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Advertisers include: Winery Trains with Medina Railroad Museum and Spring Lake Winery, Another Time...Another Place, Cobblestone Society Museum and Orleans County Barn Quilt Trail. |
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As summer swelter loses favor to fall sweater, Orleans County hosts several events and festivals celebrating our waterfront, autumn colors and the farm bounty. |
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The Country Barn Quilt Trail in Kendall displays nearly 40 quilt blocks on barns and buildings just off the Seaway Trail, our National Scenic Byway. Each has a family story to tell and you can hear them on your cell phone. www.countrybarnquilttrail.com Oh my! You can stuff a scarecrow on October 18 at the Medina Scarecrow Festival. Make it and take it. www.medina-ny.com At the Medina Railroad Museum you can hop aboard a vintage train for Fall Foliage Excursions September 11-12, 18-19 and 25 and again October 7, 14 and 21. The museum is a showplace for New York Central Railroad memorabilia. www.railroadmuseum.net Mark the fall harvest at two events throughout October weekends- Watt Farms Country Market orchard ‘train’ rides www.wattfarms.com and Brown’s Berry Patch Harvest Celebration www.brownsberrypatch.com Tributary anglers can sharpen their fly fishing skills at Orleans Outdoor Fly Shop’s one-day course October 4. Get ready to drop a line to our finny friends. www.orleansoutdoor.com For a complete list of events and attractions contact the Orleans County Tourism Office at 1-800-724-0314 or visit www.OrleansCountyTourism.com. Country Barn Quilt Trail Enjoy a scenic drive along quaint, rustic country roads through lush farmlands as you follow the Country Barn Quilt Trail of Western New York. Begin your journey at Partyka Farms, 1420 County Line Road (Route 272), Kendall, NY, where you can pick up a map of over 40 barns and buildings that are adorned with wooden block quilts that have their own story. At every stop along the way, you call a special hot line on your cell phone and punch in a code for the particular quilt you are viewing. You will be given the history of each farm and learn why the residents chose their particular quilt pattern. Come to Orleans County to experience the beauty and abundance of their historic barns, rivers, orchards, farm stands, fine dining, artistic offerings, wineries, and more as you make your way along the trail. For more information call Partyka Farms at 585-659-9131 or check out www.countrybarnquilttrail.com. The Medina Railroad Museum – A Great Place to Experience Built in 1905-06 by the New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road Co., the home of the Medina Railroad Museum is the largest wood frame freight house that the New York Central Co. ever owned and measures 34 feet by 301 feet. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is the finest artifact in the enormous collection brought together by Marty Phelps, founder and Director. With the beautiful office area preserved and serving as the museum lobby, the warehouse area has been converted into a grand exhibit hall housing displays of over 6000 artifacts, models and memorabilia from the great railroads of the Northeastern USA and the Panama Canal. The museum has nearly 600 linear feet of display and exhibit space plus one of the largest single floor HO-Scale train layout and diorama in the US. The layout, 14 feet by 204 feet, is teeming with life like scenes of villages, small cities and rural landscapes. A small portion depicting the 1840 to 1860s era features the famous Dewitt Clinton, the Lafayette and the General Bull train sets. A short section of the original Erie Canal is modeled next to this area. New scenes keep popping up throughout the year as this spectacular layout continues to grow. The immense twin track rail line measures over 400 feet and runs HO-Scale trains with up to 100 rail cars. Train rides are scheduled throughout the year. May 9-11 and 16-18, enjoy a Day Out with Thomas. The famous storybook engine will chug into Medina where families can enjoy a 25-minute train ride with Thomas, storytelling, meet Sir Topham Hatt, jump around in the Thomas Bounce House or take part in a number of family-friendly activities. Winery Trains will run the last Sunday of the month from May 25 until October 26. Bring Dad to Medina for A Father’s Day Train ride on June 15. Call or check www.railroadmuseum.net for the complete year ‘round train schedule. Courteous, friendly staff members are on hand to welcome you and show you around the Museum Tuesday through Sunday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm year round. Museum admission is $6.50 for adults, $4.00 for students 13-18, $3.00 for kids age 2 - 12 and $5.00 for seniors. For more information call (585) 798-6106 or check out www.railroadmuseum.net. The Museum is located at 530 West Ave., Medina, NY. Cobblestone Buildings - Unique History to our Region People of all ages are fascinated with innumerable cobblestone buildings unique to Central and Western New York. Between 1825 and 1860 over one thousand cobblestone structures were built in North America with 90% to be found within a 75 mile radius of Rochester, NY Early cobblestone buildings employ the use of glaciated stone (field stone) which local farmers gathered from clearing their fields. By 1840 and after, we find the predominate use of lake-washed stone from the beaches of Ontario for exterior veneer. Lake stone became preferred because of its aesthetic appeal in being smaller, smoother and more uniform in shape and color as compared to field stone. With the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825, we find that the area became settled and prosperous almost over night. Wheat became the main cash crop and the Erie Canal made its abundance accessible. Hence, by the mid-1830s this region was known as the breadbasket of the world. Many cobblestone houses were indeed, built by farmers raising wheat. These landmarks which remain with us today, were often status symbols when they were built. But the cobblestone era during the second quarter of the 19th century was a fad that brought about its demise. By the time of the industrial revolution these labor-intensive buildings were not only expensive but became unfashionable. In 1960 the Cobblestone Society was founded in Childs, Orleans County, NY as a not-for-profit educational institution. A museum complex has been the result, which is located on Routes 104 and 98. Here visitors may see the oldest cobblestone church in North America built in 1834. There were 26 built by various denominations. Also, a cobblestone house museum circa 1840 and a cobblestone school built in 1849. The museum complex also contains 4 historic wooden structures, largely representing an agricultural theme (a Blacksmith Shop, Harness Shop, an exhibit hall of 19th century farm tools and a Print Shop). Museum hours through Labor Day are Tues. through Sat. 11-5 and Sun. 1-5 (Sept. - Oct. Sun. 1-5). Group tours are by appointment. For more details call (716) 589-9013. |
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