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The Legend of Betsy Dowdy’s Ride

Women’s Suffrage Leader Anna Howard Shaw

The Origin of Syracuse Salt Potatoes

How the Pomeroy Foundation Helps Your Community Tell its Story

Why does the William G. Pomeroy Foundation fund historic roadside markers?

Dr. James Salisbury, a germ theory pioneer, invented Salisbury Steak to combat illness among Civil War troops.

Noted author Washington Irving is said to have based his Ichabod Crane character on a schoolteacher named Jesse Merwin.

Known as the heroine of Fort Niagara, Betsy Doyle carried hot shot to fend off British Forces during the War of 1812.

During the War of 1812, the British waded ashore from Horse Island to face American troops at Sackets Harbor, N.Y.

In 1808, James Coolidge planted the first hop yard in Madison County, N.Y. Hops became a major industry in the state.