Historical Echoes of Chemung, NY
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      • Scenic Views from Waverly Hill
      • Main Street - Old Photos - Town of Chemung, NY
      • Barns & Outbuildings - Town of Chemung
      • Blacksmith and Carriage Shops, Chemung, NY
      • Mills - Town of Chemung, NY
      • Chemung Post Office, Chemung, NY
      • Freemasons &Masonic Temple, Chemung, NY
      • Grange League Federation, Chemung, NY
      • Chemung Grange
    • Trains, Trolleys & Bridges - Old Photos - Town of Chemung, NY
    • Old Town of Chemung, Montgomery County-Albertson >
      • Historical Sketch - Chemung >
        • First Pioneer Settlers of the Chemung Area
      • Early Chemung and more-Albertson
      • Talitha Botsford's Watercolors of our Town, Chemung, NY
      • World War I, Chemung, NY >
        • World War II, Chemung,NY >
          • Civil War in Chemung County
    • Cemeteries - Town of Chemung >
      • Chemung, NY Cemetery Listing, June 1935 >
        • Batterson Burial Plot >
          • Cooley Cemetery
          • Chemung Village Cemetery
      • Drake Cemetery >
        • Dry Brook Cemetery >
          • Dutchtown Cemetery >
            • French Cemetery
      • Hicks Cemetery - (North Chemung) Town of Baldwin, NY >
        • (Old) Hilliker Farm Burial Plot >
          • Hillman's Burial Plot >
            • Lockwood Cemetery
      • Lowman Burial Plot >
        • Price (#1) Burial Plot >
          • Price (#2) Burial Plot >
            • Riverside Cemetery
      • Warren Cemetery >
        • Warren Flats Cemetery >
          • Wells (Hilltop) Cemetery >
            • Wynkoop Cemetery
      • Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Churches - Town of Chemung, NY >
      • Methodist Society in Buckville/Chemung >
        • Methodist Church, Interior Photos, Chemung, NY
    • Churches Bordering The Town of Chemung >
      • Methodist History in and around Chemung >
        • Methodist Church in Owens Mills - Historical Sketch >
          • Methodist Church in Wilawana - Historical Sketch >
            • Methodist Church in Oak Hill - Historical Sketch
    • Schools - Town of Chemung, NY >
      • School Teachers in the Town of Chemung, NY >
        • "Schools in the Town of Chemung", by Elsie Thomas (1976) >
          • Waverly Academy & Schools >
            • School Bells are Silent
      • School Sports >
        • Future Farmers of America >
          • Chemung 4-H >
            • Newspaper Articles on Chemung Schools from the Past
  • History of the Lower Chemung River Valley
    • Historical Maps >
      • Aerial Photos, Town of Chemung & Surrounding Areas
    • Native Americans in the Valley
    • Mile Markers
    • Junction Canal >
      • 1853 Commentary on Chemung Valley and the Junction Canal
    • Chemung River, New York >
      • Levees & Dams protecting the Chemung
      • USS Chemung - Named for the Chemung River, New York State
    • Chemung, The Name
    • The Mastodon & Wooly Mammoth
    • Animals, Amphibians, Fish & Birds in the Lower Chemung River Valley
  • The Revolutionary War (American War of Independence)
    • The Battle of Chemung, August 13, 1779
    • Newtown Battlefield State Park >
      • Newtown Battlefield Monument
      • The Department of the Geographer
      • The Knoll Cemetery
      • Mass Grave Where British & Indians Fell, 1779
      • Driving Tour - Battles of Chemung & Newtown
    • Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in the Town of Chemung >
      • Headstone Replacement Project
    • Fort Sullivan, Tioga Point, Athens, PA
  • Historic Markers and Monuments
  • Formation of Chemung County, New York
    • A Deed in Chemung from 1795
  • Washington's Proclamation for Thanksgiving
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A birds eye view of the southern tier of NYS and northern tier of PA. Standing in PA, this photo is looking north. The Town of Chemung is nestled in the valley along with the river. interstate and railroad.


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Feature Stories of the Past, Chemung, NY
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View from the top of Waverly Hill, 1920's, Chemung, New York, taken from a matchbook cover.

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Town of Ashland, Wellsburg, NY and Chemung River, 1909

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Around the Town, PRESENT Day
  • Includes:
*  Historic Markers and Monuments
​* Maple Hill State Forest, Chemung, NY
​* 2015 Exhibit-Chemung Valley History                         Museum
​*  2018 History Fair, Chemung, NY

*  Local Businesses with  Links
*  Chemung River-White Wagon Park
*  2015 Chemung River Bridge Replacement                  Project
*   Fall Foliage 2014
​*   Fall Foliage 2015 

*   Fall Foliage 2016​
​​*   Fall Foliage 2017  
​*   Fall Foliage 2018
*   Fall Foliage 2019
​*   Fall Foliage 2020


Around the Town. PAST
  •  Includes: 
*  Families, Farms, Business
*  Hamlets & Locales, Town  of  Chemung
​*  Old Businesses in the Town of  Chemung
*  Chemung Scrapbook:
    Vintage Newspaper Clippings & Columns
*  Snippets of the Past​

*  "Downtown Chemung", Great Narrative
*  Antiquities,​ photos of yesteryear
*  Vintage Advertisements 
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*  The Old Thresher Granary

​*  ​Town Accounts & Business (Vintage)
​*  Parades & Celebrations


Virtual Research Room, Town of Chemung (click here)

​(Check back periodically as this page is continually growing)


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Main St., Chemung, NY, 1907 (Old Rt. 17 is now County Rt. 60)

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Chemung Suspension Bridge, 1st River Bridge in Chemung, 1875

1853 Commentary, Junction Canal, & Elmira

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Chemung River
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Chemung River

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Greetings from North Chemung, NY, Recently obtained from a women in Maine, the ethereal painting on this postcard was a lovely scene that caught my eye. Enjoy!
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Newtown Creek at foot of East Water St., Elmira, NY



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