Cuba Historical Society

05/21/2026

Join us for our Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 27, at 5:30, at the Cuba Circulating Library.

05/20/2026

The Cuba Library's annual Spring Tea will feature a speaker from the Allegany County DAR who will talk about Allegany County Revolutionary War patriots. Contact the Cuba Circulating Library at 585-968-1668 to sign up for the tea.

The Cuba Circulating Library invites you to its Annual Spring Tea on Wednesday, May 27 at 1:00 p.m. This year's program celebrates America 250 with guest speakers from the Catherine Schuyler Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. They will share the stories of Allegany County's Revolutionary War Patriots — including early settlers and those whose descendants made their homes here — and present plans for an upcoming Allegany County Patriots' Monument. Summer events commemorating the nation's founding will also be highlighted. The chapter's Revolutionary Cookbook will be available for purchase for $26, with proceeds benefiting the Monument Fund. The event is free to attend, but space is limited and registration is required. Guests are welcome to bring their own teacup or use one provided — light refreshments will be served. Contact the library at 585-968-1668 or [email protected] to sign up.

05/06/2026

Join us at the Cuba Library on Thurs, 5/7, at 6:00 pm, for a fascinating journey through the women's suffrage movement as seen through 100-year-old postcards. Carol Crossed, President and Founder of the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, will share a captivating collection of postcards that reflect the fight for equality, social change, and everyday life in the Suffrage Era.

02/18/2026

The Chemung County Libraries regularly offers genealogy programs via zoom that are available for you to attend. Check out this one coming up soon!

Coroner’s records are often untapped resources that contain essential information for genealogists. In this session, learn how to determine if your ancestor appeared in a Coroner’s report, where to find Coroner’s records, what details they include to further your genealogy research, and much m...

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08/04/2025

What's your favorite memory from Cuba Lake? Share it with us below!

07/17/2025

We hope you'll join us for our Quarterly Membership meeting!

On Tuesday, July 22, at 6:00 p.m. the Cuba Historical Society will meet for a screening and discussion of the film, Lake of Betrayal. Filmmaker and SBU Professor Scott Sackett will join us to discuss the process of creating and filming this documentary.

Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania was a flashpoint in history for the Seneca Nation of Indians. Completed in 1965, the dam was to mitigate flooding in Pittsburgh, 198 miles downriver, but the 27-mile reservoir that formed above it inundated vast tracts of the Seneca Indians’ ancestral lands, forcing their removal in breach of one of the United States’ oldest treaties. Set against a backdrop of a federal Indian termination policy, pork-barrel politics, and undisclosed plans for private hydropower, Lake of Betrayal reveals an untold story from American history—a one-sided battle pitting a small Native American nation against some of the strongest political, social, and commercial forces in the country. Although the Seneca suffered irreplaceable cultural losses, the Kinzua crisis became a turning point to build a stronger Seneca Nation.

Lake of Betrayal is produced by Toward Castle Films and Skipping Stone Pictures and is a presentation of Vision Maker Media with major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by the Seneca Nation of Indians. Produced in association with the Center for Independent Documentary. © Copyright 2017 Toward Castle Films, LLC & Skipping Stone Pictures, Ltd.

Scott Sackett is a non-fiction filmmaker and public media producer with a background in radio journalism. His work has appeared nationally on PBS, APT, NETA, Indigenous Connections, NPR, Public Radio International, AP Network News, Amazon Prime, and in film festivals in North America and Europe. He is also a lecturer in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University and serves as manager of the Bob Koop Broadcast Journalism Laboratory and faculty advisor to the student-run radio station, WSBU-FM, 88.3 The Buzz.