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The Founding of the “Friends of the Ithaca City Cemetery”
by Julee Johnson October 09, 2017 In 1995 I visited a friend who’d just been appointed as the director of the Cornell in Paris Program....
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Ithaca Heritage
- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
EXPLORE ITHACA: DAY THREE CULTURAL HERITAGE ITINERARY
Take a deeper dive into Ithaca and Tompkins County’s cultural heritage on Day Three of a visit to the county. ITHACA CITY CEMETERY LAKE...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Jun 16, 2022
- 4 min
Explore Ithaca Heritage: Day Two Cultural Heritage Itinerary
Lucky enough to have a second day to spend in Ithaca and Tompkins County? Once you’ve visited some of the attractions on the One-Day...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Jun 9, 2022
- 3 min
Explore Ithaca Heritage: A One-Day Cultural Heritage Itinerary
Just have a day to explore Ithaca and Tompkins County? You can discover its rich cultural heritage in this Ithaca Heritage-curated...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
Authentically Rural Weekend Highlights Freeville
September 19, 2018 FROM HTTP://WWW.FREEVILLENY.ORG/GALLERIES/OLD-FREEVILLE-PHOTOS/ When Ithaca Heritage partners first started planning...
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Ithaca Heritage
- May 26, 2022
- 2 min
Falconry Comes to the Southworth Homestead on Dryden Homestead Heritage Fair Day
By Mary Hornbuckle September 17, 2018 CLAIRE KUIKEN’S RED-TAILED HAWK AJAX Falconry, also known as hawking, is the sport of hunting with...
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Ithaca Heritage
- May 19, 2022
- 3 min
Agriculture in Tompkins County – Evolving with the Times
By Monika Roth, Agriculture Extension Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County September 21, 2018 FREEVILLE’S JERRY DELL...
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Ithaca Heritage
- May 12, 2022
- 2 min
Area Cemeteries Are Cultural Resources
By Patricia Longoria, Historic Ithaca Events and Community Engagement Coordinator October 16, 2018 In October, when the first frost...
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Ithaca Heritage
- May 5, 2022
- 2 min
HistoryForge: Connecting the Generations
October 03, 2017 Helen Henry, Irene Suzey, Susan Stephens, Fitch Stephens, Roger Williams, Caroline Williams, Gertrude Haviland, Clara...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Apr 28, 2022
- 2 min
Caesar, the Ithaca Kitty, a Tompkins County Heritage Ambassador
November 04, 2017 Caesar Grimalkin, a gray tiger cat with seven toes on each white front paw, lived with Celia and William Hazlitt Smith...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Apr 21, 2022
- 5 min
October is Silent Movie Month in Ithaca. Let me tell you why…
By Diana Riesman, Executive Director & Co-Founder/Wharton Studio Museum and Board Chair/ Friends of Stewart Park October 03, 2018 In...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
A Revitalized Eddy Gate in Ithaca's Collegetown
May 03, 2018 PHOTO COURTESY THE HISTORY CENTER IN TOMPKINS COUNTY “So enter that thou mayest become more learned; more thoughtful; so...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
Ithaca Inspired – Stories of Ithaca and Tompkins County’s Outsized Impact
May 16, 2017 About a million visitors a year come to Ithaca and Tompkins County. They come for a bunch of reasons - for Cornell and...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Mar 31, 2022
- 6 min
Recognizing "Real Magic"
July 07, 2018 PHOTOGRAPH BY HANNAH DAVIS. By Hannah Davis Armed with a camera and recorder, I’m spending the summer documenting the...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Mar 24, 2022
- 1 min
Family Farms Keep Tompkins County's Rural Heritage Alive
July 12, 2018 PHOTO BY ROBYN WISHNA A mix of tradition and innovation. That’s what it takes to keep a family farm going in this era of...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
Tompkins Center for History and Culture Awarded $1.365 Million by NYS
January 03, 2018 The New York State Regional Economic Development Council’s (REDC) Southern Tier region awarded two grants totaling...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Mar 10, 2022
- 5 min
Heritage Ambassador Joe Schill Digs into House Histories
February 07, 2018 TOMPKINS COUNTY HERITAGE AMBASSADOR JOE SCHILL (PHOTO FROM ROPER CENTER) Fall Creek resident Joe Schill joined the...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Mar 3, 2022
- 4 min
"Civil Warriors" Uncovers African American History
February 15, 2018 Historic Ithaca and The History Center in Tompkins County, (together under the Ithaca Heritage banner), along with the...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Feb 24, 2022
- 1 min
From “Dryden’s Homestead Heritage Fair Day Honors Rural Heritage”
The Southworth Homestead became the headquarters of the Dryden Town Historical Society in 2012. It had been the home of Dryden’s...
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Ithaca Heritage
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min
Ithaca is ICY, Part 2: The Frozen Lake
December 18, 2017 Cayuga Lake as a Frozen Ice Rink By Louise Bement, Town of Lansing Historian COLLECTION OF THE HISTORY CENTER IN...
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