Overlooked Orleans – Matthew Ballard

February 1, 2020

19th Century Post-Mortem Photographs Included in Recent Donation to Department of History

Vol. 6, No. 5 Popular during the Victorian era, post-mortem photographs provided family members with an opportunity to capture a lasting likeness of their deceased loved ones. In this particular case, a young child…

Overlooked Orleans Mount Albion Cemetery, Town of Albion, Village of Albion

January 25, 2020

Matthew Ballard

Sandstone Monument Marks Burial Site of Five English Quarrymen

Vol. 6, No. 4 The use of Medina sandstone to craft headstones was rather limited in the nineteenth century. County Historian C. W. Lattin has speculated that the common use…

Overlooked Orleans Cemeteries, Immigration, Medina Sandstone, Mount Albion Cemetery, Town of Albion, Town of Carlton, Village of Albion, Village of Medina

January 18, 2020

Matthew Ballard

Architecture Destroyed: Stoddard-Downs House

Vol. 6, No. 3 In November of 1984, County Historian and Cobblestone Museum Director C. W. Lattin published a book entitled Architecture Destroyed in Orleans County, New York. The focus of this work was to…

Overlooked Orleans Architecture, Businesses, Village of Holley

January 11, 2020

Matthew Ballard

Early Newspapers Directly Served Political Interests

Vol. 6, No. 2 Although society laments the apparent death of objective journalism, bias in the media is far from a new phenomenon. In fact, the concept of nonpartisan news is just…

Overlooked Orleans Newspapers, Orleans County, Town of Gaines, Village of Albion

December 28, 2019

Matthew Ballard

Local Mills Proved Essential for Growth of Communities

Vol. 5, No. 48 This image, taken in the early 1920s, shows the Woods & Sprague Mill located on East State Street in Albion. The mill relied largely on water…

Overlooked Orleans