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August 16 2020

5 Unique Things To Find At Sauder’s In Seneca Falls

If you’re visiting an Amish or Mennonite market in Upstate you’re bound to discover some unique items. Here are five of my favorite unique things to get while visiting the Mennonite-owned Sauder’s in Seneca Falls. by Chris Clemens Upstate has always had a large Mennonite and Amish population, but that grew about ten years ago. […]

Trinity Episcopal Church and a Visit to Seneca Falls

Finger Lakes Region Central New York, Seneca Falls

A visit to Trinity Episcopal Church in historic Seneca Falls by Chris Clemens The Burned Over District is probably one of the most unique regions in the country for the ideas on spirituality. The region is even more unique when you study other movements from the era that would go on to change the country, […]

This Day In Upstate History

1901 New York becomes the first state to require license plates on automobiles

1936 A radio beacon is activated at the Oswego Lighthouse station that is synchronized with the fog signal for distance finding.

1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway officially opens to allow shipping

2009 The fifth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at the Rochester Institute of Technology, features guests Armcannon, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Geek Comedy Tour, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, and John Swasey. This would be the final year that the convention is only a single day--all following events would be two-days.

2010 The second and final day of the sixth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at Rochester Institute of Technology. This would be the first year that the event was two days instead of one. The event featured guests Armcannon, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Geek Comedy Tour, Gavin Goszka, Yuko "Aido" Ota, Ananth Panagariya, Michael Poe, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Adam Smithee, Eric Vale, and Billy West and approximately 2,500 were in attendance.