visit www.SRACenter.org, email info@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center at 607-565-7960.
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Tanglewood Nature Center and Museum PresentsAmazing AnimalsLive!
Saturday, May 25, 2:00pm 3:00pm
SRAC - 345 Broad Street Waverly, NY
This program highlights an animal from each of the 5 animal groups: a mammal, a bird, a reptile, an amphibian and an
arthropod. Learn about the distinctive features of each group while you get a varied look at some of Tanglewood's animal
ambassadors. Bring your family to enjoy a live animal show presented by Tanglewood Nature Center and Museum. Free
admission for this presentation and to the SRAC exhibit hall. For more information, visit www.SRACenter.org, email info@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center at 607-565-7960.
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Emma SedoreGone, But Not Forgotten, Owegos Ahwaga Hotel
Tuesday, June 4, 6:30pm 7:30pm
SRAC - 345 Broad Street Waverly, NY
Tioga County historian, Emma Sedore returns to SRAC to tell the history of Ahwaga Hotel. Its the history of a grand old
hotel that stood on the corner of Front and Church Streets in Owego from 1852 to 1959. Emma has authored a book by
the same name that will be available at the presentation. A general admission donation of $6 for adults and $4 for SRAC
members is requested. (Free admission for all students every day at SRAC.) Free admission to the SRAC exhibit hall is
included in this donation. For more information, visit www.SRACenter.org, email info@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center
at 607-565-7960.
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Lance HeidigLincoln
Tuesday, July 2, 2:00pm 3:00pm
SRAC - 345 Broad Street Waverly, NY
Waverly native and Cornell Outreach and Learning Services Librarian Lance Heidig has spent the past year creating an
exhibition about Abraham Lincoln for Cornell and will present his program which gives us little known information while
celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (January 1863) and the 150th anniversary of
the Gettysburg Address (November 1863) A general admission donation of $6 for adults and $4 for SRAC members is
requested. (Free admission for all students every day at SRAC.) Free admission to the SRAC exhibit hall is included in
this donation. For more information, visit www.SRACenter.org, email info@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center at 607-5657960.
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Tanglewood Nature Center and Museum PresentsHawks, Owls, & CompanyLive!
Saturday, July 6, 2:00pm 3:00pm
SRAC - 345 Broad Street Waverly, NY
Check out Tanglewoods local bird residents Sophie, the Great-horned Owl, Icarus the Broad-winged Hawk, Lucy the
Barred Owl, Hank the Red-tailed Hawk or Ellie our American Kestrel. Get up close and personal with these high-flying
species and learn what makes birds special in the world of animals. Bring your family to enjoy this special ive animal
show presented by Tanglewood Nature Center and Museum. Free admission for this presentation and to the SRAC exhibit hall. For more information, visit www.SRACenter.org, email info@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center at 607-565-7960.
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Drawing on landscape painting, photography, travelers accounts, and other sources, this presentation explores the evolution of American attitudes towards nature. Beginning with the perceptions of the American landscape as a howling
wilderness, a wasteland to be tamed and transformed, the lecture traces the social, cultural and economic forces that
led to the perception of wild nature as something of value to be experienced and preserved. Key topics and figures
along the way include the sublime, romanticism, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Cole, and the Hudson River School,
John Muir, Ansel Adams, and the Lorax. A general admission donation of $6 for adults and $4 for SRAC members is
requested. (Free admission for all students every day at SRAC.) Free admission to the SRAC exhibit hall is included in
this donation. For more information, visit www.SRACenter.org, email info@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center at 607-5657960.
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Tanglewood Nature Center and Museum PresentsLizards, Snakes, and Turtles, Oh My! - Live!
Saturday, September 14, 2:00pm 3:00pm
SRAC - 345 Broad Street Waverly, NY
Learn about our fascinating and fun collection of reptiles and amphibians. The delightful cast of characters may include:
a salamander, toad, leopard gecko, bearded dragon, bullfrog, and/or a large variety of turtles and snake species. Who
has scales, how about skin? Who lives in water? Compare and contrast these animal groups in a very educational and
interesting program. Bring your family to enjoy this show presented by Tanglewood Nature Center and Museum. Free
admission for this presentation and to the SRAC exhibit hall. For more information, visit www.SRACenter.org, email info@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center at 607-565-7960.
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9th Annual DRUMBEATS THROUGH TIME
Saturday, October 5, 11:00am 4:00pm
SRAC - 345 Broad Street Waverly, NY
With over 50 years of experience in underwater archaeology in the Finger Lakes region, Ron Heines will take us back to
a time of the great ships like the Half Moon of Henry Hudson to the time of the Horse Drawn Navy otherwise known
as canal ships. Bothe historical and archaeological in nature, this presentation will show us the remains of these great
ships now found covered in leopard mussels at the bottom of our great lakes. A general admission donation of $6 for
adults and $4 for SRAC members is requested. (Free admission for all students every day at SRAC.) Free admission to
the SRAC exhibit hall is included in this donation. For more information, visit www.SRACenter.org, email in
o@SRAcenter.org, or call the Center at 607-565-7960.
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