06/04/2026
Hi All,
This Wednesday marks our first seasonal evening operational meeting for the Erieville-Nelson Heritage Society. The meeting will be at 7 pm at the Nelson Town Office.
Our town historian, Laine Gilmore, will provide a summary of last year’s accomplishments and outline our goals for the year ahead. She will also lead a discussion on volunteer opportunities, the specific skills needed for our current initiatives, and an overview of ongoing projects.
Member input is highly encouraged, and we look forward to hearing your ideas and feedback. If you've thought about volunteering your skills, many projects can be done remotely, if you are not local. Skills needed: writers and researchers for HIlls and Hollows, good computer skills for google drive, Facebook, email and other communications, event coordinating, transcribing documents, communication with community members, grant writing, cemetery work (physical and otherwise), as well as other things.
OUR UPCOMING MEETING CALENDAR:
Wed May 13th 6:00 PM at the Erieville Firehouse: This is our annual "Potluck" dinner. Bring a dish to pass and your own table service. Bring an interesting item or story for our "Show and Tell" after dinner. This is a "don't miss" opportunity to mingle with like minded history loving community members and make new friends and discover ways in which you can contribute to ENHS ! All are welcome, you do not need to be an ENHS member (bring a friend!)
Wed. June 10th, 7:00 pm. at the Nelson Town Office: Speaker is Molly Jacobson, a Native Pollinator Ecologist from SUNY-ESF Restoration Science Center. Learn about the incredible diversity of native pollinators in New York and the intricate and fascinating relationships they have with native plants and the land around us. By restoring these critical interactions in our yards and gardens, we can protect our vulnerable pollinators while creating quality habitats for all creatures.
Wed. July 8th at 7:00 pm at the Erieville Firehouse. Tom Guiler is the director of museum affairs at the Oneida Community Mansion and will talk about his recent book "The Handcrafted Utopia, Arts and Crafts Communities in America's Progressive Era." He will talk about not just the Oneida Community, but also Roycroft Community near Buffalo, Byrdcliffe in the Catskills, and many other communal communities around the country endeavoring to reform the social and economic inequities of industrial capitalism by producing and selling art with a social message, while living their everyday lives in communal living. Guiler's book will be available for sale.
Wed. August 12th at 7:00 pm at the Nelson Town Office, our local railroad expert, Jim Georges will present "The Geological Formations Crossed by the Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad", based on a thesis written by Syracuse University geologist, Lucien Marcus Underwood in 1879. The excavation of the Railroad allowed geologists to study for the first time the limestone formations across the 43 mile route.
Wed. Sept 9th at 7:00 pm at Erieville Firehouse, Jeff McIntyre, the "Cazenovia Blacksmith" will talk about the Cazenovia Blacksmith Online History Center. His museum is dedicated to discovering, preserving and presenting the history of the blacksmith trade in and around the village of Cazenovia.
Wed. Oct 14th at 7:00 pm at the Noson Town Office, former town historian Fay Lyon will delve into many Nelson families and stories of the past. Fay brings decades of knowledge on all of the "first families" of Nelson and is related to most of them. This is a "don't miss" opportunity to hear the best of local stories and people.
