Town of Ridgeway – Matthew Ballard

October 4, 2019

Scandalous Heart Balm Suit Accused Ridgeway Native of Impropriety

Vol. 5, No. 38 I do not love thee! – yet, I know not why, Whate’er thou dost seems still well done, to me: And often in my solitude I…

Overlooked Orleans Crime, Orleans County, Town of Ridgeway

September 28, 2019

Matthew Ballard

Jeddo Merchant Lived Double Life in Chicago

Vol. 5, No. 37 This photograph, taken some time in the 1860s by an unknown photographer, shows Philetus and Eliza Bates of Jeddo; an inscription on the reverse reads…

Overlooked Orleans Businesses, Crime, Orleans County, Town of Ridgeway

July 6, 2019

Matthew Ballard

Remains of Medal of Honor Recipient Returned to Medina 71 Years Ago

Vol. 5, No. 26 Of the five Medal of Honor recipients from Orleans County, John E. Butts of Medina was the only county native who received the award posthumously for…

Overlooked Orleans Medal of Honor, Orleans County, Town of Ridgeway, Town of Shelby, Veterans, Village of Medina, World War Two

January 31, 2019

Matthew Ballard

“The Mother of All Storms”

A Hough 100 Loader removing snow on East Shelby Road, February 3, 1977. Vol. 5, No. 5 A couple feet of snow, sub-zero temperatures, and forty mile-per-hour wind gusts make for…

Overlooked Orleans Orleans County, Town of Ridgeway, Town of Shelby, Weather

November 1, 2018

Matthew Ballard

Free Silver Candidate Attracted Attention at Knowlesville

Vol. 4, No. 43 Amidst the Gilded Age, American workers experience a spike in perceived prosperity as average wages rose above those in Europe and immigrants flooded into the United…

Overlooked Orleans Agriculture, Elections, Politicians, Town of Ridgeway, Village of Medina