Sunday, April 15, 2012

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Mecklenburg Fire House

County Route 6 (McIntyre Road),

Mecklenburg, NY 14863

LOCAL HISTORY PROGRAM!

Mecklenburg history will be presented - From military tracts to modern times.  Whatever Happened to Mecklenburgh?  Join us as we present a pictorial history of Mecklenburg.  Explore life in Mecklenburg since the 1800’s and see the changes that have occurred in the landscape, industry, and the devastation caused by fires and the flood of 1935.  View photos of the hundreds of students who attended the school between 1846 and 1962.  Find out about the community then and now. Come wander through the streets of Mecklenburg with us as we present a pictorial history of a Mecklenburg past.  Find out more about the hamlet as it is today.  There will be theme based  notebooks with documentation and pictures, as well as exhibits, available at the Fire house.  The presentation will be led by local Mecklenburg residents who are in the Backbone Ridge History Group.  For additional information please contact Karen Allen at kwa5@cornell.edu or 607-387-3171.